The four-storey Art Nouveau building Krämerstraße / corner Lübsche Straße is the parent company of Karstadt AG. Rudolph Karstadt founded in 1881 in Wismar with only one employee his later empire. He also introduced the then unusual business policy of cash payment. The name Krämerstraße with its many beautiful gabled houses refers to the former & current use as a business street. (Source: wismar-tourist.de)

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Andreas Bikefan

October 5, 2023

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This is Karstadt's headquarters. Inside you can still visit the historic office.

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Julia

December 4, 2016

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"With 1,000 thalers of start-up capital, Rudolph Karstadt opened his first" cloth, manufacture and clothing store "in Wismar on May 14, 1881.
Karstadt His new business policy - cheap, fixed …

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