"Success without end - The porcelain industry of Upper Franconia until 1914" Hof city archivist Dr Arnd Kluge gives a lecture at Porzellanikon Hohenberg on 14 July 2022.
On 14 July 2022 at 7:00 pm, the second lecture will take place at Porzellanikon Hohenberg as part of a lecture series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Porzellanmuseum. This time, Dr Arnd Kluge will talk about "Success without end - The porcelain industry of Upper Franconia until 1914". From the invention of European hard porcelain in 1708 to the beginning of the First World War in 1914: after a restrained start, characterised by technological teething troubles, the expansion of the German porcelain industry takes off at the end of the 18th century.
How the development of porcelain production radiated from Thuringia to Upper Franconia is illuminated by Dr Kluge, a historian with a doctorate and head of the Hof municipal archives. Based on his post-doctoral thesis "The German Porcelain Industry up to 1914", he draws a bow to Carl Magnus Hutschenreuther, who had been producing porcelain in Hohenberg an der Eger since the early 1820s. Nevertheless, it took another generation for the "boom" to set in in the east of Upper Franconia. The local industry, centred in Selb, profited from the supply of labour, the connection to the Bohemian coalfield via the railway and the decision of entrepreneurs to turn consistently to tableware production. From the 1860s to 1914, the boom continued uninterrupted and laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Upper Franconian porcelain industry up to the present day.
The lecture begins at 7:00 pm at Porzellanikon Hohenberg, Schirndinger Straße 48, 95691 Hohenberg a.d. Eger. Appetizers and drinks will be served.
Price: Museum admission
Registration is requested by telephone +49 9287 918000 or by e-mail to besuchercenter@porzellanikon.org.besuchercenter(at)porzellanikon.org.
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