Arzberg is the trademark of a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 manufacturer of porcelain

Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...

 ceramics, founded in 1887 in Arzberg, Bavaria

Arzberg, Bavaria

Arzberg is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 13 km west of Cheb and 10 km northeast of Marktredwitz.-Sister city:-19th century:...

. Its fame is largely based on designs by Hermann Gretsch, whose Form 1382, conceived in 1931 and based on Bauhaus

Bauhaus

', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...

 principles, marks a milestone in modern design; Form 1382 is still produced today, and sold worldwide. Hutschenreuther AG

Hutschenreuther

Hutschenreuther is the name of the family that established the production of porcelain in Northern Bavaria, in 1814. Hutschenreuther was a trend-setter and enabled Germany to gain an excellent reputation in the European porcelain industry...

, holder of the Arzberg trademark since 1972, was dissolved in 2000 and the trademark was taken over by SKV-Porzellan-Union GmbH, founded in 1993 by the porcelain companies Schirnding, Kronester and Johann Seltmann Vohenstrauß. In 2004, SKV-Porzellan-Union GmbH was renamed Arzberg-Porzellan GmbH. In 2003, the company had approximately 250 employees. Today, however, the headquarters of the company holding the trademark Arzberg (and Schirnding as well) are located in Schirnding

Schirnding

Schirnding is a municipality in the district of Wunsiedel in Bavaria in Germany....

, where production takes place.

Designers

• Hermann Gretsch (1895–1950) - 1382 range
• Heinrich Löffelhardt (1901–1979) - Form 2000 range
• Prof. Peter Schmidt (1937-...) - Design 2006 range
• Dieter Sieger (1938-...) - Cult range
• Hans-Wilhelm Seitz (1945-...) - Cucina range, Daily range, Move range
• David Palterer (1949-...) - Cult Flying Object pattern
• Michael Sieger (1968-...) - Tric range