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Heidelberg Materials

German company
Organization business Q632233
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Summary

Heidelberg Materials is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,153 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Asien-Pazifik-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft[3], Federal Association of Building Materials - Stones and Soil[4], Centre for European Policy Studies[5], Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geotechnik[6], Deutscher Ausschuss für Stahlbeton[7], German Concrete and Construction Technology Association[8], Domanic institute for nagpur[9], Institut Bauen und Umwelt[10], Ostausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft[11], Society for Ecological Restoration[12], Verband der Mineralfarbenindustrie[13], German Cement Works Association[14], Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft[15], World Green Building Council[16]
  • Country: Germany[17]
  • Founder: Johann Philipp Schifferdecker[18]
  • Follows: HC Zementwerk Hannover[19]
  • Headquarters location: Heidelberg[20]
  • Child organization or unit: HeidelbergCement (Norway)[21], HeidelbergCement (Sweden)[22], HeidelbergCement (United States)[23], HeidelbergCement (Italy)[24], Českomoravský cement[25], Anneliese Zementwerke AG[26], ENCI[27], Zementwerk Weisenau[28], Heidelberg Materials Northern Europe[29], Heidelberg Materials UK[30], Heidelberg Materials Benelux[31], Hanson Israel[32]
  • Part of: DAX[33], CDAX[34], DivDAX[35]
  • Commons category: Heidelberg Materials[36]
  • Stock exchange: Frankfurt Stock Exchange[37]
  • Industry: other mining and quarrying[38], construction materials industry[39], construction industry[40], cement industry[41]
  • Inception: 1874[42]
  • Location of formation: Heidelberg[43]
  • Official website: http://www.heidelbergcement.com[44], https://www.heidelbergmaterials.com[45], https://www.heidelbergmaterials.us/[46], https://www.heidelbergmaterials.de[47], https://www.lehighhanson.com[48], https://www.unibeton.fr/[49], https://www.hanson.com[50], https://www.gsm-granulats.fr/[51], https://www.betons.heidelbergmaterials.fr/fr[52], https://www.granulats.heidelbergmaterials.fr/fr[53]
  • Topic's main category: Category:HeidelbergCement AG[54]

Why It Matters

Heidelberg Materials has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

business Frankfurt Stock Exchange German Cement Works Association (VDZ) Germany portland cement Who Profits?

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [17] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [37] ↑ . boerse-frankfurt.de. boerse-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [38] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [3] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  27. [4] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [5] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  29. [6] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  30. [7] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  31. [8] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  32. [9] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [10] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  34. [11] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  35. [12] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  36. [13] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [14] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  38. [15] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [16] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . heidelbergmaterials.com. heidelbergmaterials.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'HeidelbergCement'}, {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Heidelberg Materials'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Portland-Cement-Werk Heidelberg, Sch +4
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'bg', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → HeidelbergCement_AG, Leca
    Sitelink count → 31
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ SNL ID HeidelbergCement_AG deprecated (now SNL Leca), SNL ID Leca, official name, organisation number from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikida"
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 98D8-7DB5-3711-052D-603B
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  3. 18w ago · EmausBot bot · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product → —
    Inception → —
    Child organization or unit → HeidelbergCement (Norway), HeidelbergCement (Sweden), HeidelbergCement (United States) +9
    Subsidiary → —
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added: [[ur:ہائیڈل برگ مٹیریلز]]"
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