GoodMills Deutschland
Hinter Aurora, Diamant und Gloria steht eines der größten Mühlenunternehmen Deutschlands – mit Wurzeln von 1883 und der Auer-Großmühle in Köln-Deutz.
The company began as a family-run commission business trading grain and flour in Potsdam. Today it belongs to the Austrian GoodMills Group.
Auf einen Blick
- Art
- Grain milling company
- Entry location
- Cologne, Deutz district, Innenstadt borough
- Headquarters
- Hamburg
- Founded
- 1883 by Emil Kampffmeyer in Potsdam
- Current name
- Since October 2014, previously VK Mühlen AG
- Brands
- Aurora, Diamant, Gloria, Rosenmehl
The present-day Aurora Mill in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg was built in 1897 by Georg Plange as the largest mill on the continent.
Cologne-Deutz and the Auer Mill
In Deutz, Kurt Kampffmeyer Jr. bought the Auer-Großmühle in 1975 and merged it with the Ellmühle. The purchase brought the Aurora brand into the fold. The company's headquarters, however, are in Hamburg.
From Potsdam via Berlin to Hamburg
Kurt Kampffmeyer Sr. led his father's business into milling, first in 1915 by buying the Potsdam steam mill. After the company moved its seat to Berlin in 1922, it grew by taking over long-established mills and silo operations. After the Second World War, sites in Potsdam, Jarmen and Pritzwalk, among others, were lost. The headquarters moved to Hamburg by way of Hameln. Later the head office was in Landshut, from where it returned to Hamburg in 1990. When it was moved to Landshut is not documented.
Brands and Their Origins
From 1949, Kurt Kampffmeyer Jr. continued expansion in West Germany, for example with the 1973 merger with Duisburger Mühlen AG. A majority stake in Vereinigte Kunstmühlen (VK) Landshut Rosenheim AG brought the Rosenmehl brand from Landshut in 1974. Aurora from Cologne was followed later by Diamant and Gloria. In 1999, the Hamburg-based BM Bäckermühlen AG was incorporated.
Four of Ten Sites
The Aurora Mühle in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg was built in 1897 as the largest mill on the continent at the time. Today it produces household flours, semolinas and baking mixes under the Aurora, Diamant and Gloria brands. The Hildebrandmühlen in Frankfurt's Osthafen are the largest grain mill in Hesse. The Hildebrandmühlen Mannheim are Germany's largest durum wheat mill and supply mainly pasta production. The Rosenmühle, founded in 1898, was rebuilt in Ergolding between 1974 and 1976. Its current milling volume is only incompletely documented.
From Stock Corporation to GmbH
In 1983 the company became Vereinigte Kunstmühlen Aktiengesellschaft and took over Kampffmeyer Mühlen GmbH Handelshaus E. Kampffmeyer. In 1990 it was renamed VK Mühlen AG, and the Rosenmühle became Rosenmühle GmbH. In 2004 today's GoodMills Group became majority shareholder. In October 2014 a change of name created GoodMills Deutschland GmbH.
Timeline
- 1883Emil Kampffmeyer founds a grain and flour commission business in Potsdam
- 1915Kurt Kampffmeyer Sr. buys the Potsdam steam mill
- 1922Company headquarters moved to Berlin
- 1974Majority stake acquired in Vereinigte Kunstmühlen Landshut Rosenheim AG
- 1990Renamed VK Mühlen AG; headquarters moved from Landshut to Hamburg
- 1999Integration of Hamburg-based BM Bäckermühlen AG
- 2004GoodMills Group (formerly LLI Euromills) becomes majority shareholder of VK Mühlen AG
- 2014VK Mühlen AG renamed GoodMills Deutschland GmbH
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- Official website
- Official website (retrieved 2026-10-29)
- Wikidata (retrieved 2026-10-29)
- Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-10-29, rev 271331432)
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