Our history – Viehhandel Anton Gribl
Gribl has been trading animals for seven decades. The founder of the company, Anton Gribl, settled in Augsburg-Kriegshaber in the middle of the city in 1950 and bought horses from local farmers that were sent to the Lake Constance region. In 1965 his son Kurt took over the livestock trading company. During this time, the farming operations were supplied with dairy cows.
In 1987 his son Anton Gribl took over the, by now well established, animal trading company from his father. As the growing company could not expand any further within the city, Anton Gribl searched for new premises in 1987.
He found what he wanted in Reutern and moved the company to the new site in 1988; this is the current headquarters of the company. Anton Gribl bought a farm, demolished the old building and tarmacked the yard. The company specialises in trading calves. Today 500 to 1000 calves, weaners, young heifers and large cattle are sold domestically and abroad every week.
The 64 years of company history were written by four generations of Gribl.
The most important events:
| 1950 | Company founded by Anton Gribl at the site in Augsburg-Kriegshaber. |
| 1965 | Company taken over by Kurt Gribl. |
| 1987 | Animal trading organisation taken over by Anton Gribl. |
| 1988 | New start in Reutern. Purchase of a farm, demolition of the old building and tarmacking of the yard. |
| 1993 | Demolition of the stalls. New stall building erected with a light-air roof, calf feeders and eight large quiet boxes. |
| 1994 | EU approval as a collection and loading point. Stalls and facilities satisfy the EU Directives. Exports to Spain, Italy and Greece started. |
| 2009 | Son Anton Gribl starts working in the family business and assumes responsibility for the purchase and sales of the animals working alongside his father. |
| 2015 | The company is now managed by Anton Gribl jun. |
| 2016 | Inauguration of the new company building. |
