Sinziger mosaic panels
The Sinziger Mosaikplattenfabrik is a company in Sinzig , a town in the Ahrweiler district in northern Rhineland-Palatinate , which was founded in 1869. Today the tile factory belongs to the Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft group of companies based in Alfter-Witterschlick .
history
The beginning of the manufacture of mosaic plates in Sinzig begins in the year 1870. In addition to the plate factory established in Mettlach by the company Villeroy & Boch in 1869, the mosaic plate and pottery factory of Ferdinand Frings u. Co., formerly known as “Mosaikfabrik” or “Plattenfabrik”.
In 1871 the Royal Prussian Government allowed a steam boiler to be put into operation . At that time there were already 159 workers employed in the factory. Clay slabs of various sizes and colors were produced in round ovens. Until 1910, the company operated under the name Sinziger Mosaikplatten- & Thonwaaren-Fabrik, Actiengesellschaft in Sinzig am Rhein . As a result of a merger with the United Mosaikplatten-Aktiengesellschaft Friedland, it was then renamed United Mosaikplattenwerke Friedland-Sinzig Aktiengesellschaft . In 1943 it was merged with the Munich-Vienna share brickworks. The later name AGROB Aktiengesellschaft is derived from this. The Sinzig plant has been part of Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer Aktiengesellschaft since 1997 .
At the beginning of the First World War , the Sinzig plant already had 300 employees. They produced 25,000 m² of floor tiles a month and by 1939 the capacity had doubled. In 1938 the first tunnel kiln was put into operation.
During the Second World War , "items essential to the war effort" were produced. The upturn in the German economy after the currency reform in 1948 brought dynamic development to the “Sinziger record factory”. Today the factory is a state-of-the-art production facility for porcelain stoneware up to 90 × 45 cm.
Sinzig tiles in public buildings and churches
It was not until the 1880s that the products of the ceramics industry were given embossed marks.
- Sinzig, Ausdorfer Str. 32 / corner of Eulengasse, mosaic picture of the Entombment of Jesus , 1902
- Sinzig, Kalkturmstr. 12a, mosaic picture Christopher from unglazed mosaic stones, 1964
- Berlin (Friedrichsstadt), Zimmerstrasse, Markthalle III, ribbed Sinziger tiles, 1880
- Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 84, Markthalle IV, ribbed Sinziger tiles
- Berlin (Tiergarten), Magdeburger Platz, Markthalle V, ribbed Sinziger tiles, 1888
- Berlin, Magdeburger Platz, former market hall V, 1888
- Neuenhagen , Bollensdorf village church, Dorfstr. 9, 1880
- Erftstadt- Herrig , St. Clemens Church
- Cologne , main market hall on the Heumarkt
- Bonn-Bad Godesberg , Krieger Hospital, 1886
- Trier-Ehrang , Church of the Ascension of Christ, wall picture mosaic and floor, 1954
- Remagen , Alte Straße 11, St. Martin Primary School, Flambo plates at the drinking fountain, 1943
- Remagen, Apollinaris Church, tile coverings, after 1880
- Remagen, Deichweg 4 / Appolinariskeller
- Remagen, Hotel Fassbender
- Remagen, Markt 1, Protestant parish hall
- Remagen-Kripp , Rheinallee 31, Weinkontor and organic restaurant Diedenhofen, 1899
- Ahrweiler , Wilhelmstraße 26 (old district building), floor tiles on the ground floor, 1895
- Bad Neuenahr, Old Town Hall, floor tiles on the ground floor, 1895
- Bad Neuenahr- Ehlingen , St. Hubertus chapel, tile flooring
- Bad Neuenahr- Heimersheim , mosaic picture at the former St. Mauritius School
- Bad Neuenahr-Heimersheim, Greener St. Antonius Chapel
- Bad Neuenahr-Heimersheim, Wegkapelle, around 1910
- Sinzig, Castle, 1900
- Sinzig, Bachovenstraße 10 (city marketing), floor hall
- Sinzig, Dreifaltigkeitsweg 37 (elementary school), mosaic pictures on the walls of the entrance area, 1950s
- Sinzig, Gutestrasse (Restaurant Pizzeria Picolo)
- Sinzig, Kirchplatz 1 (Hattingen house / reading time), floor tiles at the entrance to the bookstore
- Sinzig, Koblenzer Str. 13 (Physiotherapy Werner Becker), tile covering
- Sinzig, Kölner Str. 6 (Vieux Sinzig), tile frieze under the eaves
- Sinzig, Mühlenbachstraße 36, facade decoration
- Sinzig, Renngasse 7 (Franziskushaus)
- Sinzig, Rheinallee 19, administration building of Deutsche Steinzeug, mosaic pictures in the entrance hall
- Sinzig, Rheinallee 19, administration building of Deutsche Steinzeug, flooring in the basement
- Sinzig, Zehnthofstraße 9, mural Jesus as a child with mother Maria , 1947
- Sinzig- Bad Bodendorf , former spa center, tiled flooring, 1930s
- Sinzig- Franken , parish church St. Michael
- Sinzig- Westum , Bachstrasse. 2 (former winegrowers' association), floor tiles in the living area, 1934/35
- Sinzig-Westum, Bachstraße 2 (former winegrowers' association), Flambo facade panels, 1934/35
- Sinzig-Westum, Bachstraße 2 (former winegrowers' association), wall tiles in the living area, 1934/1935
- Sinzig-Westum, cemetery, mausoleum of the Heuser family, 1876
- Sinzig-Westum, parish hall (at the church), floor tiles in the hallway, 1911
- Sinzig-Westum, elementary school
- Sinzig-Westum, Krechelheimer Strasse, Falder-Heiligenhäuschen, 1896
- Bad Breisig , Koblenzer Straße 51 ( Villa Lucia's carriage house )
- Bad Breisig, Kreuz am Pfarrheim
- Adenau , Marienkapelle, floor tiles
- Insul , St. Rochus and Sebastian
- Barweiler , church, 1908
- Dattenberg , old parish hall
- Dattenberg, Dattenberg Castle, 1887/88
- Wachtberg , St. Gereon's Church
- Andernach- Kell , St. Lubentius Church
- Brohl , Brausbergweg, Heiligenhäuschen
- Langenfeld , Church of St. Quirin and Dionysius
- Peterslahr , Catholic Church of St. Peter
- Unna , Christ Church
- Darmstadt , former barracks for artillery, 1893
- Kaiserslautern , Fruchthalle 10, 1891
- Stuttgart , new building for the Royal Katharinenstift, 1897
- Menzingen , Sisters of the Holy Cross, floor coverings, 1897
- Engelberg , Benedictine monastery church, floor coverings 1898 and 1913
Apollinaris Church in Remagen
Floor tiles in the chancel of the Apollinaris Church in Remagen with the depiction of the Arma Christi (after 1880).
literature
- Jürgen Sieler: 100 years of AGROB in Sinzig. In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Ahrweiler 1971 ( online edition )
- Agnes Menacher: 140 years of tiles from Sinzig. In: Heimatjahrbuch 2011 Kreis Ahrweiler, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 2010, pp. 53–57, ISSN 0342-5827
- Burned hot and indestructible. 140 years of tiles from Sinzig. HeimatMuseum Schloss Sinzig, Sinzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-930376-76-6
