Fürstenberg China
The porcelain manufacturer Fürstenberg is a porcelain manufacturer Fürstenberg at the Weser. It markets its porcelain as the "white gold of the Weser ".
History
Fürstenberg is the second oldest on the same site until today producing porcelain factory in Germany. The factory was established on January 11, 1747 by Johann Georg von Langen Hofjägermeister ( 1699-1776 ), commissioned by Duke Carl I of Brunswick -Wolfenbüttel ( 1713-1780 ). 1753 decreed the Duke to provide the porcelain pieces with the blue "F".
In Brunswick, a branch operation for colored painting in 1756 opened yet, at the well-known painters such as Johann Friedrich Pasha Weitsch worked for the manufactory. 1774 made the first manufactory profit and allowed next to the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin also open a sales office in Berlin. In 1859, the government decided to lease the company. In 1888 it was transformed into a corporation.
1906, painting was also opened in Dresden. By a flood in 1923, the kilns were destroyed. In the wake of the Great Depression, the sale of the factory collapsed and was forced to close temporarily in 1926. With exports to the U.S., production could continue to operate.
1957 formed the Werksmodelleur Walter Nitzsche the Lower Horse is the official state gift of Lower Saxony to this day. Also, the district can be created from wood Minden Amelungsborn monastery a china plate with the Merian engraving for honors and awards.
The North German Landesbank ( NORD / LB) took over 98 percent of the shares in the factory and converted it in 1966 within its subsidiary Braunschweig GmbH to a GmbH to. With 2 percent of the county Holzminden is involved. In 1972, the new production halls were obtained below the castle and outsourced production from the historic castle. Overall, there were 550 employees. In 1976, the demolition of a building, which was built in the 19th century across the front of the castle. Began in 1993 with the reorganization of production and the installation of modern kilns.
2004 had to be laid off 150 employees because of declining sales around 40. A new corporate design was introduced in 2011 and several awards. For customers of porcelain manufactory offer 5 -star hotels such as Schloss Fuschl in Hof bei Salzburg or the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm.
Line
Managing Director is since May 2010 Stephanie Saalfeld, who already was in early 2010 managing director for administration and production and previously commercial director since 1999.
Former Director and General Manager:
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Business results
2009, the gross revenue ( before deduction of sales rebates ) of the Fürstenberg porcelain manufactory GmbH total of 5.082 million euros. The net income in fiscal year 2009 ended with a loss of 2.8248 million euros. The losses of approx. € 3.8 million (2010) and approx. € 3.6 million ( 2011) were adopted by the parent company Braunschweig GmbH under a profit and loss transfer agreement. The management report for the business year 2011, the Board takes the result following comments: " The main reason for the net loss is in the lack of sales. The measures taken to adjust capacity were not sufficient compensator to counteract the general consumer reluctance to a satisfactory level. Despite the increase in sales in the past fiscal year, the sales prices achieved not level causing the highly cost manufactory elle manufacture of the porcelain products. The increase in selling expenses from the additional marketing budget, it was necessary to present our products in line with the new corporate image to the public. Since the staff of Porcelain Manufactory FÜRSTENBERG GmbH has just worked to a lesser extent than in 2010 and has also been a tariff increase of wages and salaries, but also the personnel costs in 2011 are accordingly increased compared to the previous year. "
Museum
The lying high above the Weser Fürstenberg Castle in the Weser Renaissance style houses since 1957, the factory museum and gives an overview of the production from the beginning to the Rococo period to the present day. Other notable Furstenberg collections are found in the northern German museums of Braunschweig, Bremen, Schwerin and Wolfenbüttel as well as in Weimar.
- Pasha Johann Friedrich Weitsch (1723-1803), porcelain painter
- Gerverot Louis (1747-1829), porcelain painter and from 1797 to 1814 director of the porcelain factory
- Christian Friedrich Krull (1748-1787), sculptor
- Andrew Phillip Oettner (1735-1792), porcelain painter
- Karl Heinrich Schwarzkopf (1763-1846), sculptor
- Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900-1990), draft tableware series 639