Sinner (company)

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Sinner AG
legal form AG
ISIN DE0007241002
founding November 2, 1885
Seat Karlsruhe , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Horst Winterberg (Management Board)
Wolfgang Elkart (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Number of employees > 3
sales 2.2 million euros
Branch property
Website www.sinnerag.de
As of December 31, 2015

The Sinner AG is a 1885 by George Sinner in Karlsruhe district Grünwinkel as Society for brewery, alcohol and compressed yeast manufacturing company, established today as a real estate company develops its former premises on a 140,000 m² site in the center of Grünwinkel and managed.

history

In 1820, State Councilor Wilhelm Reinhard acquired the former Kreenwinkel estate from Margravine Sybilla Augusta von Baden, in whose facilities beer had been brewed since the 18th century , and leased the factory buildings at Durmersheimer Strasse 55 that same year to the chemist Anton Sinner, who also set up a paint factory for the brewery. But he gave up both after a short time and only produced vinegar and lead acetate for coloring and as a sweetener.

From 1845 Anton Sinner's son Georg Sinner took over the management and in 1849 acquired the former estate for 27,000 guilders . In 1885 the company for brewing, alcohol and pressed yeast production was founded in the Karlsruhe district of Grünwinkel, which developed into an internationally active food manufacturer in the following years. In 1857, for example, lead sugar processing was abandoned and a starch production facility, a pressed yeast factory and a new brewery were set up instead. On December 2, 1880, twelve employees were killed in the collapse of a newly built cellar vault in the brewery.

After Georg Sinner's death in 1883, his son Robert Sinner, supported by his brothers and sisters-in-law, took over the company and changed the OHG in 1885 under the name Society for Brewery, Alcohol and Pressed Yeast Production. G. Sinner AG into a family-owned stock corporation . In the following years the company expanded particularly into the areas of compressed yeast and alcohol . In 1890 a new barrel swivel hall was built. From 1891 to 1893 the large mill , which is still partially preserved today, was built on Durmersheimer Strasse and a warehouse in the Rhine harbor . By founding further pressed yeast factories and alcohol distilleries in Durmersheim , Mannheim-Käfertal Luban ( Posen ), Groß Massow ( Pomerania ), Angenstein ( Switzerland ) and in Sesto San Giovanni in Italy , the company developed into a food company operating across Europe from 1888. It also had its own shipping company and its own sales branches in Frankfurt am Main , Munich , Pforzheim , Mannheim , Stuttgart and Saarbrücken . A 5 km long siding , on which up to three freight trains ran daily, offered a direct connection to the Karlsruhe West train station. In 1898, two large alcohol refineries were acquired in Stettin and Danzig . At the turn of the century it was the largest German alcohol producer and one of the largest companies in the Karlsruhe region. With 294 employees, 30% of all employees from Grünwinkel were employed by Sinner.

In 1911, a large grain silo was built not far from the mill building . This is still preserved today. After taking over the Wilhelm Fels brewery in Karlsruhe in 1912 and, until 1918, the Altenburg brewery in Sinzheim and the brewing rights of the Mühlburger Brauerei AG in 1921, Sinner became one of the largest breweries in Baden . In addition to the previous product range, baking powder , custard powder , vanilla sugar , oat flakes , oat flour, starch and soup seasoning were produced. In 1914 a factory for jam was built and a factory was built to manufacture Protol for the production of explosives . The shortage of feed that arose during the war led to a process in which a substitute feed was made from molasses and salts. For this purpose, Sinner is building a manufacturing factory on its premises, paid for by the German Reich , which was the first to start operations in Germany.

Share of RM 100 in Sinner AG dated December 31, 1926

After the end of the First World War , the factories in Sesto San Giovanni and Luban were lost due to the Treaty of Versailles .

From February 24, 1920, the company operated under the name Sinner AG . Despite considerable losses due to the war, Sinner had around 1,400 employees and a turnover of around 30 million Reichsmarks at the time . It had its own health insurance and a factory savings bank for employees, who also received benefits and pensions. In 1922, a glass factory for bottle production was built for the various companies at the Grünwinkel location. Its own power plant with 14 steam boilers generated process heat and electricity, and the company's own print shop produced labels and printed matter . A tax office was set up specifically for customs clearance .

Robert Sinner was general manager until his death in 1932 . Then his son Rudolf took over the management of the company. The global economic crisis and the Second World War had far-reaching effects on the company in the years that followed. The demand declined, raw materials and personnel were in short supply and 1941-1944 the factories was by air strikes have been partially destroyed. From April 4, 1945, production had to be stopped because of the occupation by French troops. After a few days at least yeast production was resumed.

In the course of the reconstruction after 1945, not only were war damage removed, but the facilities were modernized at the same time. The focus was on yeast production, brewery and wine distillery. From then on, the operations of the AG produced compressed yeast, beer, brandy , liqueurs and other spirits, mineral water and lemonade , as well as baking powder, pudding, ice cream and vanilla sugar. In addition, a monopoly alcohol sales point and a wine shop belonged to the company.

Rudolf Sinner died on June 24, 1950. Heinz von Rotteck became the new CEO. The family continued to be represented by the descendants Robert and Rudolf Sinner, who were added to the board in 1952 and 1964 . In 1956, part of the large mill building from 1893 was destroyed in a fire and only rebuilt in a simplified manner. With the construction of a new bottling plant with an hourly output of 24,000 bottles in 1965, Sinner responded to the increase in the proportion of bottled beer to up to 75% in 1971. In 1969, Sinner took over shares in Emil Johann Köninger Rösselbrauerei KG in Kappelrodeck . By 1971 a new, large restaurant was built in Albgrün as the main bar.

On May 2, 1972, the Moninger brewery announced that it had acquired more than 50% of the share capital and took over the management of the company on January 12, 1973. The previous board members Heinz von Rotteck and Rudolf Sinner resigned. With the entry into force of a company lease agreement on January 1, 1975, all employees of Sinner AG were taken over by the Moninger Brewery. Including Robert Sinner, who remained in the Moninger Group as Chief Technology Officer until December 31, 1976. Until his departure, the company had been family-owned for five generations. Sinner AG itself was not dissolved, but still exists alongside Moninger AG as a real estate company without its own staff in the new Moninger administration building on Zeppelinstrasse.

The Moninger company used the existing infrastructure on the 140,000 m² site in Grünwinkel and invested 15 million DM in the expansion of the Strainmastersudwerk, which Sinner had acquired in 1970. After the completion of a new production building with 36 tanks 25 m high, the Moninger brewery was relocated to Grünwinkel in 1980. In the years 1984 to 1986 the full goods hall was expanded and the bottles and keg filling were modernized. By 2008, the Grünwinkel local supply center with retail markets and smaller shops, a community square and the redesigned beer garden of the main bar were opened on the brewery site. The basis for this was the existing building fabric of the historical and partly listed industrial architecture .

Today Sinner AG develops, manages and rents out its real estate. The largest tenant is the Hatz-Moninger Brauhaus brewery, which, like Sinner AG, is also majority owned by STINAG Stuttgart Invest . The company's shares are traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the regulated market .

building

Mill building of the former Sinner brewery, Durmersheimer Strasse 55, Karlsruhe

Some former company buildings are still preserved today, restored and are now under monument protection.

The former manor house of the margravine Sybilla Augusta von Baden's estate from the 18th century is the oldest surviving structure. It stands on the eaves facing Durmersheimer Strasse and housed the administration of Sinner AG for many years. The three-storey building has a classicistic appearance with its pilasters in the entrance area and the half-hip roof . In front of the building is the memorial for the fallen employees , erected in 1922 .

Next to the administration building there is a two-storey villa built between 1849 and 1880 with a square floor plan and two fronts. One faces Durmersheimer Strasse, the other with the dominant main entrance to the administration building. The architecture follows the rules of the palazzos and was modeled on town houses from the French classic of the 17th century. It is a listed building.

The large mill building, a brick building with double basket arch windows, was built by Gottfried Zinser between 1891 and 1893. The seven-story building rests on a natural stone floor. The remaining floors are made of brickwork. The main facade is directed towards Durmersheimer Straße. Originally laid out symmetrically, one wing of the building was rebuilt after a fire in 1957. The building has been restored and is a listed building. The State University of Design (HfG) and the State Monuments Office used the building temporarily.

Next to the mill building is the granary built in 1910/11 in reinforced concrete, a six-storey plastered masonry building by architect Fr. Guske for the construction office Joseph Knapp. The building, which is closed on three sides, is structured vertically by half-columns and horizontally by a cornice and a stacked storey. With the exception of two extensions, it is still in its original state and is a listed building. In 2008 the Bürgerplatz was set up in front of the building.

Trivia

Between September 16, 1914 and December 10, 1918, Sinner published a war newspaper in 125 editions under the title Communications to our civil servants and workers called up to the flag . Among other things, there were reports about the fate of the drafted employees and the war situation.

The graphic artist and painter Alfred Kusche designed a greeting card on behalf of the workforce on the occasion of Robert Sinner's 70th birthday, which was signed by hand on a 20-page appendix by 1054 Sinner employees from several branches.

literature

  • Heinz Schmitt, Ernst Otto Bräunche (ed.): Hop and malt - The history of the brewing industry in Karlsruhe (= publications of the Karlsruhe city archive. Volume 19). Badenia, Karlsruhe 1998, ISBN 3-7617-0323-6 .
  • Annette Ludwig , Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann (Hrsg.): Karlsruhe - Architecture in view - A cross section. Röser, Karlsruhe 2005, ISBN 3-9805361-2-2 .
  • Benedikt Schwarz: Grünwinkel and its surroundings - a home book for young and old. Sinner AG, Karlsruhe-Grünwinkel 1925.
  • Rainer Beck: Industrial architecture in Karlsruhe - contributions to the industrial and building history of the former Baden capital and residence until the outbreak of the First World War ( publications of the Karlsruhe city archive. Volume 6). 2nd revised edition. Verlag Braun, Karlsruhe 1993, ISBN 3-7650-0402-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ also board member of the Hatz-Moninger brewery
  2. ↑ a b c Annual Report 2015 (PDF)
  3. ↑ The Sinner Brewery. In: Official website of the city of Karlsruhe. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Manfred Fellhauer, Manfred Koch, Gerhard Strack (eds.): Grünwinkel - Gutshof-Gemeinde-Bezirk . INFO Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-88190-539-8 , p. 175 ff . (on Google Books )
  5. ↑ hatz-moninger.de Hatz Moninger website, accessed on April 23, 2016
  6. ↑ stinag-ag.de STINAG website, accessed on April 23, 2016
  7. ^ Sinner AG. In: Official website of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ a b c d Database of cultural monuments. In: Website of the city of Karlsruhe. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 7.5 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 16.4 ″  E