BIOMALZ-Fabrik Teltow

About the BIOMALZ factory

The BIOMALZ factory in Teltow is a listed factory ensemble of red brick, today used as a modern commercial location. The facility was built in 1911 to plans by engineer J. K. Meyer as the production site of the malt factory Gebr. Patermann, which manufactured malt extracts under the Biomalz brand. After expropriation in 1953 and operation as a VEB, the property was returned to the founding family in 1991; since 2006 the existing buildings have been gently restored and equipped with modern infrastructure. The roughly 40,000 m² site on Iserstraße comprises 20 fully renovated buildings, including five listed factory buildings, as well as approximately 15,000 m² of developable land for new projects. Tenants include around 40 companies from manufacturing, craft trades, commerce and culture as well as two restaurants. The site is located in southwest Berlin, about 30 minutes from Berlin City, BER Airport and Potsdam.

Site

Teltow

Processes

Leasing of commercial space

Founded

1911 (Fabr

Industries

Commercial real estate/leasing, (historic) food production/malt extracts

Location

Teltow

DE

Commercial park and leasing; administration/info office

Inside the production

History

1. 1906

   Myro Patermann develops a malt fortifying agent in Berlin-Schöneberg

2. 1907

   Brand “Biomalz” registered at the Imperial Patent Office (6 May 1907); production in Friedenau, later Steglitz (Chem. Fabrik Gebr. Patermann)

3. 1911

   Start of production at the new factory in Teltow (Iserstraße 8–10), built by Boswau & Knauer to plans by J. K. Meyer

4. 1913

   Licenses granted to Switzerland; later production in Vilnius and London

5. 1928

   Company name: Gebr. Patermann Teltow-Berlin Biomalz-Fabrik

6. 1941–1945

   Supplies to the army and air force; destruction during air raids, major fire in April 1945

7. 1953

   Expropriation, operation becomes public property: VEB (K) Biomalz “Walter Schütz” Teltow (over 100 employees)

8. 1946

   Vitaborn-Werke in Kirn take over licensed production

9. 1951

   Death of founder Myro Patermann; continuation by son-in-law Erhard Wigand (family limited partnership)

10. 1991

    Restitution to the founding family (1 October 1991)

11. 1994

    Heritage protection for the factory buildings

12. 1995

    Back in the black for the first time

13. 2006

    Start of restoration of the existing buildings into a modern commercial location