Weinberg (company)
| Vineyard | |
|---|---|
| legal form | AG (from 1922) |
| founding | April 1, 1872 |
| resolution | 1926 |
| Seat | Herford , Germany |
| Number of employees | > 1500 (1922) |
| Branch | Confectionery industry |
Weinberg was a company in the confectionery industry that existed in Herford from 1872 to 1926 . It mainly produced chocolate and candies .
history
Emanuel Weinberg (1822–1883) founded a confectionery factory in 1872 at Höckerstraße 5 in Herford. After his death, his sons took over the company. In 1905 120 people were employed.
The third generation of the owner family opened a new factory building with 200 workplaces on Werrestrasse in 1912. The construction of a new factory for export in the Hamburg free port , approved in 1913, was prevented by the outbreak of the First World War .
In 1920 Weinberg acquired the factory premises of the former Friesen brewery in Altona - Bahrenfeld , where production for export to Europe, America and East Asia began in 1921 with 600 workers. In 1922 Weinberg employed over 1500 workers. A total of around 100,000 bars of chocolate were produced every day in the Herford and Hamburg plants.
In 1926 the company filed for bankruptcy . The Weinberg brand was continued by the manufacturers Nolting and Bosselmann in Herford until the 1950s.
Products
In the early days of the company, different types of candy were made, later also fondants and caramels . The production of filled chocolates and pralines began around 1900 . In the 1920s, bars and sticks of chocolate, pralines and cocoa powder were produced in Hamburg for export, while chocolate, candies and biscuits were produced in Herford .
literature
- Gustav Schierholz: History of Herford Industry , Herford approx. 1952, pp. 83–85.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 43.9 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 30.2" E