Telegraphen-Bauanstalt Von Siemens & Halske

Place: Berlin

Born: 1847

Biography:

Siemens & Halske AG was a German electrical engineering company founded in Berlin in 1847 by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske. The company specialized in manufacturing electrical telegraphs according to Charles Wheatstone's patent of 1837. In 1848, the company constructed one of the first European telegraph lines from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main. Siemens & Halske was not alone in the realm of electrical engineering, as Emil Rathenau had established Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) in 1887, which became a long-time rival. Werner von Siemens retired in 1890, while Johann Georg Halske had already left the company in 1867. The firm's vast new site in Berlin, known as Siemensstadt, continued to grow and expand, ensuring steady growth for Siemens & Halske.