Bauhaus (company)
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| Founded | 1960 |
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| Headquarters | Belp, Switzerland |
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Area served
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Europe |
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Key people
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Heinz-Georg Baus (owner) |
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Number of employees
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17,000 |
| Website | www |
Bauhaus is a Swiss-headquartered pan-European retail chain offering products for home improvement, gardening and workshop. The name contains the German words bauen (to build) and Haus (house), but also alludes to the modernist Bauhaus school and the company's founder and owner, the German billionaire Heinz-Georg Baus.
Its first store opened in Mannheim, Germany in 1960.
It has 250 stores and franchises across Europe, including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
The chain is a sponsor of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT), including the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup competitions, along with the FIBT World Championships. On 22 October 2009, it was announced that the company would be the title sponsor for the 2009–10 Ski Jumping World Cup.
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