Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten
| Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1896 |
| Seat | Etsdorf am Kamp |
| management | Heinz Hofer-Wittmann |
| Branch | Interior decoration |
| Website | www.wittmann.at |
The Wittmann GmbH is an Austrian manufacturer of exclusive furniture .
history
The company was founded in 1896 as a saddlery by Franz Wittmann. In the beginning saddlery was made for the farmers in the area. The grandson Franz Wittmann switched production to furniture construction and upholstery . Initially, customers were mainly from the region, but the company grew significantly in the 1960s.
The cooperation with the architect Johannes Spalt , who provided designs together with Friedrich Kurrent , was of great importance .
Carla Hoffmann, Josef Hoffmann's widow , entrusted the company with the rights for her husband's designs. Wittmann began to reproduce Hoffmann furniture in the 1970s, including models such as Fledermaus , Purkersdorf , Haus Koller , Armlöffel and the famous Kubus . Today, Heinz Hofer-Wittmann and his wife Ulrike Wittmann run the family business in the fourth generation.
Three quarters of the production is exported to the EU , the USA and Asia .
literature
- Reinhard Engel, Marta Halpert: Luxury from Vienna II. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7076-0142-0 .
- Architekturzentrum Wien (Ed.): Johannes Spalt. Elective affinities. Residence, Vienna Salzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7017-3220-3 .
- Architekturzentrum Wien (ed.): Working group 4. Wilhelm Holzbauer, Friedrich Kurrent, Johannes Spalt. 1950-1970. Müry Salzmann, Salzburg Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-99014-021-5 .
