Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

History of the Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen

23.01.1710 Memorial of August the Strong, where the discovery of porcelain and the existence of a porcelain manufactory was first published.

06.06.1710 Opening of the Royal-Polish-Electoral-Saxonian Porcelain Manufactory of Meissen (on the Albrechtsburg-castle)

1763-1806 Electoral-Saxonian Porcelain Manufactory Meissen

1806-1918 Royal-Saxonian Porcelain Manfactory Meissen

1861-1864 Removal from the Albrechtsburg to the area of today in the Triebisch valley of Meissen

from 1918 on Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen -

Porcelain Manufactory Meissen owned by the state

1950-1990 VEB Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen

from 1990 on Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH i. A.-

Porcelain Manufactory Meissen Ltd.

from 26.06 1991 on Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH

(100% share of Saxony)