castle gate f rstenberg castle above the weser the f rstenberg china factory german porzellanmanufaktur f rstenberg was founded on 11 january 1747 in f rstenberg an der weser by johann georg von langen at the direction of duke charles i of brunswick wolfenb ttel and is the second oldest porcelain manufacturer in germany that still operates on its original site . from 1888 the operation was turned into a public limited company aktiengesellschaft . in 1966 the firm became a limited liability company gmbh with its parent company braunschweig gmbh and therefore a 100 per cent subsidiary of nord lb . its current managing director is stephanie saalfeld . contents 1 museum 2 sources 3 external links 4 see also museum edit the weser renaissance castle high above the river weser goes back to a medieval fort from the 13th century first mentioned around 1355 and was converted into a hunting lodge around 1600 by duke henry julius of brunswick wolfenb ttel . until 1972 china was produced in the castle itself ; now manufacture is carried out in the adjacent modern buildings . today the castle houses the firm s museum and gives an overview of production from its beginnings during the rococo period to the present day . other notable collections of f rstenberg china may be seen in the north german museums at brunswick schwerin and wolfenb ttel as well as in weimar . sources edit karin annette m ller porzellan aus f rstenberg katalog schwerin 2002 isbn 3 86106 073 6 beatrix freifrau wolff metternich u.a. die porzellanmanufaktur f rstenberg 2 b nde prestel verlag 2004 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to f rstenberg porcelain . official website literature about f rstenberg china in the german national library catalogue see also edit porcelain manufacturing companies in europe coordinates 51 43 56.1 n 9 23 56.7 e 51.732250 n 9.399083 e 51.732250 ; 9.399083 v t e porcelain china general chinese porcelain chinese export porcelain chinese influences on islamic pottery types proto celadon 16th century bce celadon 1st century yue 2nd century ding 10th century qingbai 12th century jingdezhen 11th century on blue and white 14th century on blanc de chine 14th century on kraak 16th century swatow 16th century tianqi 17th century kangxi 17th century famille jaune noire rose verte 17th century canton 18th century korea general korean porcelain types goryeo 10th century joseon 14th century japan general japanese porcelain types arita imari nabeshima kakiemon kutani europe general french porcelain chinese porcelain in european painting armorial ware types fonthill vase 1338 royal tichelaar 1572 medici 1575 rouen 1673 nevers saint cloud 1693 meissen 1710 r rstrand 1726 chantilly 1730 doccia 1735 vincennes 1740 chelsea 1743 capodimonte 1743 oranienbaum 1744 mennecy 1745 bow 1747 nymphenburg porcelain manufactory 1747 plymouth 1748 worcester 1751 frankenthal porcelain factory 1755 s vres 1756 derby 1757 weesp porselein 1759 wedgwood 1759 wallendorf 1764 etiolles 1770 limoges 1771 loosdrechts porselein 1774 royal copenhagen 1775 clignancourt 1775 revol 1789 herend porcelain manufactory 1826 bing & gr ndahl 1853 zsolnay 1853 wagner & apel porzellan 1877 porsgrund 1885 technologies soft paste porcelain hard paste porcelain bone china china painting factory mark people chinamen ehrenfried walther von tschirnhaus johann friedrich b ttger fran ois xavier d entrecolles dmitry vinogradov collections british museum london asia department percival david foundation the david collection copenhagen dresden porcelain collection gardiner museum toronto kuskovo state museum of ceramics moscow s vres cit de la c ramique paris mus e des arts d coratifs paris palace museum beijing topkap palace istanbul victoria and albert museum london museum of royal worcester walters art museum baltimore authority control worldcat identities viaf 143134346 lccn n85163165 gnd 16308330 7 sudoc 164082611 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title f rstenberg china & oldid 724014393 categories german porcelainmuseums in lower saxonyindustry of lower saxonyholzminden district china manufacturers of germanydecorative arts museums in germanyceramics museumshidden categories articles containing german language textcommons category with local link same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidatawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with lccn identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschitalianosvenska edit links this page was last modified on 6 june 2016 at 16 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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