Martin Fräsdorff
Martin Erich Wilhelm Fräsdorff (born August 3, 1881 in Magdeburg ; † September 14, 1966 there ) was a German entrepreneur who worked in the spice and coffee industry for over 60 years .
Origin and first employment
Martin Fräsdorff was born as the son of the entrepreneur Carl Fräsdorff. He was first a partner in the trading company Lüer & Fräsdorff (founded April 1, 1875) and later owner of the successor company Carl Fräsdorff - regional products, colonial goods, paints and cigar wholesale . From 1887 to 1998 Martin Fräsdorff attended the Realgymnasium in Magdeburg. Then he learned the trade of a businessman at the company CW Vogel Kolonialwarengroßhandel in Magdeburg until 1902 . First professional positions were Bahlsen in Hanover and CH Knorr and then as director at the Ruma-Malz- und Kornkaffee-Werke , Hanover.
Entry into father's business and war years
Martin Fräsdorff joined his father's company in 1922 and converted the business from a trading company to an industrial company. It was renamed Martin Fräsdorff - spices, coffee and tea import, large coffee roastery . The focus of business activity was now manufacturing, processing and packaging, and less trading. In 1934 the salt department became the independent company Magdeburg salt wholesaler Fräsdorff & Rink . In 1934 a 2,500 m² company site in Magdeburg-Neustadt was purchased and a comprehensive modernization was carried out (including gas-fired coffee roasters and automatic packing machines for spices). Due to import restrictions during the war years, the original grocery wholesaling was again intensified. Another consequence was the production of a so-called war mixture (coffee substitute made from malt and rye coffee with 10 and 20% coffee beans). The company was almost completely destroyed by bombing towards the end of the war.
After 1945
The rebuilding of the company began in 1945 when his son Karl-Heinz Fräsdorff (1924–2016) joined the company. In the GDR, the company mainly processed spices and was managed by Martin Fräsdorff and his son Karl-Heinz. After the death of the senior boss, the company was converted into a limited partnership .
Later years of the company
In 1972 the SED expropriated the last private, semi-public and cooperative companies. The company became a state- owned company , bottled baking soda and produced effervescent powder . Karl-Heinz Fräsdorf was plant manager there until 1977 when he received state approval for the establishment of Karl-Heinz Fräsdorff, a packaging company . As a result, his private company was u. a. the largest marjoram bottler in the GDR. In 1989, before the fall of the Wall, Fräsdorff got his first business again, but bankruptcy had to be declared in 1993. Most of the machines went to the Magdeburg Museum of Technology.
Web links
- Biography with photo of Martin Erich Wilhelm Fräsdorff on uni-magdeburg.de
- Video with Karl-Heinz Fräsdorff on zeitzeugen-portal.de
literature
- Hans-Ulrich Falk: Active company life of three generations in Der Markt in Mitteldeutschland 4/2000
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fräsdorff, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fräsdorff, Martin Erich Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1966 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |