E. Fessler
| E. Fessler Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.
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| legal form | GmbH u. Co. KG |
| founding | 1794 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| management | Clemens Fritzsche |
| Branch | Hafner, tile and tile layer and ceramist |
| Website | www.Fessler-Kamine.at |
E. Fessler is a traditional company in the pottery trade as well as the manufacture of tiled stoves, fireplaces and other ceramic products in Vienna and a former supplier to the Imperial and Royal Court . The company's headquarters are at Mozartgasse 3 in the 4th district of Wieden .
history
The company was founded by Lorenz Fessler from Vorarlberg in 1794 at Alt Lerchenfeld 40.
In 1798 the company moved to a separate plot of land in the Paulaner monastery garden on the Wieden , today's Favoritenstrasse 10. Due to its proximity to Vienna's Naschmarkt , Fessler received lively inquiries from the sellers for ceramic vessels for their goods. In 1810, son Mathias Fessler took over the business. At that time there were orders for tiled stoves for the imperial palaces such as the Hofburg , Schönbrunn , Laxenburg and the Theresianum . Due to successful work, the company grew so that in 1850 the application for the title of purveyor to the court could be made. Matthias Fessler died in 1817, his widow Therese and son Matthias took over the business. Like his father before that, Fessler supplied imperial castles and residences with ovens or did their services there. Matthias Fessler applied for the title of master potter in 1850, but died on July 6, 1850 before the matter could be concluded.
In 1859 the son Eduard Fessler took over the company. Not only did the regular employees live in the neighboring house at 10 Favoritenstrasse, Eduard Fessler also set up stables for a carriage shed and his pedigree horses. In 1863 he acquired the company headquarters at Mozartgasse 3 in the 4th district, which still exists today, and in the same year the company was entered in the commercial register as " Oefen- und Thonwaarenfabrik des E. Feſsler ". He was able to bring the company to a great upswing by equipping many palaces and town houses. Customers included the brother of the emperor Archduke Carl Ludwig and Duke Franz von Modena, whose palace on Beatrixgasse was furnished by Fessler. Furthermore, he worked together with the Hofnermeister Erndt in the Hungarian Gardehof, the court stable building and the Belvedere Palace. Fessler was advised on the designs of the tiled stoves by Friedrich Ohmann and Humbert Walcher-Moltheim .
In 1874 he successfully submitted a request for a court title; the evaluation of the office of court master was very positive. He received the title of "kuk master potter" and "kuk Hofofenfabrikanten". Fessler also became the chamber supplier to Archduke Franz Ferdinand and equipped his Konopischt and Chlumec castles . He also supplied noble families such as those of Schwarzenberg, Hoyos, Liechtenstein and Wilczek, but also the Lilienfeld monastery. He also began to accept orders for the new buildings on Vienna's Ringstrasse . In the Ringstrasse Palais, tiled stoves in the Baroque and Empire styles were in particular demand, probably to imitate the taste of the court. During this heyday, the company employs around 120 people, whom Fessler carefully selected in order to guarantee the high quality of its products. Fessler hardly kept up with the production and had to order additional tiles from Bohemia.
In 1906 the company was transformed into an open company . Eduard Fessler died in 1910 and his son Karl took over the management. The First World War and the collapse of the monarchy hit the company hard. There were no farm orders, orders from other customers decreased because heating habits changed to cheap coal and briquettes. Iron stoves were more suitable for this than tiled stoves. Karl Fessler was forced to take out large loans. After his death in 1926, his brother-in-law Alfred Fritzsche, born with Eugenie. Fessler was married, the successor. Alfred Fritzsche had already joined the company in 1921.
Despite great efforts, Fritzsche was unable to reorganize the company financially. Alfred's son from his first marriage, Herbert, was called up for military service in the Wehrmacht together with a large part of the workforce during World War II . Fritzsche then leased the property to the ceramist W. Bosse.
In 1946 Herbert Fritzsche passed his master craftsman examination for the stove-fitter trade , shortly afterwards the master’s examination for the pottery trade . Alfred Fritzsche was able to discover market niches with ceramic hotplates and evaporators. Production was slowly resumed and in 1952 a showroom and shop was opened on Mozartgasse. In 1961 Herbert Fritzsche took over management of the company.
The production of the traditional segment of tiled stoves could also be resumed. The oil crisis of the 1970s had a positive effect on the company's bottom line. In 1988 the company was transformed into a GmbH u. Co. KG , which is entered in the commercial register under GmbH. Herbert Fritzsche and Christine’s son, b. Wild, Ing.Clemens Fritzsche.
Products
The company mainly deals with the trade of ovens, the pottery industry and the production of ceramics.
The trade in stone and marble masks for chimneys is an important pillar, business contacts exist in England, France and Italy. Fessler still manufactures rollover stoves, these are individually manufactured stoves that were produced using a special process in the Baroque period. The company also restores historic ovens. Modern stoves are also made in collaboration with artists.
literature
- János Kalmár, Mella Waldstein: KuK purveyors to Vienna's court . Stocker, Graz 2001, ISBN 3-7020-0935-3 . Pp. 74-77.
- Reinhard Engel, Marta Halpert: Luxury from Vienna II. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2002. ISBN 3-7076-0142-0
- Ingrid Haslinger: Customer - Kaiser. The story of the former imperial and royal purveyors . Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85202-129-4 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 42.5 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 7.3 ″ E