IG Farben

Summary

IG Farben is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.84% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month, #247 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• IG Farben is in the country of Germany^[3].
• IG Farben's image is recorded as Goethe University Frankfurt Poelzig Building.jpeg^[4].
• IG Farben's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• IG Farben's logo image is recorded as I.G. Farben logo.svg^[6].
• IG Farben's follows is recorded as Dörstewitz-Rattmannsdorfer Braunkohlen-Industrie-Gesellschaft^[7].
• IG Farben's follows is recorded as Zeche Auguste Victoria^[8].
• IG Farben's follows is recorded as Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation^[9].
• IG Farben's followed by is recorded as Bayer^[10].
• IG Farben's headquarters location is recorded as Frankfurt^[11].
• IG Farben's headquarters location is recorded as IG Farben Building^[12].
• IG Farben's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121141484^[13].
• IG Farben's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 142468568^[14].
• IG Farben's GND ID is recorded as 16005-2^[15].
• IG Farben's GND ID is recorded as 1086208846^[16].
• IG Farben's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50079382^[17].
• IG Farben's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14465729h^[18].
• IG Farben's IdRef ID is recorded as 030153042^[19].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as Guano Works^[20].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as Agfa-Gevaert^[21].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as Degesch^[22].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as Hoechst^[23].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as Interhandel^[24].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as I.G. Bergwerke^[25].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as Behringwerke^[26].
• IG Farben's child organization or unit is recorded as Donau Chemie^[27].

Body

Founding

+1916-12-02T00:00:00Z marks the founding of IG Farben^[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Frankfurt^[29].

Identity

IG Farben's part of is recorded as list of German companies by employees in 1938^[30]. Predecessors include Dörstewitz-Rattmannsdorfer Braunkohlen-Industrie-Gesellschaft^[7], Zeche Auguste Victoria^[8], and Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation^[9]. Its followed by is recorded as Bayer^[10].

Leadership

Board members include Carl Bosch^[31], Fritz ter Meer^[32], Karl Krauch^[33], Matthias Pier^[34], Hermann Schmitz^[35], and Carl Wurster^[36].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Frankfurt^[11], a big city^[37], in Francia^[38], founded in 0100^[39] and IG Farben Building^[12], an office building^[40], in Germany^[41], founded in 1930^[42]. Subsidiaries include Guano Works^[20], a business^[43], in German Empire^[44], founded in 1858^[45], headquartered in Harburg^[46]; Agfa-Gevaert^[21], a business^[47], in Germany^[48], founded in 1873^[49], headquartered in Mortsel^[50]; Degesch^[22], a business^[51], in Germany^[52], founded in 1919^[53], headquartered in Frankfurt^[54]; Hoechst^[23], an enterprise^[55], in Germany^[56], founded in 1863^[57], headquartered in Frankfurt^[58]; Interhandel^[24], a business^[59], in Switzerland^[60], founded in 1928^[61], headquartered in Q56447734^[62]; and I.G. Bergwerke^[25].

Industry

IG Farben's industry is recorded as chemical industry^[63].

Dissolution

IG Farben was dissolved in +2012-10-31T00:00:00Z^[64].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for IG Farben include IG Farben Building^[65], an office building^[66], in Germany^[67], founded in 1930^[68] and IG Farben Trial^[69], a war crimes trial^[70].

Why It Matters

IG Farben ranks in the top 0.84% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month, #247 of 29,529).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[71] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[72]

It is credited with the discovery of Nitrophoska^[73], a brand name^[74]. Entities named for it include IG Farben Building^[65], an office building^[66], in Germany^[67], founded in 1930^[68] and IG Farben Trial^[69], a war crimes trial^[70].

FAQs

What did IG Farben discover?

IG Farben is credited as discoverer of Nitrophoska^[73].