The Friedrich Binder GmbH & Co. KG,
(last check: 23. August 2014) Founded by Friedrich Binder (1847 in

Mönsheim Mönsheim is a municipality in the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Mönsheim became a possession of the Duchy of Württemberg in the 16th century. The town was assigned to the district of Leonberg, then its on 18 March 1 ...

– November 1933), is a German jewelry manufactory in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

and family-owned in the fourth generation.

History

The Friedrich Binder company was founded by the chain maker, Friedrich Binder, in Mönsheim in March 1910. For more than half a century, jewellery chains were predominantly handcrafted and a variety of chains were produced as piece work for the neighboring

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...

jewellery industry.

References

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