Wecke & Voigts

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Wecke & Voigts

logo
legal form Pty Ltd.
founding 1892
Seat Windhoek , Namibia
management Robert Voigts
Branch trade
Website www.weckevoigts.com

Cattle in front of the Wecke & Voigts store in Windhoek (around 1900)

Wecke & Voigts is a trading company founded in Okahandja , in German South West Africa , in 1892 . It is the oldest of its kind in Namibia .

To Awaken & Voigt belong next to the department store in Gustav Voigt Center at the Independence Avenue , four supermarkets trade group Spar , the wholesale company Wecke & Voigt's National Wholesale and Franchise of the South African fashion house Queenspark , all also in Windhoek.

Wecke & Voigts was founded by the brothers Gustav Voigts and Albert Voigts as well as Fritz Wecke . The company is still family-owned (as of October 2019) and is managed by the fifth generation. The slogan “Something special!” Will continue to be used in German in the company logo . On December 1, 2016, Robert Voigts took over the management from his father.

Web links

Commons : Wecke & Voigts  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Marita van Rooyen: Industry milestone - Wecke & Voigts on travelnewsnamibia.com, May 4, 2014, accessed on July 15, 2014.
  2. Wecke & Voigts History. Wecke & Voigts National Wholesale ( Memento of August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 7, 2014
  3. Our Heritage. Wecke & Voigt's website ( memento of July 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on May 7, 2014