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Porzellanmanufaktur Höchst

Having been granted a privilege by the archbishop and elector of Mainz, Johann Friedrich Carl von Ostein, the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur was founded in 1746, making it the second oldest porcelain manufactory in Germany. It produced high-quality European porcelain art. However, the manufactory declined at the end of the 18th century due to revolutionary war turmoil.
 
1746
Founding of the electorally privileged porcelain manufactory

1756
Bankruptcy of 1st owner Johann Christoph Göltz

1756-1759
Insolvency proceedings by order of the Mainz Pfandamt

1759-1764
Successful company management under Johann Heinrich Maas and Laurentius Russinger as model master

1765
Transformation of the company into a public limited company
Porcelain modeller Johann Peter Melchior starts working in the manufactory

1767-1779
Johann Peter Melchior is model master in Höchst

1778
Liquidation of the public limited company; the manufactory becomes state-owned

1792/1793
Revolutionary war turmoil and the French occupation of Mainz speed up the decline of the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur

1796
Decommissioning

1798
Auction of the Höchst porcelain factory including stock

1840-1884
Stoneware forms from the original Höchst figure models in the stoneware factory Damm near Aschaffenburg

1886-1887
Stoneware and faience factory Franz Anton Mehlem in Poppelsdorf near Bonn takes over the Höchst models and forms

1903
Höchst forms are sold to porcelain manufactory “Dressel, Kister & Cie” in Passau and forms overhauled

1906-1942
Höchst models formed into Passau porcelain as “Old Höchst reproductions”

1927
City of Höchst purchases a complete set of “Old Höchst reproductions” which are presented in the Bolongaropalast

1946
Exhibition and presentation “200 years of Höchst porcelain” in Frankfurt Höchst

1947
Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur is re-established by Rudolf Schäfer; production facilities in Sossenheim

1965/1966
Production is resumed in Frankfurt-Unterliederbach

1976
Hoechst AG and Dresdner Bank become equal partners of the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur in Frankfurt-Höchst

1977-2001
Dalberger Haus is the company headquarters of the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur in Frankfurt-Höchst

1996
Opening of the new production facilities in the Porzellanhof near the Höchst city park in Palleskestraße

2001
The government of Hesse and private investors become new shareholders of Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur GmbH through the InvestionsBank Hessen

2002
The Porzellanhof at the Stadtpark is the new headquarters