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Bauernfeind Bauernfeind (variant ''Bauerfeind'') is a German surname. It originates as a byname, literally "peasants' enemy", in the late medieval period, before that (12th century) a comparable ''Geburenhasz'' is on record. The form ''Geburnvint'' is found in ...

for the surname.'' Bauerfeind AG is a German

health care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

equipment

company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...

, one of the largest manufacturers of orthopaedic stockings and inserts in the world. Its headquarters are in

Zeulenroda-Triebes Zeulenroda-Triebes is a German town in the district of Greiz in the state of Thuringia. Zeulenroda-Triebes is situated in the south of Greiz in the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge), on the border with Saxon ...

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

. It is a family company, not listed on any

stock exchange A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for th ...

. The company was founded in Zeulenroda in 1929 by Bruno Bauerfeind as a manufacturer of medical rubber stockings. In 1949 his son, Rudolf Bauerfeind, left Zeulenroda because of the policy of nationalisation in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

and rebuilt the company in western Germany, first in

Darmstadt-Eberstadt Eberstadt is the southernmost borough of Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany with a population of 23,728 (as of 2019). Geography In the north Eberstadt borders to the boroughs of Bessungen and Darmstadt-West, in the east and south to the municipalities ...

and then in Kempen.Christoph Hachtkemper
Stehende Ovationen für einen Unternehmer und Förderer
Press release,

Fachhochschule Münster A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

, 29 November 2007 Hans B. Bauerfeind
"Gewagt und gewonnen"
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Die Welt ''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...

'' 25 September 2010 Immediately after

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

, in 1991, Hans B. Bauerfeind, grandson of the founder and chairman of the management board since 1976, returned Bauerfeind GmbH, as it then was, to Zeulenroda, buying a

compression bandage A bandage is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support to or to restrict the movement of a part of the body. When used with a dressing, the dressing is applie ...

manufacturer there and investing more than 100 million

euro The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...

s in a new production facility, a research centre and a new 57-metre headquarters building,Andreas Hummel
"Unternehmer der Wende"
''Frankenpost'' 29 July 2010 the tallest new building constructed in Thuringia since reunification. The family-owned company became an ''Aktiengesellschaft'' in 2002. Hans Bauerfeind has built up the company to an international group. There are currently approximately 2,000 employees, 800 of them in Zeulenroda,Norbert Block
"Cebit-Premiere: Bauerfeind ist bei 'Deutschland bewegt sich' aktiv"
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Thüringische Landeszeitung ''Thüringische Landeszeitung'' (TLZ) is a German daily newspaper issued since 24 September 1945. Its name is translated as "the newspaper of the state of Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ...

'' 4 March 2011 and subsidiaries in a number of countries, including Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and the United States. Sales in 2015 were 203.7 million euros. The medical aids are therefore “made in Germany” and are partly made by hand. Dirk Nowitzki has been a worldwide brand ambassador for the company since January 2016. It has developed computer applications such as software to model clients' legs in three dimensions for accurate fitting. For the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, Bauerfeind supplied not only compression stockings but 750 pairs of health shoes manufactured by their Berkemann subsidiary. Hans Bauerfeind himself holds more than 60 patents and in 2007 was awarded an honorary professorship by the

for his and the company's role in the establishment of the course of study in technical orthopaedics at German technical universities and the company's extensive financial support for the programme at Münster. The company also participates in an international education programme and awards a prize of its own. Bauerfeind also owns the Bio-Seehotel in Zeulenroda, which has several times been named one of Germany's best conference hotels. It was created in 2006 as a further conversion of a conference centre which had been a

Free German Trade Union Federation The Free German Trade Union Federation (german: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or ''FDGB'') was the sole national trade union centre of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisat ...

hotel."Bio-Hotel"
365 Orte im Land der Ideen, ''Die Welt'' 9 May 2010

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