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History of the company/bank and archive description for Buderus Aktiengesellschaft
History of the
company/bank:		 On March 14th 1731 Johann Wilhelm Buderus founded the company by the lease of the "Friedrichshütte" in the town of Laubach in the Vogelsberg region; the sons of J. W. Buderus jr. in 1807 founded the society "J. W. Buderus Söhne; 1861 purchase of the "Hedwigshütte" near Lollar and renaming to "Main - Weser - Hütte"; 1871 dissolution of the society and formation of two separate companies: "L. Fr. Buderus zu Audenschmiede" (liquidated in 1930) and "Offene Handelsgesellschaft Gebr. Buderus zur Main - Weser - Hütte bei Lollar"; 1884 transformation of the trading company to the joint - stock company "Buderus´sche Eisenwerke"; 1899 beginning of the production of cement at the 1870 - 1872 erected "Sophienhütte" in Wetzlar; 1902 commencement of operations of a pipe foundry at the Sophienhütte; 1911 foundation of the "Buderus´sche Handelsgesellschaft" as the company´s trading branch, in particular for the distribution of boilers and radiators that were produced at the Main - Weser - Hütte since the end of the 19th century; 1920 foundation of the joint-stock company "Stahlwerke Buderus - Röchling" as a joint venture of Buderus and the "Röchling" company in Völklingen (1924 renamed to "Stahlwerke Röchling - Buderus"); 1933 pooling agreement with the "Hessisch - Nassauische - Hüttenverein"; 1935 fusion with the Hüttenverein; 1946 separation of the blast furnace divisions in Wetzlar and Oberscheid and of the ore mines in accordance with article 41 of the Hessian constitution; 1952 foundation of the "Hessische Berg- und Hüttenwerke AG" ("Berghütte"); 1958 takeover of the "Burger Eisenwerke"; 1965 assumption of 50% of the shares of the Stahlwerke Röchling - Buderus which were held by Röchling and renaming of the company to "Edelstahlwerke Buderus"; 1965 acquisition of 74% of the shares of Berghütte which were held by the state of Hessen; 1965 Buderus and the "Flick"-group sign a "Organschaftsvertrag" (since 1956 in possession of the majority of shares); 1976 conversion of the Burger Eisenwerke to "Buderus´sche Eisenwerke"; July 22nd 1977 renaming to "Buderus Aktiengesellschaft"; 1987 foundation of a management-holding and creation of five societies: "Buderus Heiztechnik GmbH", "Buderus Bau- und Abwassertechnik GmbH", "Buderus Kundenguß GmbH", "Buderus Küchentechnik GmbH" and "Buderus Sell GmbH"; 1989 disposal of Buderus Küchentechnik GmbH to "Electrolux" (Sweden); 1991 fusion of Bau- und Abwassertechnik GmbH with Buderus Kundenguß GmbH to "Buderus Guss GmbH"; 1992 "Metallgesellschaft"-group gains possession of the majority of shares; 1994 recovery of the status of a "Publikumsgesellschaft"; 1996 takeover of the "Tiroler Röhren- und Metallwerke AG" in Hall; 1997 sale of the Buderus Sell GmbH to the British company "Britax".
Archive description Records:
  • Buderus AG
  • Hessisch - Nassauischer Hüttenverein GmbH
  • Hessische Berg- und Hüttenwerke AG
  • Burger Eisenwerke AG
  • various subsidiary companies
Total amount of records : more than 400 shelf metres.

containing: documents, protocolls, the company´s books, among other things related to the following subjects: company, employees, mining, metallurgical plants, commercial management, legal matters, customs and transportation matters, government and urban authorities, corporations under public law, associations.

Special collections:

  • badges
  • photographs
  • special library
Records related to the history of the company deposited in other archives: records on mining in the mining-archive at the "Deutsche Bergbau - Museum" in Bochum, 1837 - 1934, 2,5 shelf metres.

Museums:

  • "Heiztechnik - Museum", Information Centre
  • "Buderus Heiztechnik GmbH", 35457 Lollar, Justus-Kilian-Straße 1, telephone: +49-6441-4182338, Opening hours: by appointment
  • "Kunstgußmuseum" at Buderus Guss GmbH, 63697 Hirzenhain, Nidderstraße 10, telephone: +49-6045-68245, Opening hours: by appointment
Publications
  • Ferfer , J. / Schache , G. / Schubert , H. : Vom Ursprung und Werden der Buderus´schen Eisenwerke Wetzlar. Two volumes. Munich 1938.
  • 250 Jahre Buderus Aktiengesellschaft: 1731 - 1981, Jubiläumsausgabe der Buderus-Werkzeitschrift Buderus-Post. Wetzlar 1981.
  • 75 Jahre Buderus-Handel, Nachdruck aus Buderus-Post. Wetzlar 1986.
Conditions of use On inquiry, access to the archive can be permitted.

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