Ladenburger Kerkingen
OperatingLadenburger GmbHLadenburgerladenburger.deID 01150
Ladenburger Kerkingen is an operating softwood sawmill in Bopfingen-Kerkingen, Germany, owned by Ladenburger. With a capacity of 1 000 000 cubic metres of log intake per year it is the 10th largest of the 94 sawmills in Germany with a recorded capacity, and it produced 1 000 000 m3 of log intake in 2025.
Location and logistics
- Site
- Holzwerke Ladenburger pellet plant Kerkingenpellet plant · 160 000 t/y pellets
Shares the industrial site with the facilities listed. Each is its own record with its own capacity and status.- Nearest port
- Porto Di Lido-Venezia, Italy · 415 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- No siding mapped
- Nearest railway
- 0.2 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 1 000 000 m3/y log intake
- Production
- 1 000 000 m3 log intake2025 · press
- Utilisation
- 100 %
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- expansion2019A channel dryer was built and a new scanner based sorting system was commissioned at Kerkingen.Source ↗
- expansion2012Drying capacity was expanded at Kerkingen and Bopfingen to meet rising demand for kiln dried lumber.Source ↗
- startup2008A new industrial sawmill with an annual capacity of about 1,000,000 cubic metres started at Kerkingen while the sawing operation at Aufhausen was closed.Source ↗
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- ownership change2003Ladenburger acquired a wood processing plant at Kerkingen with finger jointing lines, cutting lines and drying chambers.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-09-06holzkurier.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26schwaebische-post.de ↗
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- company websitechecked 2026-09-06ladenburger.de ↗
- newschecked 2026-09-09schwaebische-post.de ↗
Related facilities
Largest in Germany
How to cite
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