Kunstguss Lauchhammer

The Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer is one of the top-quality and most traditional foundries in Germany. It has been producing art and architecture-related artistic castings, including sculptures, fountains and railings, in close cooperation with visual artists in a listed production facility since 1725. The production of replicas of artistic utilitarian and decorative objects, as well as grave ornaments, elements for street furniture and historical door and window fittings complete the product range.

In 1725, the Baroness of Löwendal had an ironworks built in the vicinity of extensive bog iron ore deposits, the 'Lauch-Hammer', named after the ponds there, with a charcoal blast furnace. The actual history of art casting began later, when Detlev Carl Graf von Einsiedel, an art-loving gentleman and owner of Lauchhammer, had casting models made from casts of antique sculptures from 1776 onwards. In 1784 the art founders in Lauchhammer succeeded in casting the world's first single-piece cast iron figure. Between 1810 and 1841, Karl-Friedrich Schinkel designed cast-iron furniture and utilitarian objects, which were later also produced by the Lauchhammer art foundry. At the beginning of the 19th century, Lauchhammer established itself as a bronze foundry. Bronze casting was discontinued for the duration of the First World War. During the period of Nazi rule, the art foundry mostly produced National Socialist art. In 1993, the art foundry was reprivatised and bell production resumed one year later. To this day, the foundry continues production at its original site.

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