Royally privileged Tettau porcelain factory

Cake platter of the Tettau porcelain factory

The royal privileged porcelain factory Tettau was a porcelain factory founded in 1794 in Tettau , Upper Franconia . The plant in Tettau was closed at the end of May 2019. The brand will continue to exist as the production of the product ranges will be relocated to the Erbendorf and Rudolstadt / Volkstedt locations (Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district).

history

The Royal privileged porcelain factory Tettau in 1794 with the participation of Alexander von Humboldt in Upper Franconia Tettau founded. The company founders were Georg Christian Friedmann Greiner from Veilsdorf Monastery and the Coburg merchant Johann Friedrich Paul Schmidt, to whom the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II granted the royal privilege to manufacture porcelain . Greiner developed the pure white, translucent “Tettau Shards ”.

The business remained in the possession of the Greiner family until 1852, after which it changed hands several times. Between 1866 and 1879 the plant was owned by Wilhelm Sontag ( Geiersthal ) and Karl Birkner. From 1897 to 1915 it was named Porzellanfabrik Tettau, vorm. Sontag & Söhne GmbH. In 1915 it was converted into a stock corporation, which later became the Tettau AG porcelain factory.

At the end of the 19th century, the factory had 200 employees. The company had up to 600 employees in the 20th century. The porcelain factory has belonged to the Seltmann Weiden group of companies since 1957 . In 2010 there were still more than 100 employees. Around 20 tons of porcelain left the factory every month. The range included decors based on the works of well-known artists such as Paul Klee , Franz Marc and August Macke .

In the meantime, the production, sales and administration of Königlich priv. Tettau at the locations of the Seltmann Group Rudolstadt / Volkstedt and the Erbendorf plant have been integrated into this.

literature

• Karl Otto Dees: The history of the porcelain factory in Tettau and the relationship with Alexander v. Humboldts on the porcelain industry . Wiedemann, Saalfeld in Thuringia 1921.

See also

• List of porcelain manufacturers and manufacturers

Web links

Commons : Royal Privileged Porcelain Factory  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Tettau Porzellan company website
• Early documents and newspaper articles on the royal privileged porcelain factory Tettau in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death blow for the "royal". Retrieved June 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Seltmann closes the plant in Tettau.
3. ↑ The end of a great tradition in Tettau. Retrieved May 2, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Press department Seltmann Weiden / Königlich Tettau: History / Relocation to Königlich Tettau. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .