Waechtersbach ceramics is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 ceramics manufacturer, which was founded in 1832 by the Prince of Isenburg-Wächtersbach

Isenburg-Wächtersbach

Isenburg-Wächtersbach was a County of southern Hesse, Germany. It was created in 1673 as a partition of Isenburg-Büdingen, and was mediatised to Isenburg in 1806.-Counts of Isenburg-Wächtersbach :...

. It is a registered company since 4 July 2003.

History

During the early 19th century, Waechtersbach introduced Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...

 style ceramics. It made works designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich

Joseph Maria Olbrich

Joseph Maria Olbrich was an Austrian architect and co-founder of the Vienna Secession.-Life:Olbrich was born in Opava, Austrian Silesia .He was the third child of Edmund and Aloisia Olbrich. He had two sisters who died before he was born, and two younger brothers John and Edmund...

, Peter Behrens

Peter Behrens

Peter Behrens was a German architect and designer. He was important for the modernist movement, as several of the movements leading names worked for him when they were young.-Biography:Behrens attended the Christianeum Hamburg from September 1877 until Easter 1882...

, Hans Christiansen and also worked for the Darmstadt Artists' Colony

Darmstadt Artists' Colony

The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony refers both to a group of artists as well as to the buildings in Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt in which these artists lived and worked...

. Since 2006, it is part of the Könitz Porzellan company.