Valentin Eisch glassworks
The Valentin Eisch glassworks is a manufacturer of glassware based in Frauenau in the Bavarian Forest , which supplies the glass and porcelain specialist trade as well as upscale gastronomy . The company was founded in 1946 and is family-owned throughout
Glashütte Valentin Eisch GmbH
- Legal form: partnership
- Foundation: 1946
- Headquarters: Frauenau
- Head: Eberhard and Julia Eisch
- Number of employees: 35
- Industry: Glass production and processing
- Website: www.eisch.de
history
The glassmaking tradition of the Eisch family has been researched up to Mathias Alesch, who was born in the Bohemian Forest in 1689 and is on the list of employees of a small glassworks there.
The founder of the Eisch glassworks, Valentin Eisch, had been employed as a master engraver in the crystal glass factory of the commercial councilor Isidor Gistl since 1914 . In 1946 he and his wife Therese founded their own processing company in order to build a living for their six children. Soon the existing Bayerwald glassworks feared that competition would arise. They wanted to prevent this by blocking the delivery of raw glass to the Eischs. The Eisch family was forced to set up their own glass production. In December 1952 the first glass was melted in what was then the youngest and smallest glassworks in Bavaria. Despite great initial difficulties, the hut was expanded to a 12- port furnace in 1956 . Thanks to the cooperation of all family members and employees, a continuous upward development began.
Erwin Eisch is a pioneer and spiritual father of the studio glass movement in Europe. For the glassworks he is a source of inspiration and a “lateral thinker”. Based on Erwin Eisch's free-blown glass, the one-off series “Poetry in Glass” was created in 1977: collector's and collector's items in flowing shapes, which were designed into artistic objects using the various oven and cold glass techniques.
When it came to the choice of the preferred industrial partner by the German glass-porcelain specialist trade, Eisch claimed first place among all German glass manufacturers several times.
The Eisch glassworks is still fully family-owned and is run by the third generation of the family, Eberhard and Julia Eisch. Together with Florian Eichinger (4th generation, son of Julia Eisch), they build on the diverse experiences and craftsmanship of the past and are now turning the company into a modern and innovative glass manufacturer for creative table culture. With a consistent brand strategy that focuses on individuality and innovation, Glashütte Eisch is also successful in foreign markets. Today more than 50% of the total production is exported to over 60 countries worldwide.
Awards
- 2020: Award as the most frequently first-placed glass manufacturer since the introduction of the choice of preferred industrial partners for the German glass and porcelain trade
- 2020: Award for TOP COMPANIES OF LOWER BAVARIA
- 2020: Award of the title ARBERLAND PREMIUM GOLD
- 2019: DINEUS table culture award
- 2019: Tableware International Award of Excellence
literature
- Katharina Eisch: The Eisch Hut, portrait of a Bavarian Forest glassworks in the 20th century, 1988
- Alfons Eisch: The Eisch family - 300 years in the glass industry, 2012
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfons Eisch: Family Eisch - 300 years in the glass industry . 2012 ( worldcat.org [accessed May 27, 2020]).
- ↑ Werner Endres: [Review by:] Eisch, Katharina: The Eisch hut: Portrait of a Bayerwald glassworks in the 20th century. - Grafenau, 1988 . 1990 ( worldcat.org [accessed May 27, 2020]).
- ↑ Glashütte Eisch - glass tradition with a love for glass. Retrieved on May 27, 2020 (German).