Hermann Tietz (* 29 April 1837 in Birnbaum to the Warthe (today in Poland); "† 3. May 1907 in Berlin) originated from a GermanJewish buyer family. Tietz converted the idea of the department store as one first in Germany and based late than "Hertie" well-known chain of department stores, which however scarcely thirty years was expropriated after its death of the national socialists "arisiert" and. Hermann Tietz is related to Felix Hausdorff over its nut/mother.

History

The first of Hermann Tietz financed department store opened the nephew Oskar Tietz at the 1. March 1882 in Gera. Oskar was the brother of Leonhard Tietz, which created its own group of department stores (late purchase yard). Called themselves "yarn, button, Posamentier, knowing and Hermann Tietz" and had already some characteristics of modern department stores, like fixed prices, no deferment of payment or writing down and a various, industry-spreading offer. Success adjusted itself only gradually.

Over smaller cities such as Bamberg, Erfurt, Rostock, Stralsund and Wismar the triumphant advance of the department store finally continued into the realm capital Berlin. Close one to 1894 the opened department store value home, at that time the largest in Europe, settled Hermann Tietz in the year 1900 in the Leipziger road a competitive consumer temple with own wine cellar. 1904 at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin the magnificently arranged department store Tietz followed. Large department store palaces should offer a true purchase experience to the customers. For this also the 1912 counted open Alsterhaus at the young remote stairs in Hamburg.

In the exempt private company also the two brothers were active. Hermann and Oskar Tietz concentrated on the south and the east of the realm, Leonhard Tietz ("purchase yard") opened its business in the west and in Belgium. After the death of Hermann Tietz resumed nephew Oskar the flourishing enterprise. Tietz had most - ten - in Berlin department stores and the largest sales area. 1927 was active 13,000 employees with this enterprise.

All enterprises of the family Tietz are arisiert in the third realm by the national socialists only and expropriated, the Jewish owners later flee abroad. George meager, the responsible person Arisierer and later owners, changed the company names starting from 1933 in "Hertie being and department store GmbH", derived from the founder name Hermann Tietz.

1994 was taken over the Hertie houses of Karstadt.

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• Family Tietz
• Department stores 1900-1914
• Expropriation

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