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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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