The Olivetti building in Frankfurt
One of the most striking buildings built by Wayss & Freytag AG with their own slip form department was the administrative building of „Olivetti GmbH“ in…
Tradition of chimney construction
The long tradition of chimney construction at Wayss & Freytag has its origin in 1911. However, until 1929 the chimneys were built with moulded bricks up to a…
Over the Rhine bridge to Switzerland
Start of construction of the 211 m long three- span bridge over the river Rhine was on June 18, 2003. The bridge connects Rheinfelden (Baden) with Rhyfälde…
The hotel IMPERIAL in Carlsbad
The Hotel IMPERIAL in Karlovy Vary, which was completed in 1911 after a turnkey construction period of only one and a half years by Wayss & Freytag AG, is still…
First reinforced concrete frame construction in Dresden
In the years 1913 and 1914, Wayss & Freytag built the „Erlweinspeicher“, a large storehouse for tobacco and cotton on the banks of the…
Conrad Freytag dies
Conrad Freytag was not only popular with all his employees because of his open nature, but also in his home town Neustadt a. d. Haardt, where he was a municipal councillor from…
Relocation of Headquarters to Frankfurt a. M.
After the First World War had been lost and Palatine had been politically separated from Deutsche Reich and renamed Westmark by the occupying forces, the…
Waldstadion Frankfurt
On August 25, 1921 the Frankfurt city council meeting decided to build the Waldstadion (soccer stadium) on the territory of the former military shooting range. The stadium,…
The Grossmarkthalle is Frankfurt's largest building
The Großmarkthalle (wholesale market hall) in Frankfurt am Main, which in the vernacular is affectionately called “Gemieskerch” (vegetable church),…
The climbing formwork revolutionized chimney construction
In 1929, once these could be used economically, chimney construction was revolutionised by the use of climbing forms. Already during the…
