Lichte Porzellan

Lichte porcelain

Main building of the manufactury in the street Sonneberger-Strasse
Company type	Company with limited liability
Founded	1822
Headquarters	Lichte , Germany
Products	Porcelain, Porcelain painting, Figurines
Website	Lichte porcelain

The Lichte porcelain (GmbH) (German: Lichte Porzellan (GmbH)) was founded 1822 in Lichte, Thuringian Highlands.

History

On the northern hillside of the Thuringian Highland, close to the Rennsteig, where the early settlements of the Thuringian porcelain manufacturing took its rise, Johann Heinrich Leder established in 1822 a new porcelain manufacturer, today’s Lichte porcelain (GmbH).

Early work

Although the newly established porcelain manufacturer was from the very beginning in close competition to the already 1764 founded local Wallendorf porcelain manufacture,

Structure of the manufacture

Structure, owners, proprietors, and managing directors since 1822

Time	Description	Affiliation to	Remarks
1822–1824	Lichte porcelain		Ownership by Johann Heinrich Leder
1824–1830	Lichte porcelain		Ownership by Wilhel & Heinrich Liebmann
1830–1840	Lichte porcelain		Exclusive possession by W. Liebmann
1840–1846	Lichte porcelain	Heubach brothers company	Ownership by Christoph & Phillipp Heubach
1846–1848	Lichte porcelain	Heubach brothers company	Ownership by Anton Heubach (son of C. Heubach)
1848–1876	Lichte porcelain	Heubach brothers company	Ownership by A. & Louis Heubach (son of P. Heubach)
1876–1887	Lichte porcelain	Heubach brothers company	1876 retirement of A. Heubach; exclusive possession by L. Heubach participation of its sons Hermann, Philipp & Ottokar (1886 death of Hermann)
1887–1904	Lichte porcelain	Heubach brothers company	Ownership by P. & O. Heubach (1889 participation of Richard H.)
1904–1919	Lichte porcelain	Gebrueder Heubach AG	1904 foundation of the Heubach brothers AG managing directors: the previous holders (1908 participation of Eduard H., son of Hermann)
1919–?	Lichte porcelain	Gebrueder Heubach AG	Managing director: Eduard Heubach (son of H. Heubach)
-	Lichte porcelain
1990–present	Lichte porcelain (GmbH)	Company with limited liability	Managing director: Mr. Peter

See also

• Lichte, the municipality
• Porcelain manufactures in Europe

References

• Wilhelm Stieda: Die Anfänge der Porzellanfabrikation auf dem Thüringerwalde Jena 1902, S. 71 ff
• Commemorative publication to the 100th anniversary, Lichte, Dec. 1922, Heubach brothers AG

External links

Media related to Lichte Porzellan at Wikimedia Commons

• Website of the Thuringian porcelain road

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