The Lichte porcelain (GmbH) (german: Lichte Porzellan (GmbH)) was founded 1822 in

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History

On the northern hillside of the

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, close to the

Rennsteig The () is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany. The long-distance trail runs for about from and the valley in the northwest to and the r ...

, 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

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

Website of the Thuringian porcelain road
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History

Early work

Structure of the manufacture

See also

References

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