Heintze & Blanckertz

Heintze & Blanckertz is a 1842 established company in the field of crafts and design institution in Wehrheim. Large notoriety reached the company as a manufacturer of pens in the first half of the 20th century.

History

Heintze & Blanckertz was founded by Rudolf Heintze and Blanckertz Heinrich (1823-1908) in Oranienburg near Berlin and was the first factory for nibs in Germany. Since the space was too small for the size of the pens, the company used often on these, the acronym " TIF ". Until then, the goose quill was used for writing, until 1875 Soennecken was founded as the second company in this field and produced from 1881 springs. The quality of high-quality design tools was estimated from applied designers of the 19th and early 20th century. Paul Renner expressly recommended this for sketching or writing drawing in his book The Art of Typography ( re-edition 2003).

Opened in 1926, the Schriftmuseum Rudolf Blanckertz ( the collection is housed since 1962 at the Gutenberg Museum ) and from 1928, the design magazine published The contemporary font - study booklets for font and shape design. Heintze & Blanckertz had other contacts with contemporary designers such as Rudolf Koch and Edward Johnston, who entrusted their publications to the house Heintze & Blanckertz publisher. The assortment of the company was extended by nibs on the field of arts and crafts. 1937, the company received a silver medal at the World Exhibition in Paris.

1945, the production facilities were destroyed in Oranienburg, dismantled the remnants of the Red Army. The company was refounded in West Berlin, but later saw the move in the Frankfurt area. With advent of the ballpoint pen, the market for pens limited to artistic sketching and calligraphy, so the company since then mainly crafts and design works in the field today.