Felke Möbelwerke
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The Felke-Möbelwerke company was a German furniture factory with its headquarters in Sohren
in the Hunsrück
region and branches all over the country. It was one of the largest employers in the Hunsrück and significantly increased the economic importance of the region.
in Sohren in 1928 and emerged from his first furniture factory that had been established in Laufersweiler
in 1919.
In the 1950s the Felke-Möbelwerke became one of the biggest furniture factories in Southern Germany with three production plants in Sohren, Simmern and Hermeskeil and it boosted the industrial development in the Hunsrück region.
The factories mainly produced for Central and Western Europe.
At the end of the 1960s the founder Michael Felke gradually handed over executive power to his sons Aloys
, Walter and Günter Felke
.
Since the early 1970s affiliated companies were set up in order to also supply the wholesale market in Germany.
After the German reunification in 1990 Felke-Möbelwerke had to reduce its production step by step due to import dumping from Eastern European countries.
The last active production plant shut down in 2003.
Since 2001 the succeeding company Felke-Gewerbepark has been managing the former production sites (170.000 sqm) and property (400.000 sqm) of Felke-Möbelwerke all over Germany.
Sohren
Sohren is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town...
in the Hunsrück
Hunsrück
The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle , the Nahe , and the Rhine . The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel...
region and branches all over the country. It was one of the largest employers in the Hunsrück and significantly increased the economic importance of the region.
History
The Felke-Möbelwerke GmbH & Co.KG was founded by Michael FelkeMichael Felke
Michael Felke was a German furniture manufacturer.- Life :Michael Felke was the first of four children and came from a poor family background...
in Sohren in 1928 and emerged from his first furniture factory that had been established in Laufersweiler
Laufersweiler
Laufersweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
in 1919.
In the 1950s the Felke-Möbelwerke became one of the biggest furniture factories in Southern Germany with three production plants in Sohren, Simmern and Hermeskeil and it boosted the industrial development in the Hunsrück region.
The factories mainly produced for Central and Western Europe.
At the end of the 1960s the founder Michael Felke gradually handed over executive power to his sons Aloys
Aloys Felke
Aloys Felke was a German politician and furniture manufacturer. -Life:...
, Walter and Günter Felke
Günter Felke
Günter Felke was a German furniture manufacturer, numismatist and patron of culture.-Life:...
.
Since the early 1970s affiliated companies were set up in order to also supply the wholesale market in Germany.
After the German reunification in 1990 Felke-Möbelwerke had to reduce its production step by step due to import dumping from Eastern European countries.
The last active production plant shut down in 2003.
Since 2001 the succeeding company Felke-Gewerbepark has been managing the former production sites (170.000 sqm) and property (400.000 sqm) of Felke-Möbelwerke all over Germany.