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Paid articlePaywall Last bargains at Baywa Building and Garden in Backnang before Bauhaus comes
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Paid articlePaywall "Beppi" was in operation for a week on Bellstrasse in Schwandorf - | The results are now available
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Building and Garden Center Insolvent, But a Solution is Emerging: It is now certain when the BayWa building and garden center in Balingen will close ...
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Paid articlePaywall Closure in Rothenburg at the end of November: BayWa leaves a regional supply gap: Instead of the planned 15 years, the contract on the Pehl site in Rothenburg ...
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Hagebaumarkt takes over BayWa location in Traunreut - | When it starts: The hardware store will be taken over on Tuesday (December 1st). The grand reopening will ...
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Paid articlePaywall Neu-Ulm Retail Park: Jysk now crowns the advertising tower, Sparda-Bank renovates
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Bombshell in Burghausen: Franchise company pulls out - | what will happen to BayWa?
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Numerous rumors surround the BayWa branch in Burghausen. Will the location continue operating or will it close? A clearance sale is underway until the end of ... Show more
Paid articlePaywall Karlstadt: Clearance sale at the BayWa building and garden center in Karlstadt is off to a good start: Investor search continues
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa market in Schrobenhausen closes - | What the employees say: Bicycles, drills, watches, tube televisions, and a stereo system: These were the items on offer ...
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BayWa AG is saved: Employees and farmers can breathe a sigh of relief for now.: The banks and the major shareholders of BayWa AG have agreed on a restructuring ...
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Paid articlePaywall Hagebau takes over BayWa in Weil der Stadt: Restart instead of closure - | "We are securing local supply"
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Turnaround for Baywa in Viechtach and Pfarrkirchen: Segl takes over and turns it into a Hagebau hardware store
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Due to insolvency: BayWa hardware store in Balingen temporarily closed: The clearance sale is underway at BayWa Bau & Garten in Balingen. The location is ...
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Buyers for every third branch: End for DIY chain Hellweg and BayWa: The DIY chain Hellweg operated 110 stores under its own name or the BayWa name ...
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Key FactsHellweg and BayWa face wind-down; prospective buyers for 35 stores
Aug 29, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- Buyers are expected for 35 of more than 110 stores; some takeovers still depend on approvals or landlord agreements.
- The brands are to disappear; Obi announced plans to integrate up to 12 stores, while buyers for remaining sites remain unknown.
- Stores continue operating, but affected employees have been dismissed; without investors, closures are expected by the end of November.
- The proceedings opened on 27 August 2026, and lawyer Stefan Denkhaus was appointed as insolvency monitor.
as it is not clear which of the remaining stores will have a continuation solution found— According to a company statement from Hellweg and BayWa Bau- & Gartenmärkte
Boller Fruit Juices take over the BayWa vouchers: After the insolvency, a solution has now been found for the juice customers. They have access to the entire ...
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Paid articlePaywall Clearance sale starts at BayWa hardware stores: But vouchers are no longer valid: No solution is yet in sight for the locations in Bad Windsheim, Rothenburg ...
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Paid articlePaywall Clearance sale has begun at the Baywa building and garden center in Schrobenhausen
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Kirchheim BayWa branch closes: The building and garden center belongs to the insolvent Hellweg hardware store chain. Not only are the employees affected ...
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A buyer has been found for Baywa in Backnang
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Paid articlePaywall Employees laid off as a precaution: The situation at BayWa stores in the region: The parent company Hellweg is insolvent, and takeovers were under discussion ...
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Insolvency: Do the regional BayWa stores still have a chance?: Obi intends to take over at least five branches of the insolvent DIY chain and is interested in ...
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Paid articlePaywall End of the line for BayWa garden center in Gunzenhausen: What customers and the town are saying
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BayWa building and garden centers: No rescue for Franconian branches: A hardware store chain is fighting for its survival after insolvency. There are ten ...
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HELLWEG and BayWa break up: 35 DIY stores saved, 79 facing closure: HELLWEG and BayWa Bau & Garten: 35 DIY stores have buyers, 79 are threatened with closure at ...
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Hellweg in Dülmen: Anxious search for a savior: The future of the Hellweg hardware store on Linnertstraße remains uncertain. While buyers have already been found ...
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Hardware store chain disappears forever after insolvency - | Fate of some locations and branches already determined
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Chain being broken up: Nerve-wracking drama surrounding BayWa building and garden centers in the region
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Hardware store chain disappears forever after insolvency - | first branches close
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Paid articlePaywall After BayWa insolvency: Simbach and Pfarrkirchen campaign to save the locations: The future is uncertain for the Hellweg and BayWa markets in Simbach and ...
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Paid articlePaywall BayWa Building and Garden Centers: Fürth branch apparently closing - | insiders say
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BayWa DIY stores and Hellweg: Verdi warns against cherry-picking after insolvency
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Paid articlePaywall Katzdorf's cult gas station has a future after all - | BayWa is the new operator
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Paid articlePaywall Insolvency: Competitors show interest in Hellweg locations: Competitors have expressed interest in Hellweg and Baywa branches during the sales process and ...
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Paid articlePaywall Uncertain future of the Baywa market in Backnang: Unsichere Zukunft des Baywa-Markts in Backnang Ein Investor für die insolvente Unternehmensgruppe wurde nicht ...
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BayWa insolvency: Future of the stores depends on investor offers: Investors have submitted takeover offers for some BayWa building and garden center branches ...
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Paid articlePaywall Uncertainty in Bindlach - | Baywa DIY stores go to investors: Just over two months ago, the DIY store operator Hellweg, which also owns the Baywa store in ...
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Paid articlePaywall DIY store insolvency - | Will a buyer be found for "Hellweg"?: The restructuring process for the Hellweg | and BayWa stores has been underway since June ...
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Insolvent DIY chain BayWa and Hellweg: Hundreds now face job loss: During the restructuring of the insolvent DIY chain Hellweg and its subsidiary "BayWa Bau- & ...
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Paid articlePaywall BayWa Bau- und Gartenmärkte: Investors step in – | Rescue for stores in Franconia?
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Swiss investor loses 87 percent: Baywa re investment becomes a fiasco: Energy Infrastructure Partners from Zurich hoped for high returns from its investment in ...
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Paid articlePaywall No rescue for the BayWa market in Schorndorf: The final clearance sale has begun.
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Hardware store branch in Bavaria is closing - | customer behavior also a trigger: A well-known hardware store chain in Bavaria is closing a location ...
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Then and now in the Limpurg region (Episode 2): The old warehouse at Gaildorf town station disappears
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa and Ex-Mutschler in Neu-Ulm: Plans for large brownfield sites are becoming more concrete
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa consolidates technology in Aiterhofen: Pfatter site to be closed: Baywa is consolidating its technology sites in Lower Bavaria and is planning the ...
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa in Günzburg closes - | Decision apparently made before insolvency: The Baywa hardware store chain is insolvent. Now it is clear that the branch in Günzburg ...
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa Coburg: Sale of gas station and building technology?: The struggling company is being given more time to rescue itself. But the future of the heating and ...
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Paid articlePaywall 262 meters high: Eimbeckhausen is looking at this wind energy project: A 262-meter-high wind turbine is planned for Eimbeckhausen. BayWa re Energieprojekte has ...
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Freilassing Baywa building | and garden center facing closure? "There is no closing date"
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BayWa: What will remain of the agricultural group after the restructuring?: Creditor banks and major shareholders have given the struggling BayWa AG a second ...
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Paid articlePaywall Rumors surrounding Bamberg company: SteelCoTech responds: The insolvency of its sister company is putting SteelCoTech Bamberg in the spotlight ...
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Bad Brückenau: BayWa opens newly designed location: BayWa celebrated the reopening of its modernized building materials location in the Bad Kissingen district ...
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BayWa in crisis: Verdi sharply criticizes new cutbacks: Insolvency has been averted, but many employees must once again fear for their future ...
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Baywa hardware stores and garden centers also slide into insolvency: The news came from a very distant place last week: The Dortmund-based DIY chain Hellweg ...
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa DIY & Garden Centers in a Dilemma: What's Next for the Schrobenhausen Location?
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Next bankruptcy: Garden center files for insolvency after Hellweg and BayWa: The Hellweg bankruptcy has far-reaching consequences: A chain from North ...
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa: Why the Agricultural Giant is on the Brink: Farmers in Bavaria depend on the agricultural trader. But with a reckless expansion strategy ...
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German DIY chain is insolvent: Fears for four BayWa branches in the region: The Hellweg Group has filed for insolvency under self-administration ...
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Insolvency shock for BayWa building | and garden centers - | 10 branches in Franconia
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Paid articlePaywall First insolvency, now takeover rumors: Viechtach Baywa faces an uncertain future: It is the last of its kind in Viechtach (Regen district) and a popular ...
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Paid articlePaywall Citizens of Eimbeckhausen feel ignored regarding the planned 265-meter wind turbine.
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Paid articlePaywall BayWa hardware stores in crisis: What the insolvency means for Weinsberg and Brackenheim
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❌💲 Approximately 4,000 employees are affected, including 2,900 at Hellweg and about 1,300 at BayWa AG... ❌💲 👉👉 Find out more via the link in the comments! 👇👇 ... Show more
Eberbach is concerned about statements from JUWI. Are experiences with BayWa repeating themselves? 👉 Here's the article: (RNZ+) Eberbach: Is the next company withdrawing from the wind power project at Hebert?
BayWa crisis: These 40 pages are intended to save the agricultural group: Restructuring director Michael Baur has presented a plan in a confidential meeting that ...
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa files for insolvency
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Fateful weeks for BayWa: Banks put pressure on major shareholders: The future of the floundering company is at stake. But the banks and the major shareholders ...
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BayWa-Baumarkttochter beantragt Insolvenz in Eigenverwaltung: Rund 4.000 Beschäftigte sind betroffen, der Betrieb soll vorerst weiterlaufen ...
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Paid articlePaywall Time is running out for BayWa: For two years, the crisis at the traditional Bavarian agricultural group BayWa AG has been simmering ...
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Paid articlePaywall New management duo cleans up at the RWA warehouse group.: VIENNA. Raiffeisen Ware Austria could also sell subsidiaries in Eastern Europe. CEO Johannes Schuster ...
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Poker game surrounding BayWa: Insolvency still looms: Banks are supposed to forgive the struggling agricultural conglomerate's debts on a massive scale ...
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Paid articlePaywall BayWa: "There are virtually no job cuts in Franconia" - | The works council comments
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Paid articlePaywall Baywa in Erbach: Garden center to remain open: Plants, garden tools, pet food, and groceries can still be purchased at Baywa AG in Erbach.
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Paid articlePaywall After almost 80 years: BayWa branch in Regen closes on June 30th: Empty shelves in a store can mean two things: the after-effects of panic buying or the ...
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