Rettenmeier Ploessberg
· also known as Ziegler
Rettenmeier Ploessberg is an operating softwood sawmill in Ploessberg, Germany, with a capacity of 2 200 000 cubic metres of log intake per year.
- Company
- Rettenmeier Holzindustrie
- WoodComp ID
- 01161 (how IDs work)
- Country
- Germany
- City
- Ploessberg
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 2 200 000 m3/y log intakeverified 2026-09-07
- Type
- Softwood
- Region
- Oberpfalz
- Website
- rettenmeier.com
49.814, 12.321
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Rettenmeier Ploessberg is the 1st largest sawmill in Germany of the 92 with a log intake capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
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- Nearest facilities
- Josef Ziegler Ploessberg-Stein (1 km) ·Stora Enso Plana (29 km) ·GELO Timber Wunsiedel (33 km) ·GELO Holzwerke Weissenstadt (45 km) ·Kuenzel-Holz Issigau (76 km)
Timeline
- 2025startup
The sawmill resumed operation under the new operator Rettenmeier Holzindustrie Ploessberg GmbH, keeping about 650 jobs.
Source ↗ - 2025other
Under Rettenmeier the site is described as the largest single sawmill location in Europe with 2.2 million cubic metres of annual cutting capacity, five sawing and planing lines and around 500 employees.
Source ↗ - 2025-02-01ownership change
Rettenmeier took over the former Ziegler Holzindustrie Plossberg site out of insolvency on 1 February 2025 (about 650 jobs retained).
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- 2024-11-20other
Ziegler Holding GmbH, parent of the Ploessberg sawmill, filed for insolvency at the Weiden district court, with the operating wood industry company following days later.
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Sources
Data confidence: High (80 of 100) how this is computed
- otherchecked 2026-07-25holzkurier.com
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org
- otherchecked 2026-07-26holzkurier.com
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- otherchecked 2026-07-26oberpfalzecho.de
- otherchecked 2026-07-26stmwi.bayern.de
- otherchecked 2026-07-26holzkurier.com
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