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…
In the beginning was the kennel
The first reinforced concrete structure produced by Freytag & Heidschuch oHG was a dog kennel for the company dog Flock. With this product, manufactured on a…
Wayss & Freytag will joint stock company
With assistance of Pfälzische Bank (Palatine Bank) the general partnership was changed into a joint-stock company, the Wayss & Freytag AG, on February 1,…
Conrad Freytag meets Gustav Adolf Wayss
Gustav Adolf Wayss was born in Mühlhausen an der Enz on October 16, 1851. He was the son of a building contractor and consequently studied civil engineering at…
The Monier brochure
In winter 1886/87, Freytag & Heidschuch oHG, Neustadt a. d. Haardt, and G. A. Wayss & Cie, Berlin, at that point of time still separately operating companies, carried out…
Arch bridge over the Isar
On August 12, 1903 the companies Wayss & Freytag and Heilmann & Littmann in Munich founded Eisenbeton GmbH and appointed Ludwig Zöllner as managing director. Under…
First skyscraper in Buenos Aires
After Wayss & Freytag had established further branch offices in Strasbourg, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf due to the high demand in reinforced concrete constructions,…
