List of photo companies in Dresden

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Ernemann Tower as a landmark of the Dresden photo industry

The first manufacturers of photographic apparatus in Germany were Friedrich Wilhelm Enzmann (1802–1866) and his brother Carl Heinrich Enzmann, whose advertisement in the Dresden city gazette of October 31, 1839 is considered the birth of the Dresden photo industry. Since the establishment of the Dresdner Photographische Apparate-Fabrik Ernemann & Matthias by Heinrich Ernemann in 1889, the manufacture of photo cameras in Dresden has a long tradition. In 1898 there were already three large camera factories in Dresden:

  • Factory of photographic equipment, formerly Richard Hüttig & Sohn
  • Company for camera manufacturing Heinrich Ernemann
  • Joint stock company for the photographic industry Emil Wünsche

List of former camera workshops and photo companies in and around Dresden

The list includes companies that manufacture cameras, photographic accessories, and optical devices, and companies that manufacture photo plates and paper.

Surname address Consist comment
Altissa camera factory Johannstadt , Lortzingstraße 38 at the corner of Fiedlerstraße (formerly Trinitatisstraße) (location) 1941 Originally Eilenburger Straße 6, until 1940 Eho Camera Factory Emil Hofert GmbH, owner: Berthold Altmann, 1940–41 Amca Camera Factory Berthold Altmann, 1941–45 Altissa Camera Factory Berthold Altmann, destroyed in 1945, new beginning in 1946 Johannstadt, Blasewitzer Str. 17 and establishment of ALDO-Feingeräte-Bau GmbH (ALDO = Altmann & Dosky), production of ALDO microscopes and ALDO microscope cameras, expropriated in 1952, VEB Altissa-Camera-Werk in 1953, later to VEB Pentacon
Eho camera factory - Emil Hofert GmbH Striesen , Eilenburger Straße 6 (location) 1904-1940 1904–27 Photographische Manufaktur engineer Richard Knoll, 1927–31 Factory of photographic articles Emil Hofert vorm. Richard Knoll, 1931–35 Eho Camera Factory Emil Hofert GmbH, 1937 Eho Camera Factory Emil Hofert GmbH, owner: Berthold Altmann, continued as Altissa Camera Factory
Balda factory Tolkewitz , Wilischstraße 1 (location) 1908-1956 founded by Max Baldeweg in Laubegast, Donathstraße 3 (formerly Seidnitzer Straße 3), 1908–1913 factory for photographic apparatus, cassettes and accessories for the Dresden camera industry, from 1913 Balda-Werk Max Baldeweg, from 1951 VEB Belca-Werk, from 1957 Incorporation into the VEB camera works in Niedersedlitz
Certo camera work Großzschachwitz , Pirnaer Landstrasse 227 (formerly Pirnaische Strasse 11 or Peterswalder Landstrasse 11–13) (location) 1902-1985 founded in 1902 by Alfred Lippert and Karl Peppel, Peppel & Lippert factory of photographic cameras in Johannstadt, Hertelstr. 35, from 1905 Certo GmbH, from 1906 Certo factory photographic apparatus and supplies GmbH, from 1917 Certo, owner: Emil Paul Zimmermann, 1937 Fritz von der Gönna, nationalized in 1972, VEB Certo-Kamerawerk Dresden
Ernemann-Kamerawerke AG Striesen, Schandauer Straße 48 / Junghansstraße 1 (location) (location) 1889 Ernemann company in Wilsdruffer Vorstadt until 1892, Güterbahnhofstraße 10, then until 1896 in Pirnaische Vorstadt, Kaulbachstraße 13, Heinrich Ernemann company, from 1898 Ernemann camera works in Junghansstraße 2, new building 1915–18 and 1922–23 in Junghansstraße 1– 3 by the architects: Emil Högg and Richard Müller - both buildings under monument protection ID no. 09213304 , from 1926 Zeiss-Ikon AG
Optical work by Ernst Ludwig Weixdorf Lausa (OT from Weixdorf ), now OT from Dresden 1924-1980 Manufacture of lenses, nationalized in 1972, VEB Optisches Werk Weixdorf, 1980 part of the VEB Pentacon combine, from 1985 incorporated into the VEB Kamerafabrik Freital
Filmosto , Filmdienst Jost & Co. KG Pirnaische Vorstadt , Pestalozzistraße 12 (location) 1924-1959 Founded as Filmdienst Jost & Co. KG, production of projectors, from 1932 Filmosto-Projektion GmbH, from 1937 Filmosto-Projektoren Johannes Jost, destroyed in 1945, expropriated in 1948, VEB Filmosto-Projektion Dresden, from 1956 VEB Aspecta Dresden, 1959 takeover by the VEB camera and cinema works
Hamaphot , Martin Hanke & Co. Johannstadt, Fetscherstraße 60 (formerly Fürstenstraße 60) (location) 1923 Founded in 1923 in Dresden by the then 18-year-old photographer Martin Hanke as Hamaphot Martin Hanke & Co. KG, photo wholesaler and manufacture of laboratory equipment and recording accessories , e.g. B. Filter sets for cameras, destroyed in 1945, then rebuilding the company in Monheim
Hüttig & Sohn camera work Striesen, Schandauer Straße 74, 76 (location) 1887-1909 Founded in 1862 in Berlin by Richard Hüttig, Hüttig & Sohn Kamerawerk in Johannstadt, Elisenstr. 6, then Schandauer Straße 34, 1897–1909 Richard Hüttig AG, from 1909 Internationale Camerafabriken Aktiengesellschaft (ICA AG), from 1926 Zeiss Ikon AG, destroyed in 1945
Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co. Striesen, Schandauer Straße 24 and Augsburger Straße (location) 1912 Founded in 1912 by Johan Steenbergen (1886–1967) as Industrie- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH, later Ihagee, in Friedrichstadt, Semmelweisstraße 8 (Marcolinistraße 8), from 1923 Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co, branch plant Augsburger Straße, models: "Leica", " Paff-Reflex "," Exakta "and" Kine Exakta "(developer: Karl Nüchterlein), nationalized as Ihagee Kamerawerk AG from 1942, destroyed in 1945, since 1946 company headquarters in the former Delta factory of Zeiss Ikon AG at Blasewitzer Straße 41, Belonging to VEB Pentacon from 1970, dissolved after 1990
International Camera Actiengesellschaft , ICA AG Striesen, Schandauer Straße 76 (location) 1909-1926 Merger of the companies Emil Wünsche AG, Hüttig AG, Dr. Krügener AG Frankfurt / M. and the camera department Carl Zeiss Jena to ICA A.-G. Models: Ica-Trilby, Ica-Reicka, Icarette, Ica-Tropica, Ica-mirror reflex artist camera and ICA folding reflex artist camera, from 1926 Zeiss Ikon AG, destroyed in 1945
Ferdinand Franz Meyer Dresden- Blasewitz 1897 from 1919 Arthur Zimmermann and Ernst A. Stoy
Camera workshops Guthe & Thorsch (KW) Dresden- Seevorstadt , Ferdinandplatz 1 (location) 1915 from 1919 camera workshops of Paul Guthe and Benno Thorsch in the Pirnaische Vorstadt, Serrestraße 5 and 12 and Zinzendorfstraße 48, 1926 Guthe & Thorsch camera workshops, destroyed in 1945
Guthe & Thorsch Niedersedlitz , Bismarckstraße 56 (location) 1915 founded in 1915, initially in the Pirnaische Vorstadt, Serrestrasse 12 / Zinzendorfstrasse 48, later in Gruna, Bärensteiner Strasse 30 / Eibenstocker Strasse, until 1938 camera workshops of Paul Guthe and Benno Thorsch in Niedersedlitz, from 1938 camera workshops Dresden-Niedersedlitz, owner. Charles Noble
Camera works in Niedersedlitz Niedersedlitz, Bismarckstraße 56 (location) 1915 Founded 1915, Guthe & Thorsch, from 1938 camera workshops Charles A. Noble, owner Charles Noble, expropriated in 1946, 1953 VEB Kamerawerk Niedersedlitz (KWN), from 1959 VEB Camera and Kinowerke Dresden (KKWD), 1964 to VEB Pentacon Dresden Camera and Cinema Works, from 1991 Camera Works Noble GmbH, from 1998 Camera Works Dresden GmbH (KWD), building under monument protection ID no. 09215976
Thowe Camera Factory AG Freital-Potschappel 1914-1932 founded by Thowe and Woldemar Beier
Woldemar Beier camera factory Freital , Obere Dresdner Strasse 127 / Krönertstrasse. 3 (location) 1923 founded by Woldemar Beier, first in Richard-Wagner-Straße, Freitaler camera industry Beier & Co., 35mm viewfinder camera Beirette, from 1930 production of box cameras, from 1937 in Freital, Krönertstraße 3, after dismantling until 1949 reconstruction, nationalized in 1972, VEB Kamerafabrik Freital (KFF), incorporated into the VEB Pentacon combine in 1980, dissolved in 1992
Karl Pouva KG Freital, Güterbahnhofstrasse (location) 1939 founded by Karl Pouva (1903–1989), production of slide projectors, VEB Photo Technology Freital, from 1951 production of the simple viewfinder camera 6x6 Pouva start made of Bakelite (over 1.7 million units produced from 1951 to 1972), nationalized in 1972, from 1973 VEB camera factory Freital
Franz Kochmann's photographic apparatus factory Johannstadt, Blasewitzer Straße 64, 66 (location) 1921-1938 Founded in 1921 by Franz Kochmann, 1921–27 factory of photographic equipment, Aryanized in 1938 and continued as the Korelle factory, destroyed in 1945
Korelle factory , Franz Kochmann camera work Striesen, Fiedlerstraße 42/44 (formerly Trinitatisstraße 42/44) / Augsburger Straße 3 (location) 1927 from 1927 Korelle factory Franz Kochmann, Aryanized in 1938 (Franz Kochmann emigrated), from 1938 Korelle factory GH Brandtmann, destroyed in 1945
Mimosa AG Dresden Gruna , Bärensteiner Straße 31 / Hepkestraße 115 / Eibenstocker Straße (formerly An der Mimosa 2) (location) 1904-1991 1911 Takeover of Rheinische Emulsions-Papier-Fabrik, from 1913 Mimosa AG, photographic papers in Gruna, Rosenbergstrasse 32, expropriated in 1948, from 1949 VEB Mimosa, manufacturing of cameras, 1957 VEB Fotopapierwerk Dresden, privatized in 1990, then liquidated
Mentor camera factory Goltz & Breutmann Pirnaische Vorstadt, Pillnitzer Straße 49 (location) 1906-1980 until 1921 Goltz & Breutmann OHG, owner Gustav Adolf Heinrich, Hugo Breutmann, destroyed in 1945, nationalized in 1972, VEB Mentor large format cameras Dresden, integrated into VEB Pentacon in 1980
Pentacon Striesen, Schandauer Strasse 48 / Junghansstrasse 1 (location) 1964-1991 VEB Pentacon Dresden Camera and Kinowerke Dresden through the merger of the companies: VEB Kinowerke Dresden, VEB Camera Works Dresden, VEB Welta Camera Factory Freital / Sa., VEB Altissa Camera Factory Dresden and VEB Aspecta Dresden. Models: Praktica, Prakti, Pentina, Penti, from 1964 VEB Pentacon Dresden, until 2015 Pentacon GmbH
Welta camera factory in Freital Freital, Leßkestraße 10 (formerly Augustusstraße 10) (location) 1914-1964 founded by Walter Waurich and Theodor Weber, originally Weeka camera factory, from 1919 Welta camera factory Freital, 1946 expropriated, 1950 takeover of Reflekta camera factory Tharandt, from 1959 camera Penti , 1964 to VEB Pentacon
Emil Wishes AG Reick , Mügelner Strasse 40 (location) 1898-1909 Created in 1894/95 through the purchase of camera manufacturers Paul Förster and Louis Lang, 1898 Emil Wünsche Aktiengesellschaft for the photographic industry in Dresden-Reick, from 1909 Ica AG, extension by the architect Curt Reimer
Zeiss Ikon Striesen, Glashütter Straße 101 (location) 1926 created through the merger of various camera factories, including Ernemann-Kamerawerke AG and ICA-AG Richard Hüttigs, to form Zeiss-Ikon AG with headquarters in Dresden; new company headquarters built 1936–38, architects: Emil Högg, Georg Rüth. The following branches existed:
  • Alpha factory in Dresden-Plauen , Bienertstrasse 1World icon
  • Beta plant in Dresden- Seevorstadt , Victoriastraße 3World icon
  • Gamma plant in Dresden-Striesen, Altenberger Strasse 48 World icon
  • Delta plant in Dresden-Striesen, Blasewitzer Strasse 41 World icon
  • Kappa plant in Dresden- Leuben , Sachsenwerkstrasse 53 (now Reisstrasse 40a)World icon
  • Lambda factory in Heidenau , Bismarckstrasse 21 (now Ernst-Thälmann-Strasse 21)World icon
  • My factory in Dresden-Striesen, Kipsdorfer Strasse 93 World icon

Expropriation 1946/48, then VEB Zeiss Ikon Dresden and Zeiss Ikon AG Stuttgart, from 1949 production of cinema machines as well as cine cameras and slow motion cameras, from 1959 VEB camera and cinema works

Deutsche Kinematographen-Werke GmbH Johannstadt, Blasewitzer Straße 70 (location) 1906 originally in Striesen, Mosenstrasse 33
Peppel & Lippert Dresden Johannstadt, Hertelstraße 35 (location) 1902-1905 Founded in 1902 by Alfred Lippert and Karl Peppel, workshop for the production of photographic equipment, 1905 takeover by Certo GmbH
Reflekta camera factory Tharandt Tharandt near Dresden 1900-1950 founded by Ferdinand Merkel, camera factory Ferdinand Merkel Tharandt, manufacturing tropical cameras, camera construction Merkel & Co., taken over by Fritz Richter in 1932 after insolvency, camera factory C. Richter Tharandt, two-lens reflex camera Reflecta (1931), expropriated in 1946, ex 1948 VEB Reflecta-Kamera-Werk Tharandt, 1950 affiliation to VEB Welta-Kamera-Werke
Alfred Brückner Rabenau Rabenau near Dresden 1900-1960 Production of travel and studio cameras, 1960 cessation of camera production
Müller & Wetzig Johannstadt, Dürerstraße 100 / Nicolaistraße 15 (location) 1899-1951 Special factory for projection and enlarging devices Müller & Wetzig in Johannstadt, Haydnstraße 9, 1937 Müller & Wetzig OHG, destroyed in 1945, then M&W enlarger factory, after expropriation VEB enlarger factory, 1951 takeover by VEB Filmosto-Projektion Dresden
Unger & Hoffmann AG Johannstadt, Reissigerstraße 36-40 (location) 1890-1926 Verax-Photo-Platten Unger & Hoffmann, from the 1890s production of projectors and cameras, 1926 taken over by Mimosa AG
Photographic Apparatus Factory H. Holiday Striesen, Hüblerplatz 2 (location) 1920 Building with rear building (commercial building) under monument protection ID no. 09213440
Toe Camera Factory (Zeca) Löbtau , Deubener Straße 29 (location) 1902-1948 founded in 1902, 1903–1948 Camera factory Paul Zeh Dresden (Zeca), 1948 closure of the factory
G. Heyde KG Friedrichstadt , Friedrichstraße 18 (location) 1872 founded by Gustav Heyde, factory for optical and mechanical precision devices, expropriated in 1946, 1949 VEB Optik-Feinmess Dresden, 1952 VEB Feinmess Dresden, privatized as Feinmess Dresden GmbH in 1990
Werner brothers - factory of photographic closures Tharandt, Talmühlenstraße 36 (location) 1912-1990 Founded in 1912 by Otto and Alfred Werner in Freital-Deuben, from 1923 in the Klippermühle Tharandt, from 1931 in the Talmühlenstrasse area. No. 3b (now No. 36) in Tharandt, nationalized in 1972, VEB Fotoverschlüsse Tharandt, 1974 affiliation to the VEB Kamerafabrik Freital
Photolux Exposure Meter GmbH Dresden Dresden- Albertstadt 1928-1935 Manufacture of electric light meters
Mikrolux Feinmechanik Dresden Südvorstadt , Uhlandstraße 31 (location) 1948 founded in 1948 by Bernhard Pietrucha, manufacturing of slide projectors, microscopes and repro devices
Schmehle Nachf. (Reflektus) Plauen , Klingenberger Straße 11 (location) 1922 1922 Hugo Schmehle Nachf., Gebr. Diendorf, manufacture of projectors, destroyed in 1945
Eugene Loeber Dresden-Neustadt , Ritterstrasse 12 (location) 1904 Eugen Loeber - Photographic Manufacture, travel cameras, folding cameras and floor cameras as well as opera glasses
Hugo Stöckig & Co. Johannstadt, Fetscherstraße 97 (formerly Fürstenstraße 97) at the corner of Fiedlerstraße (formerly Trinitatisstraße) (location) 1901 Camera-Grossvertrieb "Union", Hugo Stöckig & Co. Dresden with branches in Berlin, Bodenbach and Zurich, Fürstlich-Lippischer Hof Lieferant, 1901–1907 mail order of Ernemann products under the own brand Union , see also [1] , from 1941 Agfa Photo GmbH, destroyed in 1945
Bernhard Eichapfel Dresden 1937 Production of BEDA filter sets for photo cameras
ERKO Fotowerk Radewensky & Koszuszek OHG Freital 1923-1934 from 1924 ERKOS GmbH - optical institute, lens production, owner: Koszuszek
Photographic Manufactory Gebrüder Huth Dresden 1886-1937 Photographische Manufaktur Gebr. Huth, from 1899 as Sächsische Albuminpapierfabrik Gebrüder Huth, production of photo paper
Photographic apparatus factory Ing. Richard Knoll Striesen, Eilenburger Strasse 1910-1927 Founded in Leipzig in 1892, moved to Dresden in 1910 by Karl Hubert Schaupt, manufacture of floor-mounted cameras and camera locks ( simplex universal lock ), from 1927 Eho camera factory
Schmitz & Thiemann camera factory Tharandt 1923-1932 Camera production until 1932
Stein & Binnewerg Freital Freital 1925-1964 Manufacturer of camera shutters, taken over by Heinz Rumberg in 1964 and continued as a precision engineering workshop
Jos. Schneider Feinwerktechnik GmbH and Co. KG Dresden Seidnitz , Enderstraße 92 (location) 1991-1998 from 1998 continuation by Pentacon GmbH Foto- und Feinwerktechnik

Picture gallery

  • Ernemann-Werke AG Dresden

  • Ernemann goddess of light by Hans Unger

  • Former Ernemann works from 1898 in Striesen, Schandauer Straße 48

  • Former Ernemann works from 1923 in Striesen, Junghansstr. 1

  • Former Zeiss-Ikon factory in Dresden-Striesen, Glashütter Str. 101

  • Former Mimosa AG in Dresden-Gruna, Hepkestr. 115

  • Emil Wünsche AG Dresden-Reick, Mügelner Str. 40

  • Camera factory Dresden-Niedersedlitz, Bismarckstr. 56

  • Former Lambda factory of Zeiss Ikon AG in Heidenau, Bismarckstr. 21st

  • Former Factory of photographic equipment H. Holiday Striesen, Hüblerplatz 2

  • Former Welta camera factory in Freital

  • Former Toe camera factory in Dresden-Löbtau, Deubener Str. 29

literature

  • Herbert Blumtritt: The history of the Dresden photo industry , Stuttgart, Lindemann, 2000, 256 pages, ISBN 3-89506-212-X
  • Richard Hummel: SLR cameras from Dresden. History, technology, facts , Lindemanns, Stuttgart 1998, 300 pages, ISBN 3-89506127-1
  • NN: Compilation of selected photo technology companies , see PDF file under [2] (accessed on March 20, 2020)

Web links

Commons : Camera manufacturer in Dresden  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Photo industry in Dresden  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Development of the Dresden photo industry (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Manufacturer and supplier companies (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  3. ↑ Camera-Wiki Dresden (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  4. ↑ Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Streets and squares in Johannstadt (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Kamerawerke Ihagee (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  6. ↑ Camera-Wiki Eho-Altissa (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Jörg Brune: The old Dresden in pictures (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  8. ↑ Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Streets and squares in Tolkewitz (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  9. ↑ Camera-Wiki Certo (accessed March 20, 2020)
  10. ↑ Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Pirnaer Landstraße (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  11. ↑ a b Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Ernemann-Kamerawerke (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  12. ↑ Camera-Wiki Ernemann (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  13. ↑ Camera-Wiki Ludwig (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  14. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p cameras manufacturers as PDF file (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  15. ↑ Camera-Wiki Hamaphot (accessed March 20, 2020)
  16. ↑ Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Blasewitzer Straße (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  17. ↑ Camera-Wiki ICA (accessed March 20, 2020)
  18. ↑ Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Streets and squares in Niedersedlitz (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  19. ↑ Camera-Wiki Thowe (accessed March 20, 2020)
  20. ↑ Beier Camera - History (accessed March 20, 2020)
  21. ↑ Camera-Wiki Beier (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  22. ↑ Stadtwiki Freital Karl Pouva AG (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  23. ↑ Camera-Wiki Kochmann (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  24. ↑ Camera-Wiki Mimosa (accessed March 20, 2020)
  25. ↑ Camera-Wiki Pentacon (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  26. ↑ Camera-Wiki Welta (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  27. ↑ Camera-Wiki Zeiss Ikon (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  28. ↑ Camera-Wiki Brückner (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  29. ↑ Dresdner-stadtteile.de: Streets and squares in Löbtau (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  30. ↑ Andreas Pietrucha (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  31. ↑ Camera-Wiki Eugen Loeber (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  32. ↑ Camera-Wiki Stöckig (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  33. ↑ Filter manufacturers from 1920 to 1970 (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  34. ↑ Camera-Wiki Huth (accessed March 20, 2020)
  35. ↑ Johannstadt-Archiv (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  36. ↑ Knoll Camera Manufactory (accessed March 20, 2020)
  37. ↑ German cameras 1839 to 1945 (accessed on March 20, 2020)
  38. ↑ Online Commercial Register Dresden (accessed on March 20, 2020)