Krupp-Druckermüller

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Krupp-Druckermüller was a traditional Berlin company in the steel construction industry that existed under various names from 1865 to 2002, i.e. for a total of 137 years.

The company was founded in 1865 by the German engineer August Druckermüller (1840–1896). Initially, this was only the iron wholesaler A. Druckermüller with storage space and workshop at Hallesches Ufer 35. From 1872, the larger Pfeiffer & Druckermüller oHG iron construction workshop at Schöneberger Ufer 1 - 4 was added, which Druckermüller operated together with the engineer Carl Pfeiffer and which was operated around 1875 was supplemented by a corrugated iron factory. The corrugated iron could be processed more easily thanks to new patents, and the corrugated iron roller shutters, which were new at the time, were widely used.

In 1891 the factory was relocated to a larger property of 2.5 hectares. It was in the open field in Schöneberg between the Ringbahn and Tempelhofer Weg, west of today's Wilhelm-Kabus-Strasse near today's Südkreuz train station . When he died in 1896, his wife Agnes took over the "A. Druckermüller" business on Halleschen Ufer and their son-in-law Ernst Schellhaß took over the factory, which in the meantime had also become the sole property of Druckermüller.

The A. Druckenmüller GmbH in 1903, a merger of both companies. The factory site in Schöneberg had meanwhile reached the limits of its capabilities. Therefore, in September 1907 a 6.5-hectare industrial site between the Tempelhof he Bergholz Street and the Teltowkanal purchased and there built a hangar at the back (eastern) part of the plot, which was available in July 1908th In 1911, the so-called bar iron hall, which is 73 meters long and 63 meters wide, was built on the west side, which is roughly the same size. Both halls were connected by crane tracks. The two old locations were given up.

In the same year, 1911, Friedrich Krupp AG had taken over a majority stake in A. Druckermüller GmbH and had an option to purchase the remaining shares from Ms. Druckermüller. Her son-in-law Ernst Schellhaß gave up the management in 1912. Now the GmbH was controlled by Krupp, at the end of 1921 it came completely into the possession of Krupp AG. At the time of inflation in 1923, business almost came to a standstill. The vehicle fleet was switched from horse-drawn carts to motor vehicles in 1924. Then began a period of good sales, which lasted until 1931. In 1925 the factory premises were enlarged by adding a piece of land to the east. Around 1928 numerous alterations and extensions to the building were carried out.

In 1929 the company was renamed Krupp-Druckermüller GmbH . A submarine assembly hall was built on the eastern part of the property in 1939 or 1940, adjacent to Tempelhofer Weg, in which metal parts for submarines were welded and assembled.

Towards the end of the Second World War there was severe damage from bombing. In April 1944, two compulsory women from Eastern Europe were killed, these remained the only fatalities on the factory premises. Immediately after the end of the war, the entire factory equipment and all stocks were completely dismantled by the Soviet Army, even before the laborious rebuilding began in early July 1945 with the US occupation. Typical orders in the first post-war period were the salvage and repair of destroyed bridges; new construction was initially not possible due to a lack of material. After the transfer back to Krupp AG, new machines could be purchased with the help of American development loans, and it was not until 1955 that the company was back at the height of its previous performance.

On the initiative of long-time managing director Hansjürgen Sontag (1961–1978), the Krupp-Montex construction method was developed, in which concrete ceilings are connected with steel girders. This standardized construction system turned out to be a sales success, initially with parking garages, in the 1970s also with new public buildings such as B. Schools. The asbestos-containing fire protection installed later posed a serious problem.

In 1986 the company became legally independent from the parent company. The traditional Berlin name "Druckermüller", which had been used for over 120 years, was deleted and the company was renamed Krupp Stahlbau Berlin GmbH (KSB) .

Examples of technically outstanding steel structures from this company in Berlin are:

In the summer of 2001, Thyssen-Krupp-Technologies (TKT), now the parent company of KSB, announced the imminent closure of steel construction production in Berlin. The Senator for Economic Affairs Juliane Freifrau von Friesen tried unsuccessfully to keep the production facility. The Modersohn Bridge , opened at the beginning of 2002, was the last structure to be completed. In March 2002 the steel construction company was closed. The project to then found a Berlin steel construction union failed.

Almost all the buildings on the factory site in Tempelhof have been preserved and are now under monument protection, for a list of these buildings see the list of cultural monuments in Berlin-Tempelhof . Today the site is used by numerous smaller commercial enterprises. In the former submarine assembly hall there is a food discounter accessible from Tempelhofer Weg.

literature

  • From iron to pralines - Tempelhof and its industry, Tempelhof district office 2000, pp. 93-104

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From iron to pralines, pp. 93–94
  2. ↑ From iron to pralines, pp. 94–95
  3. ^ Deutsche Wirtschaftsarchive, Cologne, 1994, Volume 1, p. 159
  4. ↑ From iron to pralines, pp. 95–96
  5. ↑ From iron to pralines, pp. 96–97
  6. ↑ a b c Entry in the state monument list
  7. ^ Landesdenkmalamt Berlin: Monuments in Berlin - Tempelhof, Mariendorf, Marienfelde and Lichtenrade. Michael Imhoff Verlag 2007, p. 40
  8. ↑ From iron to pralines, p. 99
  9. ↑ From iron to pralines, pp. 99–101
  10. ↑ From iron to pralines, p. 101
  11. ↑ Krupp Stahlbau: Senate offers help for the traditional Berlin company . In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 6, 2001.
  12. ^ Krupp closes steel construction in Berlin - jobs saved Die Welt March 23, 2002
  13. ↑ Berliner Macon-Bau broke Berliner Morgenpost June 21, 2002