Faience manufacture Göggingen

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The faience in Göggingen was a mid-18th century-producing factory for ceramic products in the today Augsburg belonging district Göggingen . In contemporary documents, the name Majolika Fabrique is always found .

history

Faience and majolica have been made in numerous German factories since the 18th century because of their similarity to porcelain . The first production facility in the imperial city of Augsburg was set up in his garden around 1735 by the pharmacist , chemist and distiller Johann Caspar Schaur (1681–1761), but it only existed for a few years. At the decision of the then Augsburg Prince-Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt , the faience factory was set up in Göggingen in late autumn 1748 - the village offered itself due to its membership of the Prince-Bishop 's domain. In addition, the economic association with the imperial city was strong despite its location outside the city limits. Joseph Ignaz Philipp wanted on the one hand to ensure the supply of the prince-bishop's residences and offices with faience articles, but at the same time to improve the economic situation in his domain.

The faience manufacture was largely supplied with raw materials from the surrounding area: wood was obtained from the forests around Zusmarshausen , clay from Steppach and sand from Horgau . The other materials such as lead , potash , salt , soda and tin were delivered from regions further away. Georg Nikolaus Hoffmann , who had previously worked in Schrattenhofen , was initially employed as the manager. After his departure in 1750, the management was transferred to Joseph Hackl († 1760), who previously reported to him. Since the manufactory was ultimately profitable, but mostly in the red, it was closed on October 12 or 19, 1752 by decision of Joseph Ignaz Philipp.

further reading

  • Hannelore Müller: History of the prince-bishop-Augsburg majolica factory in Göggingen. In: Heinz Friedrich Deininger (Ed.): Göggingen. Contributions to the history of the city. City of Göggingen, Göggingen 1969, pp. 280–303.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Kraus (Ed.): History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century (= Handbook of Bavarian History. Vol. 3, Part. 2). 3rd, revised edition. Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-39452-3 , p. 805.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Franz Häussler: Gögginger majoliken in Höchstädt . In: Augsburger Allgemeine , on February 25, 2010. Retrieved on December 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c Hannelore Müller: Faience factory Göggingen . In: Augsburger Stadtlexikon . 1998. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  4. ^ Elisabeth Chowaniec: The "Dohnanyi Case". 1943-1945. Resistance, military justice, SS arbitrariness (= series of the quarterly books for contemporary history. Vol. 62). Oldenbourg, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-486-64562-5 , p. 31, (also: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 1991).
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Wüst : Joseph: Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt 1699–1768. In: Götz Freiherr von Pölnitz : Lebensbilder aus dem Bayerischen Schwaben (= publications of the Swabian Research Association at the Commission for Bavarian State History. Series 3, Vol. 14). Volume 14, edited by Wolfgang Haberl. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1993, ISBN 3-87437-311-8 , pp. 64-75.