Historical Sketch of Dickow Pumpen until 1946

1910 Dickow was founded in Gablonz in the former Eastern area of Germany, as a company for manufacture of water pipes and heating plants.

1920 After World War 1, the enterprise was moved from Gablonz (belonging now to Czechoslovakia) to the city Gorlitz in former East Germany, where the manufacture of cattle-water basins and selfpriming centrifugal pumps under the designation Dickow Patent began.

1930 The founder Karl Dickow died. His widow Anna Dickow and their three sons Carl, Walter, and Wilhelm carried on the enterprise.

1945 The end of World War 2 also put an end to the Gorlitz factories. The company was expropriated; most of the machinery was removed, except for a small portion, which had been saved by relocating it once again.

Starting a new in Waldkraiburg

1946 Carl Dickow started reconstruction and pump manufacture with some of his former employees from Gorlitz and the relocated equipment. They settled in a then state-owned area in Kraiburg, later renamed Waldkraiburg. Carl Dickow died in November 1946. In December 1946, Wilhelm Dickow escaped from French captivity and took over management.

1948 After the German currency reform, Wilhelm Dickow acquired land with existing buildings, today's business premises, and once again restarted pump production.

1959 Wilhelm Dickow died with the business being carried on by his wife Anneliese. With the help of Oskar Lehnert, general manager, and the Ing. F.Wilhelm Schmid, plant manager, the company continued making solid progress. New production equipment was acquired and new buildings were erected.

1968 Ulrich Dickow took over executive management. The responsibility for manufacture is under the control of Andreas Dickow, Ing. Harry Schommer is in charge of engineering, development, and sales management.