About us

GODELMANN is a family-run concrete block company headquartered in Fensterbach, Bavaria. With a commitment to perfection and a strong awareness of the environment, people and nature, we have been developing and manufacturing concrete blocks for sophisticated outdoor design for over 75 years. Durability, uncompromising quality, good design and forward-looking innovations for the environment – that is what defines the GODELMANN brand.

Across seven sites in Germany and two in the Czech Republic, we now employ more than 500 staff. We have since become the market and quality leader in Europe and are a major employer in the region.

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Square colour samples lie on a table – they range from light beige tones to dark anthracite colours. Two people are leaning over the colour samples, examining the colours.

We are the stone innovators

As stone innovators, we stand for expertise, passion and innovation. Concrete blocks are a building material that is far more intelligent, versatile and sensuous than one might initially assume. This is particularly true when it is not just any old block – but one that has been invented for a specific purpose. Depending on requirements, we manufacture our products in series or in our concrete workshop, always using raw materials sourced from the region.

What we do is not limited to developing exceptional paving systems. In our in-house stone laboratory, we work on new ideas, experiment with new raw materials and devise new formulations. We continue until we have created a stone of the very highest quality, one that delights with its aesthetic design and feels so pleasant that you want to touch it again and again. We will not settle for anything less.

A person is comparing various material samples with a beige-grey paving stone featuring a light-coloured grain. On the table are a bowl of small stones, another tool and various materials. — ©

Various handy stone samples for paving stones are on display. In the foreground is a red sample with a rough, textured surface made of black, irregularly shaped grains.

Aerial view of the GODELMANN site in Fensterbach, surrounded by woodland, fields and waterways. The site comprises numerous large buildings, warehouses and car parks.

Concentrated expertise

At our headquarters in Fensterbach, spread over 30 ha, we use five paving block machines and two slab presses to manufacture high-quality concrete block products every day, which can then be further processed on our finishing line. Countless bespoke items are handcrafted in our workshop every day.

The large storage areas offer capacity for over 3,500 items. This makes the Fensterbach site the largest production site for concrete blocks in Europe. With our own fleet of trucks powered by bio-LNG, we can guarantee fast delivery.

Concrete: our favourite material

Two people are standing in the concrete workshop in front of formwork for special concrete components. They are discussing the formwork. — ©

A young employee in the factory smooths the concrete poured into the formwork with his hands. — ©

The photograph was taken in a production hall and shows a slab press

The picture shows a highly complex and modern production line that manufactures concrete slabs. — ©

Bernhard Godelmann in conversation with an employee in a machine operator’s cab. The paving block machine can be seen in the background. — ©

A batch of concrete blocks fresh from the machine, being inspected by two people. — ©

A cyclist rides across the factory grounds between stacked bundles of blocks on pallets. — ©

The GODELMANN LNG lorries are lined up in the car park.

The three managing directors of Godelmann stand in the company’s own sand pit in front of a renaturalised area.

Consistent and holistic

Sustainability at GODELMANN

For us, sustainability is a philosophy we put into practice – for over two generations and beyond. We have been manufacturing with carbon-neutral production (emissions 1 and 2 accounted for and offset) since 2015. Our products have been awarded Cradle to Cradle^Certified® Silver. This internationally recognised certification confirms the environmental compatibility and recyclability of our products.

PV systems on the roofs of the production halls. A person is checking the surface of the photovoltaic systems. — 100% renewable energy: on sunny days, we are completely self-sufficient in electricity.
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Recycled sand made from crushed paving stones is transported on a conveyor belt. — We keep our resources in circulation: through our concrete recycling programme, we have so far saved more than one million tonnes of primary raw materials.
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Always one step ahead

In our stone laboratory, we research proactive surface systems and their effects. Since the late 1980s, we have been working on the de-sealing of surfaces and the maintenance of the natural water cycle in urban environments.

Our sustainability report details all the milestones we have achieved in this area to date and the targets we have set ourselves for the future.