Seltmann Weiden

Seltmann Weiden is a porcelain manufacturer based in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1910 as Porzellanfabriken Christian Seltmann, the company began by producing both everyday and luxury porcelain. Its founder, Christian Wilhelm Seltmann, had trained as a porcelain turner and had previously run the Johann Seltmann Vohenstrauß business with his older brother. The company’s early production used three round kilns, with two more added in 1913. The business expanded through additions and acquisitions. It incorporated the Krummennaab porcelain factory in 1939 and acquired the Erbendorf porcelain factory in 1940. Since 1957, Porzellanfabrik Christian Seltmann GmbH Weiden has held an absolute majority in the Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik Tettau. In the early 1990s, the group also took over four Thuringian porcelain businesses and manufactories with histories dating back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These were brought together in a “Gläserne Porzellanmanufaktur” in Rudolstadt in 2007. The company’s central commercial offering is porcelain for everyday and luxury use. The supplied source identifies Weiden as the main plant and also reports a factory in Erbendorf. It states that Seltmann Weiden produces its porcelain exclusively in Germany. The Tettau plant closed in 2019. The source also identifies the Weißenbrunn quartz sand works as part of the Seltmann corporate group. Specific current product ranges, ownership details, leadership, and geographic sales markets beyond Germany are not established by the supplied evidence.

Porzellanfabriken Christian Seltmann was founded in 1910 by Christian Wilhelm Seltmann in Weiden. Before establishing the company, he had run Johann Seltmann Vohenstrauß with his older brother from 1901. Trained as a porcelain turner, Christian Seltmann initially modelled and painted porcelain in his free time. The new company began making everyday and luxury porcelain with three round kilns; two additional kilns were added in 1913. The company expanded its industrial base before and during the Second World War. The Krummennaab porcelain factory was incorporated in 1939, followed by the acquisition of the Erbendorf porcelain factory in 1940. After the war, the Erbendorf and Krummennaab plants were used for a long period as accommodation for American soldiers; their production equipment was largely destroyed or rendered unusable. A further major development came in 1957, when Porzellanfabrik Christian Seltmann GmbH Weiden acquired an absolute majority in the Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik Tettau, founded in 1794. In the early 1990s, the business expanded again by taking over four Thuringian porcelain companies: the Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur, founded in 1762; Unterweißbacher Werkstätten für Porzellankunst, founded in 1882, including its art division Schwarzburger Werkstätten für Porzellankunst; Porzellanmanufaktur Scheibe-Alsbach, founded in 1835; and Porzellanmanufactur Plaue, founded in 1817. In 2007, these operations were developed into a “Gläserne Porzellanmanufaktur” based in Rudolstadt, Thuringia. The source describes Weiden as the main plant and also reports a factory in Erbendorf. It says the company manufactures its porcelain exclusively in Germany and identifies the Weißenbrunn quartz sand works as part of the Seltmann corporate group. The Tettau plant closed in 2019. The available evidence does not provide a detailed account of later leadership, ownership, product-line launches, or market expansions.

• 2019

  Tettau plant closed

• 2007

  Gläserne Porzellanmanufaktur developed in Rudolstadt

• 1990

  Expansion through Thuringian porcelain businesses

• 1957

  Majority stake in Tettau porcelain factory

• 1940

  Erbendorf porcelain factory acquired

• 1939

  Krummennaab porcelain factory incorporated

• 1913

  Production capacity expanded

• 1910

  Porzellanfabriken Christian Seltmann founded

A German porcelain manufacturer serving everyday and luxury porcelain use, with production stated to take place exclusively in Germany.

• Everyday porcelain

  A stated category of porcelain produced by the company.

• Luxury porcelain

  A stated category of porcelain produced by the company.

1. 1Seltmann Weidende.wikipedia.org
2. 2Seltmannwikidata.org