Gotthelf Greiner
Encyclopedia
Johann Gotthelf Greiner was a German
glassmaker. He is acknowledge as co-inventor of the porcelain.
, Thuringia
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He was a descendant of the as Schwabenhans well known Hans Greiner.
, over many years of research work, and in a little bit different chemical composition Porcelain
.
His entrepreneurship provided the basics to the Turingian porcelain manufacturing. Greiner’s work and these of his sons was connected with the following foundation of porcelain manufactures:
Germany
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glassmaker. He is acknowledge as co-inventor of the porcelain.
Biography
Greiner was born in an old-established glassmaker’s family in Scheibe-AlsbachScheibe-Alsbach
Scheibe-Alsbach is a municipality in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia, Germany....
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
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He was a descendant of the as Schwabenhans well known Hans Greiner.
Lifework
Gotthelf Greiner invented together with his cousin and brother-in-law, Gottfried Greiner, independently to Johann Friedrich BöttgerJohann Friedrich Böttger
Johann Friedrich Böttger was a Germanalchemist.He was generally acknowledged as the inventor of European porcelain although more recent sources ascribe this to Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus...
, over many years of research work, and in a little bit different chemical composition Porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
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His entrepreneurship provided the basics to the Turingian porcelain manufacturing. Greiner’s work and these of his sons was connected with the following foundation of porcelain manufactures:
- 1751 Porcelain manufacture in LimbachSteinheidSteinheid is a municipality in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia, Germany....
- 1760 Porcelain manufacturing cloister Veilsdorf in VeilsdorfVeilsdorfVeilsdorf is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany....
- 1764 Wallendorf porcelainWallendorfer PorzellanWallendorfer Porzellan or Wallendorf Porcelain is a porcelain manufacturing company which has been in operation since 1764 in Lichte in the Thuringian Highlands...
in Lichte (Wallendorf)Lichtethumb|220px|Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006thumb|220px|[[Leibis-Lichte Dam]], 102.5 m highLichte is a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.- Geography :... - 1777 Graf von Henneberg porcelain in IlmenauIlmenauIlmenau is a town located in the district of Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.Ilmenau is situated in the valley of the Ilm river, at an altitude of 431 metres above sea level, and is the biggest town in Ilm-Kreis district, with 6,200 students studying at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. The...
- 1779 Porzelain masnufacturing in GroßbreitenbachGroßbreitenbachGroßbreitenbach is a town in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 13 km southeast of Ilmenau. It has about 8000 inhabitants. Major industries are glass manufacturing and tourism....
Sources
- Gerhard Greiner: Der Schwabe Hans Greiner 1465–1532 - 4. und erweiterte Auflage - Mai 1995 (Familiengeschichte der Thüringer Greiner als genealogische Stammfolge über XI / XII Generationen
- Rudi Greiner-Adam: Der Schwabenhans und seine Nachkommen – Die Gründer von Lauscha und Limbach - 2. ergänzte Auflage 2003