Karstadt

Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH is a German department store chain whose headquarters are in Essen. Up until 30 September 2010 the company was a subsidiary of Arcandor AG (which was known until 30 June 2007 as KarstadtQuelle AG) and was responsible within the group for the business segment of over-the-counter retail.

On 9 June 2009 Essen District Court ordered provisional asset administration and protective measures in response to an application for the opening of insolvency proceedings. It also appointed a provisional insolvency administrator. The insolvency proceedings were opened on 1 September 2009. On 7 June 2010 the board of creditors resolved to sell Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH to the investor Nicolas Berggruen. Berggruen had taken over all Karstadt stores by 1 October 2010. This had been determined by Essen District Court on 3 September 2010. On 14 August 2014 it was announced that Karstadt had been completely taken over by Signa Holding of the Austrian investor René Benko, which already owned the majority of the sports shops and premium stores.

Karstädt

Karstädt is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Demography

Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)

Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)

Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

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Karstadt (Bremen)

Karstadt in Bremen is the largest department store in Bremen . It is located on Obernstrasse and Sögestrasse, in the old town in the city centre. Completed in 1932, the building was listed in 2010 as a notable example of department store architecture in the interwar period.

History

The first building was built on the corner of Sögestrasse and Pelzerstrasse by Rudolph Karstadt AG., established in 1881 by Rudolph Karstadt. The first branch in Bremen had opened in 1902.

Between 1930 and 1932, a new building was built on the corner of Obernstrasse and Sögestrasse. There were two architects: the Bremen office of Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens (1873-1956) and Friedrich Neumark. The building was designed in accordance with the approach of the Karstadt construction office under the leadership of Philipp Schaefer. In 2010, the building was listed for heritage protection under the Monuments Act.

The Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen (LfD), the Department for Preservation and Protection of Historical Buildings, describes it as a five-storey building with a concrete frame, faced with a coarsely embossed surface of Ettringen tuff. Its architecture is considered representative of the department store style of the second and third decades of the 20th century. Together with the Nordwolle building (“Haus des Reichs”) and the concert hall "Die Glocke", it a prime example of architectural development in the city of Bremen between the two wars, notable above all for its particularly modern look. Philipp Schaefer had developed an architectural language which was not only consistent but also convincing in a formal sense.