Homburg (hat)

The Homburg was originally founded in Bad Homburg hat factory by 1806 Ph. Moeckel ( Dorotheenstraße 8-10 ) were prepared. Phillip Moeckel in 1856 industrialized operation and purchased a steam engine. The big breakthrough for the Homburg came with the visit of the British heir to the throne, Edward (later King Edward VII ) on August 29, 1882 in Bad Homburg. He gave it as a spa guest here in his typical elegant gray when Hatter Moeckel in order. " Invented " he did not him. Edward saw the hat for the first time with his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II in Homburg. Wilhelm II wore the hat in a green variant as an accessory to a hunting uniform. The new design spread quickly and soon supplanted the cylinder and the melon.

In the UK a similar hat shape in the 1930s to the 1950s was popular. The so-called " Anthony Eden " ( after the eponymous politician, who often took him and a style model of the 1930s was ) but was in contrast to the classic Homburg unbordierten a straight cut edge. The Anthony Eden is also referred to as " Demi -Homburg " and was worn on formal occasions to Stresemann and the black suit.

In Gothic House in Bad Homburg an exhibition on the hat is to be seen.