Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, born in 1930, used his experiences as a trainee in the large abattoirs of the USA for the industrialisation of German domestic meat processing. From a small family business, he grew the largest meat processing company in Europe: Herta. Back then, 25,000 pigs and 5,000 cows were processed per week. In 1984, he quit, sold the company and turned his dream into reality with the establishment of the »Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten« in Glonn, to the south of Munich. He is considered to be a pioneer in the field of organic food production.
Sophie Schweisfurth, born in 1987, is the granddaughter of Karl-Ludwig Schweisfurth. She spent her childhood in Glonn and many of her memories are shaped by the start-up phase in Herrmannsdorf and Sonnenhausen, to which her father made an important contribution. After leaving school, she worked her way up through the company, from the butchers, via a branch with a bistro in Munich-Bogenhausen right up to working with partner companies. Then she studied business administration and after holding various positions, she took on responsibility for the »Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten« together with her husband Mathias Stinglwagner in May 2018.
