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HENKELL BROTHERS offers investment opportunities in commercial real estate and services with a high level of expertise and experience. The success of the Henkell family and therefore HENKELL BROTHERS lies in continuous, long-term and strategic investment planning, now in its sixth generation of entrepreneurs.

(Adam Henkell 1801-1866)
In 1832 Adam Henkell commenced his wine trade. Particularly in the English speaking world (England and America) he created German wines of renown an reputation.
(Rudolf Henkell 1843 – 1912)
Adam Henkell's second son, Rudolf Henkell (Privy Councilor) developed the business further and enjoyed great recognition in his home town Mainz on the Rhine.
(Otto Henkell 1869 - 1926)
Otto Henkell, although third generation, was a pioneer entrepreneur with great vision and energy. Influenced by examples in the USA, in 1896 he created the brand HENKELL TROCKEN. He built the world's largest Cellar in Wiesbaden (1907). Prior to World War I every second bottle of sparkling wine came from the Henkell Cellar.
(Karl Henkell 1888 - 1944)
(Stefan Henkell 1908 – 1941)
Otto's younger brother Karl and Otto's son Stefan steered the family enterprise through the years of the Great Depression and Hitler Germany. Karl Henkell died in World War II and Karl died in 1944 during a bomb attack at the Cellar.
(Otto Henkell II 1923 - 1988)
Otto, only 23 years old, resurrected the enterprise in the 1950's, 60's and 70's. The former world fame was soon regained and up to 50 million bottles left Henkellsfeld each year. The sale of the company in 1986 led to new horizons in Germany and overseas.

 

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