Kühny gold leaf factory

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The C. Kühny gold leaf factory is a German metal processing - companies based in Neusäß in the Swabian district of Augsburg , which particularly in the production of gold leaf has specialized. The family company , which was founded in Augsburg in 1840 and has been based there for many years, is now (2017) in the sixth and seventh generation of the founding family.

history

The company was founded at the end of 1840 by the gold beater Carl Friedrich Kühny († 1889), the son of the Augsburg gold beater Jakob Friedrich Kühny. The company was initially located on the parents' property on Hunoldsgraben in Augsburg's old town, which was acquired in 1826 . In 1863, the company moved to new premises at Hermanstraße 31 in the Augsburg train station district , where the C. Kühny gold leaf factory developed, according to its own statements, "within a short time into the industry leader for gold leaf production". In 2006 the company headquarters was relocated to Sonnwendstrasse 8a in Neusäß.

The purpose of the company is the production of gold leaf and other metal leaf as well as the sale of gold leaf and gilding items . Mainly 12-24 carat gold leaf is produced  for restoration and stone carving work . In addition, the company's delivery range, some of which comes from its own production, includes: roll gold, silver leaf , roll silver , striking metal and composite gold, as well as mixtion , poliment and polishing stones for gilding ( agates ) in many shapes, as well as all the accessories required for gilding.

The manufacturing processes are not fully automated throughout , but are partly carried out according to traditional manual processes used by gold miners.

Sample projects

Kühny gold leaf has been used in numerous architectural monuments at home and abroad for restoration and (new) gilding work, including the following projects:

Publications

  • C. Kühny Blattgoldfabrik (Ed.): Production of the gold leaf and history of the gold leaf factory C. Kühny, Augsburg, founded in 1840 . Bavarian Hofbuchdruckerei Gebrüder Reichel, Augsburg 1927.

literature

  • Engelhardt-Werbung + Verlag (ed.): Old companies of the city and the economic region of Augsburg . Engelhardt, Augsburg 1993, ISBN 3-9802736-0-1 , p. 173-176 .
  • Company portrait of the gold leaf factory Kühny . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . December 23, 1995.
  • Herman Kießling: The golden hall and the princely rooms in the Augsburg town hall. A documentation of the recovery . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-422-06198-3 , pp. 215-219 .
  • Günther Grünsteudel u. a. (Ed.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon . 2nd, completely revised and considerably expanded edition. Perlach-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, chapter Augsburg from A to Z: Kühny Blattgoldfabrik .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b See on the company's website: C. Kühny Blattgoldfabrik >>  German >>  About us. In: kuehny-blattgold.de. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  2. ^ Gustav Euringer: Carl Friedrich Kühny . In: Natural science association for Swabia (ed.): Reports of the natural science association for Swabia, Augsburg (=  necrologist ). No. 30 , 1988, pp. LI – LIII ( digitized version , PDF file - obituary).
  3. ↑ The company name and headquarters may a. in the German Trade Archive of 1919: Reich Ministry of the Interior (Ed.): German Trade Archive (DHA) . W. Besser, Berlin 1919, p. 819 .
  4. ↑ Günther Grünsteudel u. a. (Ed.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon . 2nd, completely revised and considerably expanded edition. Perlach-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, chapter Augsburg from A to Z: Kühny Blattgoldfabrik (status from 1998).
  5. ↑ a b See on the company's website: C. Kühny Blattgoldfabrik >>  German >>  Product. In: kuehny-blattgold.de. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  6. ↑ See on the company's website: C. Kühny Blattgoldfabrik >>  German >>  References. In: kuehny-blattgold.de. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '54.79 "  N , 10 ° 48' 33.22"  O