Rettig Bank

A Rettig bench in the Hanover Historical Museum ;
on the anniversary of the founding of the Catholic Basilica of St. Clemens

The Rettig bench is a school bench design that was developed and patented in 1893 by the architect, designer and entrepreneur Wilhelm Rettig . The license for the production was given to the company P. Johannes Müller & Co., workshops for school furnishings in Berlin-Charlottenburg , owned by the architect P. Johannes Müller and Wilhelm Rettig, and which was incorporated into the United School Furniture Factory in 1898 . The bank was widely used.

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  Rettig Bank (from: Lexicon of Entire Technology , 2nd edition 1904–1910)

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  Metal sign size 4: "Rettig's patent school desk / for students from 132 to 141 cm height / patent holder P. Johs. Müller / Charlottenburg and Berlin "

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  "Albis" DRGM 227475

literature

• Wilhelm Rettig: New school desk. Leipzig 1895

Web links

Commons : Rettig-Bank  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ VS: VS Chronicle . Online at www.vs.de, accessed on May 2, 2015.
2. ↑ Address book for Berlin and its suburbs 1897 , p. 879