With the help of a Prussian funding program for the construction of grain storage facilities, the agricultural cooperative in Einbeck built a granary in 1898. 

 

It will be a six-story brick building with a wooden interior structure that can hold around 1,000 tons of grain. The Einbeck company Schramm is responsible for the construction planning and implementation.

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Key data

• 1897 Founding of the Einbeck Agricultural Sales Cooperative

• 1898/99 construction of the Einbeck Kornhaus

• 1899 lease and commissioning by the cooperative

• 1901 The cooperative was renamed KORNHAUS eGmbH

The granary continued to operate until the year 2000. In addition to a more modern silo building from the 1960s, some of the historic bulk floors continue to be used. In the years that followed, the granary changed hands several times and threatened to degenerate into an industrial wasteland.

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Key data​

• 1934 Reconstruction of the extension building

• 1947 Construction of a scale with a weighing house

• 1964 Reconstruction and extension of the office building

• 1978 The two storage buildings are listed as historical monuments

In 1914, KORNHAUS eGmbH acquired the business from the Prussian state and built a four-story extension with similar storage capacity. This extension collapsed in 1933 and was rebuilt the following year with a modified facade and reinforced interior.

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Key data

• 1914 KORNHAUS eGmbH kbought the storage facility for 65,000 marks from the Prussian state.

• 1914 Expansion of the granary and construction of an office building

• 1933 Collapse of the storage section added in 1914 due to structural defects

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In 2009, the Einbeck merchant acquiredKarl-Heinz Rehkopfthe granary to realize the PS.SPEICHER in it.

 

Between 2012 and 2014, the historic storage building will be restored in accordance with listed buildings and converted for its new use as an exhibition building.