Watch factory send
The Uhrenfabrik Senden is a former medium-sized watch factory that was closed in 1993 due to environmental pollution.
history
The watch factory was founded in 1947 in the town of Senden (Bavaria) by Erich Rittinghaus and Gustav Eiffert near Neu-Ulm . In its prime, the company employed up to 2,500 people and had a daily production of up to 32,000 watches. The company became particularly famous for its Europa, Ducado and Deluxe travel alarm clocks. The German company Junghans manufactured the movements for wall clocks . The company was sold in December 1988.
One of the two founders, Erich Rittinghaus, was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit First Class in 1967 and became an honorary citizen of the city of Senden. The street in which the former factory building of the watch factory is located is named after him.
In 1991 it was found out that the company had "disposed of" toxic waste through old wells. Chemicals such as cyanide and copper sludge polluted the groundwater for years. That is why the company was closed in 1993 and the former factory premises were converted into the Senden business park.
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on April 12, 1967 . In: Federal Ministry of Justice (Ed.): Bundesanzeiger. Vol. 19, April 19, 1967 . No. 74 , ISSN 0344-7634 , p. 1 .
- ^ Contaminated sites: Carelessness and Co. In: ZEIT ONLINE . January 18, 1991 ( zeit.de [accessed June 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Hans-Heinrich Schmid : Lexicon of the German Watch Industry 1850–1980 ; 2nd Edition; Ed. DGC ; Historical watch books publishing house Berlin 2012; ISBN 978-3-941539-99-0 ; Volume 2; P. 377f.
literature
- "Lexicon of the German watch industry 1850 - 1980: company addresses, production program, company logos, brand names, company histories." (3rd expanded edition 2017); Author: Hans-Heinrich Schmid; Editor: German Society for Chronometry eV; ISBN 978-3-941539-92-1