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IN SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS FOR:
MORE SAND. MORE GRAVEL. MORE SUCCESS.
REALLY
HEAVY
2019
HEAVY
BIRTHDAY
HEAVY BIRTHDAY 1919 – 2019
Our birthday surprise for you …
ROCK IT!
EW
N
LATEST
DRAG SCRAPER
TECHNOLOGY
FOR YOU!
We created an energy recovery system via the
brake system of the drag scraper. For even more
efficient drag scrapers – true to the principle:
MORE SAND. MORE GRAVEL. MORE SUCCESS.
2019
HEAVY
BIRTHDAY
MORE SAND. MORE GRAVEL. MORE SUCCESS.
1 May 2019
100 years of STICHWEH smt-stichweh.com
Anniversary brochure | Circulation 300 copies
Editorial
For 100 years:
Local Hero. Global Expert.
Salzhemmendorf, Thüste: 1st May (Labour Day) 1919. Today, everywhere in the world where raw materials like
About a year ago the First World War between Germany and sand and gravel are extracted and refined, they say:
the Allies ended by a ceasefire agreement. The War resulted I WANT A STICHWEH.
in uncountable deaths and injuries and left behind destroyed We invite you to join us on a 360 degree journey through the
landscapes and infrastructures worldwide – also in Lower world of Stichweh. We meet people, makers, companions,
Saxony. deciders and drivers as well as machines, installations
and solutions, innovations and bestsellers.
There, two young men stand at the beginning of their life:
Fritz Stichweh and Willi Feige. They turn circumstances Let us take you on a journey with selected reviews, deep
to their own advantage, they tackle where necessary und insights and interesting outlooks about what makes
show what we call today entrepreneurial spirit: Together us „REALLY HEAVY“: MORE SAND. MORE GRAVEL. MORE
they found a company for the manufacture and repair of SUCCESS.
machinery for agriculture and the surrounding industry.
Follow us from Thüste Salzhemmendorf into the world:
This laid the foundation for a great entrepreneurial future, We make some short visits to the worldwide Stichweh
whereby its emphasis was shifted increasingly from the representations and have a look at selected flagship
agriculture to the industry. Because more and more projects.
important companies of the region wished to improve
their capacities and were looking for solutions to extract This is just one stage in a journey which we will continue
sand and gravel. with a view to the future. Will you join us?
The company was growing continuously but nonetheless
remained in the hands of the family. The machinery and We look forward to seeing you!
installations for the extraction of sand and gravel offered
on the world market, developed effectively to a highly
diversified portfolio of scrapers, bucket wheels, log
washers, screening machines and complete solutions,
and the portfolio is constantly being extended and
optimized. Anja Gröhlich, a.groehlich@smt-stichweh.com
Latest proof: Just in time for the anniversary year STICHWEH Rolf Sürig, r.suerig@smt-stichweh.com
offers a real innovation highlight: the brake systems of
scrapers are fitted with an energy recovery system and can
STICHWEH dual leadership
Anja Gröhlich, General Manager thus be operated even more effectively, flexibly and with less
Rolf Sürig, General Manager impact on the environment (see interview on p. 126).
12 100 years of STICHWEH 100 years of STICHWEH 13
The KS 1000 sets In full action –
off on its journey.
84 Contents 95
at the Waterkant!
The entrepreneurial family The first STICHWEH drag scrapers were Extraction of raw material and nature conservation?
Stichweh in the early fifties. used in underground lignite mining. An initiative made in Germany/Lower Saxony.
20 19 74
100 70
Editorial Can I wash my sword here?
For 100 years:
10
Local Hero. Global Expert. Sand – scarce raw material?
01 02 03
114 THIS IS REALLY HISTORY WHO REALLY MATTERS! WHAT REALLY MATTERS!
STICHWEH on Service-Tour At the beginning there was …
16 60 Congratulations STICHWEH! Like sand in the sea – no way!
68
You can rely on us. the entrepreneur DNA of Fritz Stichweh I We celebrate – around the world! Sand – the underestimated resource
Founder– Patriarch – Personal Icon Heavy thanks to our team!
64 Are sand, gravel & co. running short in Germany?
70
Business before pleasure
22 We – the STICHWEHs Is the sand running out?
Celebrate together Raw material extraction caught between
74
26 There’s no business like show business business and responsibility!
STICHWEH in the international arena
30 Traditionally ahead of the future. 04 Raw material extraction and nature conservation:
really not compatible?
For 100 years.
In the flow of the last 100 years
WHAT’S REALLY IN?
36 From the archive
Best Practice pictures– an extract
Shine bright like a diamond
80
05
38 The STICHWEH Who’s Who Anja Gröhlich on the STICHWEH portfolio
Who was when with STICHWEH?
82 Speed date with mit Rolf Sürig WHAT’S REALLY DRIVING THE FUTURE?
The Who’s Who over the decades
40 Topic: STICHWEH drag scrapers
A brief profile of STICHWEH personalities The right location for our foothold!
118
In the beginning was the bucket wheel …
92
”I wanted to make a difference with technology“
42 About Reinhard Jonas, advantage booster An interview with apprentices
Interview with Friedel-August Renziehausen, and real passion 122 I want to work at STICHWEH!
former chief designer The future has to be actively shaped
We clarify it!
98
Thüste
46 Wastewater treatment à la STICHWEH 126 Strong dual leadership!
Everything you always wanted to know about Thüste! Interview with Anja Gröhlich & Rolf Sürig
100 From the hero factory in Thüste!
Opportunity makes a lover!
54 A factory fairy-tale:
Interview with Günter Rausch, lathe operator Jule and the processing knight 130 Small and great moments.
106 Dinner is served! Small exhibition of a collection
For the dry and wet screening you take …
112 The STICHWEH service handshakes 138 Imprint/Sources
Give me a handshake!
01
THIS IS
REALLY
HISTORY!
LEADERSHIP STORIES.
16 17
AT THE BEGINNING
Perfectionism
THERE WAS … THE
Willingness to innovate
ENTREPRENEUR DNA
Endurance
Passion
OF FRITZ STICHWEH I
Persistence Passion
and stubbornness and endurance
Entrepreneurship has a clear DNA: True desire to grow and special skills to develop
personal and entrepreneurial visions : you either have
These include then and now passion, courage and last but
them or you don‘t.
not least confidence – always paired with the necessary
portion of persistence and stubbornness. Anyone looking for Fritz Stichweh I has them. The road to the goal was often
a convenient personality will mostly not find it in successful rocky. Fritz successfully completed the apprenticeship as a
enterprise circles – nor with Fritz Stichweh I. metal worker – still before the First World War.
Successful entrepreneurs like Fritz Stichweh I always As a young man he was “incorporated” to fight for the
believe in themselves. This makes them unique – but not Fatherland. He made the best of the situation and brought
Stubbornness
always pleasant. his technical knowledge to his flying squadron. However, it
Fritz Stichweh wanted to compete and win – not only in remains unclear whether he was proud of the military award
Persistence bowling or skat, which he loved – but also in his work. “First engine mechanic and foreman”.
Already in his childhood and youth, Fritz Stichweh I – born
Creativity
in 1892 – showed his full DNA. That means: great passion
for all technical matters and the necessary stubbornness
to implement these. A fundamental basis for a company
foundation which he realized on 1st May 1919 by
Courage
founding his company for the manufacture of agricultural
machinery. A valuable service to the community in a world
Social competency marked by hunger and misery directly after the First World
War!
Leadership
personality
Sense of
responsibility
Attention to detail
Fritz Stichweh I (sixth from right), first engine
mechanic with the Flying Squadron in
Königsberg, East Prussia (First World War).
Fritz Stichweh I (*1892, † 1974) Fritz Stichweh I talking to his employee,
Founder – Patriarch – Personal Icon neighbour and skat mate Karl Schwarze.
18 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 19
Creativity and courage Leadership personality
Only someone who first tries out something really new and perfectionism
has the chance to leave restrictive idea paths and explore
new horizons. Successful entrepreneurs like Fritz Stichweh I not only make
”successful” what they consider to be important, but above
A good example of this is the expansion and the associated
all they make it ”more successful in another way” than other
investment of the STICHWEG factory site. Fritz Stichweh used
people of their generation.
already 1920 large parts of his available capital to invest
Stichweh therefore is maker, thinker and leader in one
in a new production hall.
person. He knows the right path for his company and follows
it unswervingly by retaining dominantly the control of all
decision processes.
Willingness to innovate Therefore, the clear orientation of his company remains
throughout his entire life ”an absolute matter for the boss”.
and attention to detail Minor setbacks in the development of breakthrough
technologies don‘t discourage him, but encourage him even
more to incorporate his engineering spirit and the special
Many people say that the best is the enemy of the
power of his very own ”inventor and tester DNA” into
good, but Fritz I quite simply acts accordingly and he learns,
innovative product solutions.
utilizes and perfects his own ability and willingness to innovate,
paired with high technological expertise, a big heart and
The impressive result of this passionate perfectionism
attention to detail.
can be seen in the year 1936 when the Volkswagen plant
in Wolfsburg orders and uses ten Stichweh scrapers for
Thus, he very quickly recognizes that the geological
the extraction of gravel .
treasures of the region like the Thüste sandstone, the
local lignite resources or the building and industrial
sands that can be dredged here, can open up new
industrial opportunities.
This leads him to develop entirely new business lines, so
that already in 1930 besides agricultural machinery also
grinding mills, washing and sorting installations as well
as transport systems for stones and sand are built.
Impressions:
Fig. left : STICHWEH staff around 1936 Design and development work in the past
Fig. top right: Fritz Stichweh I (left) in conversation Drawings and reflections by Fritz Stechweh I concerning
Fig. bottom right: STICHWEH scrapers in action a scraper for underground lignite extraction.
20 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 21The right people Line of succession
behind you and their commitment
The enthusiasm and dedication for his company and his It is Fritz ”the Second”, the first-born son of Fritz
clear claim to leadership must have been inspiring. There Stichweh, who achieves the breakthrough in the important
is no other way to explain why after the end of the 2nd industrialization, positioning and the worldwide successful
World War also the adult Stichweh sons – first Fritz marketing of the brand STICHWEH. Walter, his younger
”the Second” and shortly thereafter his brother Walter – brother completes from 1941 until his plane crash in 1975
”roll up their sleeves” together with their father and the family leadership and is for many years the head of
re-establish and position the company for a promising the plant in Braunschweig.
future. In Thüste they build an exemplary new plant for the
production of machines for the sand and gravel industry. Without doubt, the death of Fritz Stichweh in the year 1974
leaves a large gap which, for five decades, is an obligation,
motivation and successful entrepreneurial principle for his
direct company successors from his own family.
The best wife They master this task completely in his sense and develop
the brand STICHWEH into today‘s real global player of global
beside you importance.
Anna is the woman at Fritz Stichweh‘s side and it is she who
ensures with absolutely equal rights at his side that, after
their marriage and the birth of the two children, her husband
can develop his entire entrepreneurial power and personal
potentials and exploit them in the ongoing development of
his company. Anna is the place where he comes to a rest in
order to grow far-sightedly as a private person, company
boss and entrepreneurial personality.
The Stichweh family
left: Walter Stichweh, fourth from left: Fritz Stichweh I,
right: Fritz Stichweh II, sitting in the middle: grandpa Neumann
(father of Anna Stichweh), sitting right: Anna Stichweh.
Fig. top right: Anna and Fritz (I) Stichweh
about 1952 with grandchild Ilse-Marie Stichweh.
Fig. bottom right:
left: Fritz (II) and Walter Stichweh with family. Master craftsman‘s diploma Friedrich Stichweh I, 22nd May 1924
22 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 23Excellent work
is timeless:
BUSINESS BEFORE
Company bowling
in former times:
Thus STICHWEH Anna Stichweh puts
the ladies Ahead …
celebrates Company bowling
today: the gentlemen
again and again
PLEASURE
are celebrating already?
new successes
together.
Successful companies like STICHWEH
?
Do you know
are constantly developing but always
stay true to themselves because,
whatever demanding challenges the
LÜT TJE L AGE? future holds:
ww w.luettjelage.c excellent work, genuine collegiality
om/
anleitung and absolute zest for life don‘t
contradict here, but are an important
and timelessly firm component of
the vested company DNA.
Join us and let us take a look back:
with the best ”snapshots” from more
than 100 years of company history.
If that‘s no cause for ”celebration” ...!
A day like this …
From left to right: Martina Schweigert, Jutta Gorial,
Ilse-Marie Jonas-Stichweh, Ralf Klingebiel
A man from Lower Saxony is a
little bit like a sausage sandwich: Just convert the
office, please!
honest, substantial, direct and quickly June 1991, farewell party
ready for any celebration ;-) of Ralf Klingebiel
From left to right: Even abroad sociability
Annette Tegtmeyer, ranks high: 1983 STICHWEH
Ralf Klingebiel, (Jutta Gorial sitting left,
Ilse-Marie Jonas-Stichweh, Fritz Stichweh II, sitting right)
Fritz Stichweh II. visiting VICDOM in Canada.
24 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 25In the past:
Patriarchal
management,
perfection and
party mood
Loyalty and sense of community
for generations – Fritz Stichweh ”the
First“ manages within a very short time
Shall we dance? to make his employees loyal workers
Fig. above: who like to celebrate their sense of
Fritz Stichweh (Fritz I)
community together.
Fig. right:
Fritz Stichweh (Fritz II), One should celebrate the parties as
with his daughter
Ilse-Marie they come. And so does the entire staff
– regardless of social rank, position and
specific task in the overall operation –
together with Fritz and his immediate Happy Birthday Boss!
In the middle: Ilse-Marie Jonas-Stichweh,
family members in a refreshingly light-
left: Fritz Stichweh III, right: Fritz Stichweh II
hearted and natural way.
This creates already in the nearly six
formative decades under his leadership
what exactly today we like to call
”successful measures to build a
team“. However, with one significant
difference: a good atmosphere and
a well-coordinated functioning
team were not and are not decreed
with Stichweh by the Boss, but are
perceptible by everyone at any time.
Again and again
on Fridays:
Sausages for
everyone!
Nice to see you.
Fritz Stichweh II welcomes guests.
Fig. right:
(1999) drinks in the
production hall.
1994: STICHWEH celebrates its 75-year anniversary Many thanks for your work!
Scenes: Reinhard Jonas gives the speech, festive buffet, At the Christmas party in 2015,
the hosts (Left picture: Carsten Stichweh with his mother Company barbecue autumn 2009 at Anja Gröhlich hands a gift
Christine Stichweh, in front on the right: his father Fritz Stichweh). the Naturfreundehaus in Lauenstein. to Uwe Olthoff.
26 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 27THERE‘S NO
BUSINESS LIKE
SHOW BUSINESS
Say cheers to a successful fair day!
Richard Snoby, STICHWEH LLC, Georgia
CONEXPO – CON/AGG 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada
For more than 60 years STICHWEH has
exhibited at the bauma trade fair!
The illustrations show the STICHWEH fair stands
in the fifties and sixties, 1995 as well as a certificate of
participation from the year 1998 (40 years of loyalty).
28 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 29Later: Today:
Inspiring fairs, Forward-
humanity and looking
latest machines paths, new
If there were a ”patented recipe for management
success“, to ”decorate” industrial fairs
with a lot of business deals, STICHWEH structures
might be its inventor. But in fact,
the simple but nevertheless unique and flexible
realization behind this is: „If the
ingredients are right, the result will team work
be right, too“.
Even though for some years now
It is not by chance that the qualities STICHWEH is no longer family
of the systems and the solutions of managed, but relies on a diversely
STICHWEH have always convinced the experienced dual leadership:
decision-makers in all global export The jointly lived and ”celebrated”
markets by the unique combination values can still be felt today.
of inspiringly staged fairs, high
professional competence, inviting So, STICHWEH is one of the few
humanity of the acting persons and companies worldwide that actually
latest machines. managed to create state-of-the-art
personnel, management and production
Therefore, it is quite natural that during structures without ever losing its
or at the end of a hard fair day there still positively defining company identity.
remains time to enjoy (fair and work) Whoever works for STICHWEH today
life together with renowned customers meets not only forward-looking
from all over the world. new paths, optimized management
In short: it is not only ”business as structures and flexibly cooperating
usual”, but ”IT‘S (A) STICHWEH”. teams, but also knows what has really
brought together all generations of the
STICHWEH employees for more than a
century:
Being strong together, creating
something new together and
celebrating successes together.
STICHWEH ”Tour dates” all over the world
From top to bottom:
1968, industrial fair in Hanover Fig. 1 and 2: 1989, bauma, Munich
Companies from 32 nations present themselves. Fig. 3: 2017, CTT, Moscow, Russia
© ANTHONY J O’HARA
Fig. left: from left to right: Friedhelm Tegtmeyer, Annette Tegtmeyer, Fig. 4: SIM 2017, Metz, France
Ilse-Marie Jonas-Stichweh, Ilse Stichweh Fig. 5 and 6: 2017, CON/AGG, Las Vegas, USA
30 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 31TRADITIONALLY AHEAD
OF THE FUTURE.
FOR 100 YEARS.
From a metalworking shop to
a Full Service provider for
plants to extract and process
sand and gravel
1919 The next
The Stichweh & Feige Maschinenfabrik step was the
takes on locksmith work and repairs for
agricultural machines and equipment. consequent
expansion of
From 1930
competencies
Expansion of the business lines:
Grinding plants, washing and sorting in sand and
plants and transport systems for the
surrounding industry (briquette factory, gravel extraction.
lime and coal mining, also underground
mining, mining of gravel and sand). Furthermore, the
”The longer you can look back,
company now
the farther you can look forward“ The entry in the diary documents the
time when the company was founded: lays the important
Winston Churchill Wording: ”1.5.19 self-employed“.
foundation for
the development
of drag scrapers.
32 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 331962
the first
STICHWEH
1936
bucket wheel
Delivery of drag scrapers to extract
gravel for the construction of the leaves the main
Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg.
factory and
During the war years 1939 – 1945
the production is stopped. revolutionizes
After the end of the war, operations the market
are resumed and started with repairs,
restoration and joint reconstruction permanently.
of the surrounding industry.
The world-wide recognized know-how,
the high and permanently growing
1948 technological competence as well as
the tireless commitment in the field,
A new success story begins with helped to turn the Stichweh KG into
the currency reform and the an important Global Player.
reconstruction.
The workshop grows into a powerful
machine factory. The focus is now on
So as early as Fritz Stichweh II receives exclusive gifts for success-
high performance machines for the
sand and gravel industry.
1960 more than fully completed projects from all over the world:
for example a ship made of glass from a satisfied Thai
business partner or, in the background, sculptures made
60 % of orders of soapstone from a Big Business in North America.
1950 – 1960 were already
The constantly growing order
situation allows large acquisitions
being delivered
and strategically important factory
extensions.
to foreign
countries
1958 (among others to Austria, Switzerland,
France, Benelux, Denmark, Bulgaria,
First exhibition at the bauma Venezuela, Canada, Thailand etc.).
(construction machinery trade fair)
in Munich.
1962 Product sheets and advertising
1960 – 1962 By constructing the factory in
brochures from the early years
with exact functional descriptions
Brunswick, Fritz Stichweh KG for world-wide distribution.
The permanently increasing demand enormously increases once again the
for sand and gravel has a decisive company‘s efficiency and power of
impact on the development of an innovation and further pioneering
innovative drainage technology. technological milestones are
achieved: e.g. double drag scrapers
to discharge gravel dredging vessels
or the new development of even
larger bucket wheels.
34 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 352004/2005
1997: Topping out ceremony
for the expansion of the
STICHWEH renews itself internally Current highlights
and externally and distributes its ever
administration building
→ S
and modernization of the more efficient systems very successfully
construction department. to all regions of the world. TICHWEH optimizes
Some drag scraper technology
1975 milestones and creates via the brake
Walter Stichweh dies in a fatal accident. of the modern system of the drag scraper
As leader of the factory in Brunswick
he was the essential driver for new age: an intelligent energy
advanced technology.
Four years after his death the site in
Brunswick is closed and in 1979 the
Foundation of
STICHWEH LLC in the USA.
recovery system for even
production is relocated to Thüste. stablishment of the
E more efficient, flexible and
representation and distribution
1978 system in Russia. environment-friendly drag
the development of the drag scrapers
Successful fair presences in
Europe, Asia and USA (e.g. at
scrapers.
the Con/Agg, the international
achieves a new record: The largest (see page 82)
leading fair for construction
drag scraper with a bucket size of
machinery and equipment).
10m3 is delivered in the same year to
→ F
Denmark. Important innovations and he new STICHWEH
T
constant growth continue to shape the
successful family-owned company.
recruiting program with
currently 44 employees.
urther expansion of the
By this time, STICHWEH has already
become a worldwide recognized
he high service readiness that
T portfolios in the area of
provides again and again new
brand. impetus for excellent quality processing technology by
demands and the continued
In the period up to 1994 alone,
coinciding with the 75-year
success of the brand. setting machines and
anniversary of the company‘s
foundation, more than
Consistent top performances
like the direct drive of the
cyclones for washing and
worldwide proven drag scraper
classification.
1000 drag program via electric engine
and frequency converter with
(see page 106)
scrapers, 600 up to 40 % less energy
requirements, without exhaust
bucket wheels and very low noise emissions.
→ The range of spare parts is
and 100 sand expanded, in particular also
and gravel for pumps of the older ge-
processing neration.
machines were (see page 112)
delivered all
over the world.
Fritz Stichweh II receives official congratulations on the occasion of the company‘s
75th anniversary. From left to right: Helmut Heuer, member of the Samtgemeinderat
of the village Salzhemmendorf, Fritz Stichweh II, Mister Kramer, local mayor of the village
Salzhemmendorf.
36 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 37FROM THE
01
ARCHIVE 12
02
13
13
03 04 05
Nr. 01 > Mexico, drag scraper 14
Nr. 02 > G
ermany, bucket wheel
06
Nr. 03 > U
SA, bucket wheel 15
Nr. 04 > Germany, bucket wheel
Nr. 05 > G
ermany, drag scraper
10 KS400 RA 30
Nr. 06 > U
SA, Hamilton,
double bucket wheel
Nr. 07 > Austria,
Langenkampen/Inn,
07 double bucket wheel
Nr. 08 > Germany,
bucket wheel
with 3 wheel bodies
Nr. 09 > Iceland, bucket wheel
09 with double wheel body
Nr. 10 > Germany,
preparation plant with 16 15
bucket wheel ES 80 BB
Nr. 11 > Netherlands,
FS 3009 BL 120,
08 loading in Thüste
Nr. 12 > GB, ship scraper
11 Nr. 13 > B
ulgaria, 1987, 17
4 x KS 1000,
inauguration ceremony
Nr. 14 > G
B, ship scraper
Nr. 15 > Germany,
”Lehrter Bahnhof” station
Nr. 16 > USA, bucket wheel E 6518 H
Nr. 17 > USA, double bucket wheel E 8018
with 8 m wheel diameter
38 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 392009
1949
1989
1999
1969
1969
2019
1929
1959
1939
1979
1919 1 Mai 2019
100 years of
STICHWEH
Carsten Stichweh, Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur
THE STICHWEH
(graduate industrial engineer)
1992 Roland Drechsle, staatl. gepr. Ing. für Maschinenbau
WHO’S WHO
(state certified mechanical engineer)
1991 Anja Gröhlich, management accountant/controller
1988 Günter Lukas, management assistant
in wholesale and foreign trade
Behind 100 years of company history there always 1981 Ralf Klingebiel, management accountant
lies the sum of countless individual performances. 1981 Rolf Sürig, machine fitter
Every individual member of staff, each hour of time military service, studies
1975 Fritz Stichweh (Fritz III), D
ipl.-Ing. Maschinenbau
(graduate mechanical engineer)
worked and every smallest idea counts. 1974 Ilse-Marie Jonas-Stichweh, management assistant
Unfortunately we cannot list all of them, but
1972 Reinhard Jonas, industrial management assistant
here we give an overview of who guided
and directed and when. 1964 Christine Stichweh, head secretary
1963 Siegfried Lenkeit, Dipl.-Ing. Maschinenbau
(graduate mechanical engineer)
1941 Walter Stichweh (*1927, † 1975), Dipl.-Ing. Maschinenbau
(graduate mechanical engineer)
1937 Elli Braukmann, accountant
Company affiliation
Authorized officer
1936 Fritz Stichweh (Fritz II, *1922, † 2006), master engineer General Manager
Partner
Freelance consultant
1 May 1919 company foundation, Fritz Stichweh (Fritz I, *1892, † 1974), master machinist
1920 construction of Hall I 1950 Expansion of Hall I, 1972 1997 2013 Foundation STICHWEH LLC USA
incl. machine-tool park New building of Hall VI, Extension 2015 Erection of
1975 New building of workers‘ housing in Thüste Expansion of the conference rooms, photovoltaic plant, 67 kWp
During the following 18 years: social rooms, new building Extension 2016 Acquisition of modern
New building of Hall II, Hall III, Hall IV, Hall V of the swimming pool technical office production facilities
and administration building (today work preparation) 2018 E xpansion of internal structures
Continuous modernization process in buildings, machinery and design technology
1962 New foundation 1979 Closure
of the plant in Brunswick of the plant in Brunswick
The company logo FST stands for Fritz Stichweh Thüste >>
through the course Consolidation
of time
STICHWEH Foundation SMT STICHWEH
STICHWEH
SMT stands for
STICHWEH Maschinen Thüste
40 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 41Fritz Stichweh II Walter Stichweh Reinhard Jonas Elli Braukmann † Ilse-Marie Jonas-Stichweh
Fritz Stichweh I Siegfried Lenkeit † Christine Stichweh †
* 1922, † 2006 * 1927, † 1975 Industrial management assistant Management assistant
* 1892, † 1974 Graduate mechanical engineer Head secretary Accountant
Master engineer Graduate mechanical engineer Active in sand and gravel for
Master machinist A ”mistress of figures” and As daughter from the first
1941, five years after Fritz II,
During all the years when As second wife of Fritz II 47 years: there remain no
In 1919, Fritz ”the First” When in 1936 Fritz ”the a really good one! ”You just marriage of Fritz II – and
his younger brother Walter
being employed with the she supported him with great
Stichweh had enough courage, Second” entered the company questions unanswered. Without had to love Elli Braukmann“ – married with the brother of
entered the company.
company – also as managing strength und care. Always well doubt, Reinhard Jonas is the
optimism and energy to it quickly became clear: he so the opinion of former Reinhard Jonas – she was
He was all-in-one: bon vivant
director – a man on who turned out, correct and Wikipedia of the stone and
was just like his father. It was colleagues. But you also throughout her working life
set up his own business in
and advanced head, successful
colleagues, employees disciplined, speaking perfect
Thüste. His expertise as master he who securely entered and earth industry. For decades could not fool her: She an important and firm part
product developer and great
and customers could rely English and French, she
fitter was a precondition for conquered the international he worked for STICHWEH had procuration and in the of STICHWEH. Friendly and
technician. 1962 he became
one hundred percent. accompanied him as the right and today he is working with
success and the growing arena. Whether with the 60s/70s each figure passed sensitive, always balancing,
managing director of the new
Conscientious, professionally hand on important business
industrialization gave him participation in trade fairs or his expertise as independent her desk before entering a gently determining pendant
branch of the company in
experienced and with his trips around the globe and
a solid economic base. high- precision acquisition at STICHWEH consultant. A the books – of course never to the lords of creation, whose
Brunswick. In 1975 then the
finger on the pulse of time, he she was often, what we today
From 1930 were produced home and abroad – under ” jack-of-all-factories”. Insiders unchecked. tone was sometimes a bit
shock and the abrupt end of
always was a positive thinker call a sparring partner. Until confirm: in the morning he is
under his direction besides his direction the company The good soul in the tough. Due to her friendly
a young life: he and two other
and in tricky situations a her resignation in 2004, calling from Stuttgart (southern
became internationally and sensitive nature she kept
agricultural machines also
occupants were killed by a
solution finder and facilitator. Christine Stichweh contributed company STICHWEH worked
recognized. In the end, Fritz II Germany) and in the evening he the business running even in
grinding plants, washing and
crash with his private aircraft.
It is said that he has been with significantly to the international until her retirement with 100 %
sorting installations as well as could look back on a satisfied is coming back from Hamburg commitment and passion for difficult times!
STICHWEH simply in the right success of STICHWEH by her (northern Germany). His great
transport systems for stones and successful working life. the company.
place at the right time. Luck stylish performance and love: the bucket wheels!
and sand. must be in! proven expertise.
THE
WHO’S
WHO
over
Rolf Sürig the Ralf Klingebiel Günter Lukas Anja Gröhlich Carsten Stichweh
Roland Drechsle
State certified mechanical
Fritz Stichweh III Machine fitter, partner,
Graduate mechanical engineer General Manager decades – Management accountant
Under Fritz II he worked
Management assistant in
wholesale and foreign trade
Management accountant,
controller, partner, General
Graduate industrial eng
par tner
ineer,
engineer
When Drechsle got to know
He who follows in the The „da Vinci“ from Thüste. Composure – your name is Manager marriage
a brief
10 years for STICHWEH in Son from the second Fritz II, two found together:
footsteps of others, never A real STICHWEH, who climbed the field accounting and Lukas! The former STICHWE and Frit z
leaves a footprint of his own. the steps of the career ladder
H Working for 27 years in the of Christine Stichweh both enthusiastic inventors
finances with procuration. managing director was a man company – a STICHWEH hw eh II. Afte r his studies and tinkerers. Drechsle has
Exactly that may have thought Stic
Fritz Stichweh III, when he
consequently, with talent and
diligence. As tinkerer and portrait Quite contrary to the cliché,
Klingebiel was no bean
of punctuality and serenity.
He never was quick-tempere
d,
through and through! As a real
woman from Lower Saxony the
Carsten Stichweh dec
pursue a career outsid
ided to
e the
moved a great deal with
STICHWEH by his pleasant-
decided in the nineties to leave developer as well as consultant counter but a man who unfair, freaked out – a man businesswoman represents two the fiel d Marketing
com pan y in quick manner, was traveling
the company and to do his and planner. An all-round who simply was liked by tion to
own thing. talent, under whose direction
took thinks lightly. He took it important guiding principles of and PR, but the connec tirelessly and impressed with
ever ybody. Part of such a as active
He created a solid base with necessary developments as
lightly if Lukas, with whom he her employer brand in one STICHWEH remains: his Alsatian pragmatisms. Our
carpooled, was annoyed again character are also the principle close
his completed apprenticeship
s person. First the motto: par tner he maintains customers in Denmark call
well as pioneering innovations of a clearly regulated daily ement
as a mechanical engineer
because he had to wait, or if Recruiting out of the region contact with the manag him ”the fast speaking man”,
came about. He is known as somebody got upset about routine with regular breaks. and for the region for a y clo se to the
and fee ls ver the colleagues in Thüste
and subsequent studies unpretentious and modest, Regardless who was in the y.
to become a graduate
his untidy desk. Nothing to sustainable corporate growth. former parental compan the ”energy miracle“ and at
but also unswerving once he company– at exactly nine and ays a
engineer – the experiences
worry about: only the genius Second the initiative: Women Once a STICHWEH, alw home he is still today simply
has chosen a course. Then he masters the chaos - so his twelve o‘clock a break was in male-dominated professions –
in the family company STICHWEH … ”impossible“.
remains stubbornly nordic by motto. taken and it was eaten. Alwa because in the stone and earth
ys
were certainly helpful for nature. and without exception. industry women are still
a successful future! seriously underrepresented.
42 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 43”I WANTED TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE WITH
TECHNOLOGY!”
From the third wheel in the
PROFILE apprentice selection to the Chief
Name: Designer with STICHWEH
> Friedel-August Renziehausen
Date of birth:
What made me the way I am! and I wanted to make a difference! For
> 18 June 1939 this I continued to educate myself with
It was my father who marked my
Place of birth: the help of specialist literature and still
life. He conveyed his enthusiasm for
during my apprenticeship time I applied
> Salzhemmendorf, technology to me and introduced me
for the entrance examination at the
district Hameln-Pyrmont, very early to people who later marked
Lower Saxony Staatliche Ingenieurschule Hannover
my journey through life.
(State School of Engineering Hanover).
Religion: My father worked as foreman with
I passed the exam together with a
one of the Salzhemmendorf lime works,
> Lutheran 4-month mandatory internship in an
the lime and brick factory ”Biermann
Background: iron foundry with success.
und Pieper“. At that time, specialists
Still before I terminated the compulsory
1.4.1946 – 31.3.1950 of the company Stichweh sometimes
> Primary school in Salzhemmendorf military service with the German Air Force
carried out repair work at the conveying
I could finally start on 01.03.1961 with
1.4.1950 – 31.3.1956 system, the equipment of the lime kiln
my studies at the Engineering School
>Secondary school and the machines of the limestone
(Wilhelm-Raabe-Schule/Hameln) in Hanover, which I completed in
grinders. And so it happened that my
February 1964 with the qualification
1.4.1956 – 30.9.1959 father had contact also with the former
”staatlich geprüfter Ingenieur für
> Training as an engine fitter with the Mister Stichweh Senior and his son Fritz.
company Firma Fritz Stichweh KG Maschinenbau“ (State-certified
Due to my great interest in machines
Qualification: mechanical engineer).
and thanks to my father‘s initiative, I
journeyman‘s examination
could approach Mr Stichweh senior
> Vocational school for boys Back to the future!
and apply.
of the city Hameln In fact, Stichweh had already My decision to return after my studies
Give me a lever and a place to
1.10.1959 – 30.11.1959 chosen 4 new apprentices for the to STICHWEH was based on several
stand and I will move the earth.
> Working as journeyman with the apprenticeship year 1956. reasons:
company Fritz Stichweh KG But my results in the written and oral On the one hand I was offered a
1 .12.1959 – 31.3.1960 application test convinced Mr Stichweh responsible post with varied tasks as
> Casting internship with the senior and so I could begin on 01.04. machine designer for the, at that time,
company Gustav Pleissner 1956 my three-and-a-half year emerging construction industry.
Eisengießerei, Elze apprenticeship as fitter – so to speak An offer which fascinated me, the
Archimedes (287 – 212 B.C.),
Greek physicist, mathematician 1.4.1960 – 30.4.1961 as spare wheel. young engineer, more than a job in a
and mechanic > Basic military service with large company where you as one of
the German Air Force Who advanced me with STICHWEH? many had only little scope e.g. in the
1.3.1961 – 10.2.1964 construction of gearbox units or body
> Staatliche Ingenieur-Schule Because of my good theoretic and
parts.
Hannover (State School of practical performances during
On the other hand I am a family man
Engineering Hanover), my apprenticeship time, it was
with strong roots in the region and
Department of Engineering especially the Stichweh son Walter
I wished to start also my own family
1.3.1964 – 30.6.2004 who encouraged me to continue my
For more than five decades with STICHWEH near my parents‘ home.
and always up-to-date. Still today Mr Renziehausen > Design engineer with formation. But I also showed own
is active for STICHWEH as member of the Advisory Board. the company STICHWEH initiative. Technology was my passion
44 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 45MOBILITY
First, during my apprentice time I had to go to did not function because too little hydraulic oil had
work by a very early train. Then I motorized myself been filled in. I filled in 20 litres of oil, restarted the
with a moped, already then a luxury. Later the machine – and bam – it was running again.
moped became a motorbike and finally in 1964 a
car: a new Opel Kadett. FUTURE MARKETS
The new Opel cost 4,800 DM. As engineer I earned Raw materials and constructing material
Mr Renziehausen, at that time 650 DM gross. are becoming more and more expensive
and scarcer. In my opinion, Stichweh should
how about a WORK LIFE BALANCE
concentrate on the recycling and processing of
building rubble. That‘s a market of the future!
round of Holidays were not really an issue: My parents never
took holidays. Holidays were pretty much a new
invention. Later I travelled to Lake Constance and INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES
Buzzword-Bingo? to the mountains. At that time we also had to work
on Saturdays. We worked every second Saturday
Sure, again and again there have been
challenges! I remember an inquiry from Sumatra:
morning and the overtime was paid. Here the Dutchmen had already prospected gold
in a riverbed of sand when Sumatra still was a
Networker Vision Career Mobility
INNOVATIONS
At that time, everything went quite directly.
Dutch colony.
The later diggers had asked STICHWEH if it
Ec o n o m ic
The field service, the engineer or the boss had would be possible to convey this sand by using a
al c h ange
r
seen something somewhere. So it worked with scraper ... I took a detailed look on everything and
Work Life
Balance
Innovations
Best
Practice
Knowledge
Transfer
the bucket wheels, too. Walter Stichweh saw a
similar machine near Minden, implemented the
item for himself and developed it further with FST
theoretically it would have worked. However, the
project finally failed due to the fact that no traffic
routes led to the site; we would have been forced st ruc t u
in Thüste. to disassemble the scraper into so many small The German economic miracle
Also the relation to the field service and parts that on the whole, no gold value would have accelerated the structural
especially to the representatives was accrued. change of the economy which
Complaint Future important! These people always bring the had started since the industrial
management Synergy markets Performance technical innovations home. They tell us their revolution.
news.
Agriculture lost its importance.
In 1950 nearly 25 % of the
employees worked in this area
Agile International BEST PRACTICE and in 1960 only 13 % were
Hierarchy work Teamwork Challenges Each individual project has its story.
working in the agricultural
One flagship project was e.g. the development of
sector (1970: 9 %).
”walking mechanisms“ for scrapers.
Over the years, the scrapers became larger and On the other hand, the
larger: at the beginning 0.7 – 2 cubic meters proportion of persons employed
bucket size. The small scrapers could be still as craft or industry workers
moved with bulldozers, but to move scrapers with increased in the same period
a bucket size of 3 – 5 cubic meters was already from 43 % to 48 %
TEAMWORK difficult and no longer possible by normal means. (until 1970: 42 %).
The Team consisted of the boss, the field During the interim period until the important The highest growth rates were
representative and myself. innovation ”walking mechanism“ was ready for registered in the service sector.
For years I was the sole engineer and I had the full operation, we used many a stopgap: When there In 1950 33 % of the employed
responsibility and confidence of the management, were military exercises we paid the soldiers with a persons had provided trade
who cooperated with me and the field service case of beer and then they moved the scraper with and transport services, in
really effectively. an armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) … 1960 it was already 39 %
(1970: 42 %).
CAREER COMPLAINT MANAGEMENT The FRG developed since the
The industry never tempted me. Mention was Mr Renziehausen, the machine does not run fifties into a modern industrial
made there of higher salaries but also of less and/ anymore … when I got those calls for help I often economy with a notably strong
or no liberties at all. And these liberties I had with went there straightaway. A remote diagnosis was Prosperity for all service sector.
After the mid-fifties also the consumers‘ purchasing power rose
Stichweh. A big luck for me! often difficult because the customers did not know again, while the cost of living stagnated. So there was extra
Source: http://www.schultreff.de/
the new machines and technologies and the error money for consumption. The Germans fell into a real shopping referate/geschichte/r0611t00.htm
that led to machine standstill could stem from binge: furniture, cars, journeys, electrical appliances. Erhard‘s
concept ”Prosperity for all” seemed to be working. The mass
quite banal reasons. So, one night I drove to the fabrication of consumer goods reduced the prices for formerly
south of Germany, only to realize that the machine unaffordable things such as radios, TVs or washing machines.
46 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 47THÜSTE
Everything you
Former residence
Formerly: office building
Today: work preparation
always wanted
of the Stichweh family and warehouse
Office building Hall I
Hall II Hall IV
Hall III Hall V
Hall VI
to know about Thüste!
The successful company history of STICHWEH, going back
more than a hundred years, is closely related to the traditional
headquarters in Thüste. A good reason to take a look back together
with today‘s village mayor Karl-Heinz Grießner and cast an outlook
on the present and future of Thüste and STICHWEH.
SMT STICHWEH in summer 2018 Karl-Heinz Grießner
Thüste/Salzhemmendorf Village mayor of the villages
Ockensen, Thüste and Wallensen
48 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 49 The geographic Thüste before Thüste after
location the foundation the foundation
hüste is a district of the village Salzhemmendorf
T
in the rural district Hameln-Pyrmont and is located
of STICHWEH of STICHWEH
in the eastern part of the natural park Weserbergland ”Thüste has developed from a formerly agriculturally ”Fritz Stichweh and Willi Feige started
Schaumburg-Hameln. Since the incorporation in dominated village with farmland for wheat and sugar their own company as a small locksmith‘s
1973, the districts Thüste, Wallensen and Ockensen beet growing into a village with diverse commercial shop. Born in Thüste they were of course
form a common village whose local mayor is Karl-Heinz enterprises“, explains Grießner. recognized and esteemed members
Grießner. Already at the beginning of the 20th century four of the Thüste village community”,
quarries and sawmills delivered the processed or emphasizes Karl-Heinz Grießner. So it was
SALZHEMMENDORF non-processed Thüster lime and sandstone to all quite natural that Fritz Stichweh joined
regions and for the manifold use in the emerging the voluntary fire brigade of the village as
construction industry. member.
OCKENSEN
THÜSTE
Coal and briquettes Stichweh & Feige
create jobs create something
WALLENSEN
A very important further economic factor in the period new
before the foundation of STICHWEH was the union
Thüste lies in the Federal State of Lower Saxony, Humboldt, who operated the lignite mine of the same The two founders of STICHWEH distinguished
50 km south of Hanover, 75 km north of Göttingen, name. themselves by their regionally deep-rooted,
320 km west of Berlin and 110 km east of Bielefeld.
down-to-earth mentality that is as
The coal mining started in 1843 – first as underground characteristic as the inviting beautiful
later as surface operation. Of course the workers landscape around Thüste: It is not large
reached the factory on foot or with the bike. Day and mighty; but it delivers what it promises. Future of Thüste
and night, Saturdays and Sundays one could hear the Straightforward, mathematically
monotonous ”Klack Klack” of the briquette presses. sound and reliable, Stichweh & Feige
With currently 526 inhabitants (as of: 31.12.2017) Thüste
set important new emphasis also in is still today one of the larger villages of the region with
Although at that time many people of Thüste were regard to their social commitment. rural character and continues to place its emphasis
employed here, the mine was shut down in 1861 due on its own strengths.
to unprofitable operations. But six years later, in 1867, Through the promotion of STICHWEH the
the lignite mining was started again. saltwater swimming pool in Wallensen One important milestone for the future is the children-
could be built and opened in 1954. friendly orientation of the village in order to facilitate
Six chimneys burned the briquette powder and their the moving in of families and to maintain the attraction
black smoke trails forecasted the weather. Ascending I n addition, their pioneering way of of Thüste also for future generations.
brown-black smoke columns pointed to nice weather. thinking ensured that the success of the
The briquette factory was built here also in 1899 – and company could be seamlessly continued This can be achieved with the award for the ffn-Dream
its „Sonne-Briketts“ were supplied by rail all over and expanded also after the difficult Play Park 2018 in Wallensen valued at 150.000 € –
the world. time of reconstruction after the Second and its opening in August 2018.
World War.
”The manifold landscape, the healthy nature and the
Even the at that time by no means optimal friendly people – this is still today a combination which
transport connection of the home village will help us to shape the future of Thüste successfully.“
in the Thüster Valley – as well as the
surrounding mountain ranges of the Lower
Saxon Hills – did not constitute a logistical
barrier for the later global success of
STICHWEH.
50 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 51J
ourney
through
the history
of Thüste
Where there is water, there begin settlements: such as in Thüste. The Thüster Beeke rises near
Duingen, crosses Weenzen and flows below Ockensen into the river Saale. It collects waters from the
Linsenbrunnen and the Mühlenborn. It runs the Hermann Fischer Upper Mill, formerly Ewig, August
Fischer Central Mill (s. fig.) and the Lower Mill which is also a sawmill.
1847 Röpke & Gödeke
At that time lime was fired in a ring kiln. In 1946 – 48 the kiln
was rebuilt into a pottery factory where first hotplates for electric
cookers, simple pots and bowls were produced. The lignite mine in Wallensen with stripping shovel.
Then they specialised in the production of flowerpots and Today this place is the local recreation area „Duinger Lakes“ The multi-talent drag scraper used over decades. Fig. left top: backfilling and removing of coal piles.
today the company Grupe und Schwabe produces roof tiles. (Bruchsee, Humboldtsee, Weinsee, …) Drag scrapers are, at the same time, extraction, conveying and Fig. bottom left: emptying mud ponds, ash ponds and
loading devices. The round chassis allows a large operating range other settling tanks – for all industrial sectors.
when extracting large areas from a central point. Material can be Fig. right top: small processing plant with bunkers
extracted dry but also from underwater. The height of the load Fig. bottom right: on a cross chassis for direct truck load,
chute enables the direct loading of trucks. When adding a river regulation and check dam.
corresponding pre-bunker with feeder, the material to be
transported can be placed on a conveyor belt.
Workers in the quarry Stone blocks from Thüste are sold The extracted lignite was transported out of the mine
throughout Germany. Also at the bottom of the Maschsee to the briquette factory via a 1250 m long aerial cableway. STICHWEH,
in Hannover are lying Thüster stones. Later the transport was shifted to the local railway (VDD). hall IV, 1974
52 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 531 3
4
2 3
Historical postcards
of Thüste
Motifs: 4 5
1: Inn of H. Glenewinkel
2: Dairy
3: View of Thüste
4: Station with the
the narrow-gauge railway
5: Gasthof zum Bahnhof,
H. Sonnenmeier
The railway was called STICHWEH – from a village forge
VDD-Kleinbahn to a global player
(Voldagsen - Duingen - Delligsen) Fig. left top: the fifties
and connected the three villages. Fig. right top: in about 1965,
The railway transported people Fig. below: STICHWEH in summer 2018.
and goods (briquettes, sand,
stone, clay …).
From the year 1911
The place name of Thüste …
consists of the name of the Germanic god Tuisto, to whom was devoted on
the Thüster mountain near the old sol oak tree a stone altar and of the word
Ter for forest, thus Tuisto-Forest.
Tacitus says in his work ”Germania”:
”Celebrant carminibus antiquis (quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium
genus est ) Tuisconem deum Terra editum et filium Mannum originem gentis
conditorisque.“
”As founding fathers and founders of their tribe they [the Teutons] glorify in
ancient songs – the only way of historical report they know – Tuisto, a god
born of the earth and his son Mannus.“
Village life and highlights in Thüste:
– TACITUS: Germania 2,2 STICHWEH company outing (fifties)
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuisto with tympani and trumpets.
Fig. right:
Parade with the Volunteer Fire Brigade Thüste.
Right in the carriage: Fritz Stichweh I
54 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 100 years of STICHWEH | THIS IS REALLY HISTORY! 55OPPORTUNITY
MAKES
A LOVER!
PROFILE
Who I am:
Born: 1936
Name: Günter Rausch
Since 4.1.1965 with STICHWEH Historically speaking I was born in the East Zone. Timelessly spoken I come from
Leipzig. My birth year is 1936 – shortly before the Second World War began.
Occupation: Lathe operator
Whether war children are specially lively – who knows? When I was 14 I did an
Pensioner and working four apprenticeship in my place of birth: 3 years as lathe operator.
days a week for five hours in
the morning with STICHWEH The topic ”here to there“ came later – after the building of the Wall in 1961. In the
Fan: Football club Weenzen- fifties the border crossing still was not so difficult. My mother had relatives ”over
Thüste-Wallensen e.V. (WTW) there“ – in Salzhemmendorf.
Her brother lived here. From time to time I came here, simply to enjoy vacations.
Just nearby in Hameln there was the company Reintjes: A representative asked
me if I would be interested to start work here. He said: ”I‘ll call you on Sunday.”
It was Friday. On Sunday he told me I should come to Hameln in order to introduce
myself. On Monday I was told that I could start to work at once.
Question of the editorial office:
How many opportunities does What remained: the supply and the logistics. Pack my bags. Smear breads. I lived
a lifetime provide? in Salzhemmendorf and I had to go to Hameln: with the car? I only had a bike. So
I took the Triebwagen, a little train, to go to Hameln. Not with my bike.
Answer Günter Rausch:
An infinite number! I went to Reintjes with my bags. I put them down there – I don‘t know what clothes
I had … perhaps still a pair of trousers. I worked till 10 o‘clock in the evening and
slept at a colleague‘s house. The next day I then also had to register.
I did not even have my journeyman‘s certificate with me. Only my identity card
and passport. I also had no room to stay. So I went to the registration office and
registered there. As it happened, an elderly gentleman stood beside me and said:
”I heard that you are looking for a room.” I: ”Yes!” He: ”I still have one.”So now I
had a room.
If the officers had gone through the official channels, I would have first had to go
to a camp. But the competent officer chose the ”short official channel” and
proposed to me: ”come back next week together with a passport photo, then you
will get your identity card.” Everything went very quickly: at that time I had a
Günter Rausch, for 54 years as lathe operator with STICHWEH. lot of luck.
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