Us.

We take responsibility – towards our customers, employees, society, and future generations. That’s why we act consciously and conserve resources.

– FROM OUR MISSION.

Our Company
Spaces shape us. They touch, inspire, and influence our lives. That’s why we design places every day where people truly feel at home. Where can you find these places? As interior designers, we develop, plan, and deliver customised spaces with our business clients in retail, hotels and restaurants, and industry. Our focus is on the holistic build-out of larger spaces such as shops, hotels, restaurants, and offices. A single source: covering everything from design and planning to implementation.

/ 240 employees
/ Design, Planning & Interior Construction
/ 4 locations
/ Founded: 1909

Individual – yet flexible

With innovative standardised solutions, for example in shopfitting, we develop high-quality systems that fit budgets and can grow flexibly. We accompany many of our clients on their long-term expansion journey – in the way that works best for them. Markets change – and so do we. With a keen eye for trends and developments, we always stay on the cutting edge. We currently manage around 1,500 projects per year – primarily in the DACH region, but increasingly also in the Benelux countries.

Our competences

Values ​we live by.

 

#1 UNITY
#2 COMMITMENT
#3 SUSTAINABILITY
#4 QUALITY
#5 DEVELOPMENT
#6 INNOVATION


KLAUS HUMMEL / MANAGING DIRECTOR


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Our roots lie in craftsmanship, our future in sustainable business. We live our social, ecological, and economic responsibility through continuous improvement of all our processes – from planning to implementation – creating spaces that will continue to shape, touch, and inspire us in the future.
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Our history

Our story began in 1909 as a small, family-run carpentry in Markdorf by Lake Constance. Today, we are a medium-sized company led by Jürgen Zahn, owner and managing director, and Klaus Hummel, managing director. Around 240 people from a wide range of trades and disciplines work at our four locations – Markdorf, Gera, Kürnach, and Lustenau (AT). In our own production facility in Markdorf, we combine carpentry, metalworking, and paint shops under one roof, allowing us to develop and build prototypes ourselves.
1881
The founder Fidel Knoblauch was born in Efrizweiler on 24 April 1881.
1900
Fidel Knoblauch completes his training as a carpenter and begins his journeyman's years in the Palatinate and South Baden.
1909
The new master carpenter Fidel Knoblauch founds his carpentry business in Efrizweiler on 1 January 1909.
1923
1923 to 1948 Inflation, two world wars - hard times, but Fidel's joinery survived, thanks to his energetic wife Anna.
1948
Hubert Knoblauch, the eldest son, takes over the family business after seven years of war and imprisonment.
1950
Konrad - Konni - Knoblauch, our company's namesake, is born. His ambition was to become an electrician.
1972
Since the early 1970s, apprentices have been regularly trained in the 200 square metre workshop.
1976
Konrad Knoblauch, who had become a master carpenter, took over the company with two employees. Main orders: Doors, windows, staircases and cupboards.
1978
Konrad Knoblauch GmbH expands its premises and enters the shopfitting business.
1989
Knoblauch makes a breakthrough in the shopfitting sector with a space at Engelhorn + Sturm in Mannheim.
1990
Konni Knoblauch founds the company System Einrichtungen for the sale and production of the shopfitting system developed by architect Willi Beck.
1995
Konrad Knoblauch GmbH needs more space and moves to the Markdorf industrial estate. Hubert Knoblauch dies shortly before the move.
2000
Jürgen Zahn, once Konni's trainee, joins the management team. Together with Konni, he acquires Ralph Lauren as a major customer. Knoblauch grows to 70 employees.
2005
Konni Knoblauch dies after a short, serious illness, leaving a huge gap.
2007
A new office and logistics building is constructed. The company now employs 110 people.
2008
The Gera site is opened - and Knoblauch masters its first construction projects as a general contractor.
2010
Our company restaurant 'Konnis' is opened. Named after Konrad Knoblauch, who would have been 60 in December.
2014
The Marc O'Polo flagship store in Berlin is the first DGNB-certified project.
2016
Knoblauch expands its portfolio - and develops its first offices.
2017
Our new headquarters opens - office, shop and café all in one - the Büroladencafé.
2020
The new location Kürnach near Würzburg is added.
2023
The Lustenau/Vorarlberg site is established. We now have 240 employees at four locations.
2024
We are closing our retail shop and focussing fully on our B2B customers.