Philipp Holzmann AG was a German construction company based in Frankfurt am Main.
History
Early years
The company was founded in 1849 by Johann Philipp Holzmann (1805-1870) at Sprendlingen in present-day Dreieich near Frankfurt am Main as Philipp Holzmann & Cie. Initially, the former sawmill company was concentrating on the supply of ties for railway construction, but then began to expand into building construction and civil engineering. In 1856, the headquarters moved to Frankfurt where in the late 19th century the company experienced rapid growth.
The first large building contract to be finished was the opera house completed in 1880,[1] followed by the central station in Frankfurt am Main completed in 1888[1] and the Amsterdam Centraal railway station in 1889.[1]