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  7. S. J. Fraenkel Wien

    in Austrian Hat Companies

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    New old stock Fraenkel (Wien). I am thinking this one is late 60s - 70s. Very nice dark olive that doesn't really come through in the picture. Fraenkel which started back in the 1800s merged with Brüder Böhm Hüte in the late 50s. Brüder Böhm Hüte was one of the 3 Nový Jičín (originally Neutitschein) hat companies along with Hückel and Peschel.

     

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  9. Austrian Hat Company List With Links

    in Austrian Hat Companies

    Posted

    Please post hats and other information under the specific hat company. If your hat company is not listed please create a new thread using the hat company as the title. For example: Habig Hutfabrik

    P. & C. Habig Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...abig-hutfabrik/

    Johann Hückel´s Söhne Hutfabrik - Hückel Hutfabrik Weilheim

    http://germanaustria...abrik-weilheim/

    Brüder Böhm Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...bohm-hutfabrik/

    Anton Peschel Neutitschein - Dinkelsbühl

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/8-anton-peschel-neutitschein-dinkelsbühl/

    Zapf Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...zapf-hutfabrik/

    Franz Bittner Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...tner-hutfabrik/

    J. Heinr. ITA Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...-ita-hutfabrik/

    S.J. Fraenkel Wien Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...nkel-hutfabrik/

    Anton Pichler Hutfabrik, Josef Pitchler & Söhne Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...hler-hutfabrik/

    Mazur Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...azur-hutfabrik/

    Kandabar Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...ahar-hutfabrik/

    Carl Walz Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...walz-hutfabrik/

    Georg Fischer Wien

    http://germanaustria...g-fischer-wien/

    Brüder Dobesch, Hutfabrik Jospedo, Wien

    http://germanaustria...esch-hutfabrik/

    Otto Matt Hutmacher Bregenz, Austria

    http://germanaustria...matt-hutmacher/

    G. J. M. (Machland) Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...land-hutfabrik/

    Halban & Damask Hutfabrikanten

    http://germanaustria...hutfabrikanten/

    Collins Wien Salzburg

    http://germanaustria...-wien-salzburg/

    Erko

    http://germanaustria...80-erko-velour/

    Reindorf Wien

    http://germanaustria...-reindorf-wien/

    Dermotta Wien

    http://germanaustria...-dermotta-wien/

    Wilhelm Pless Wien Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...wien-hutfabrik/

    Velour-Hutfabrik Carl Blum, Wels, Austria (Blum-Velour)

    http://germanaustria...m-wels-austria/

    Egydius Klenz Wien

    http://germanaustria...ius-klenz-wien/

    Alois Pichler Hut-Niederlage, Wien

    http://germanaustria...iederlage-wien/

    Gärner Wien Hutfabrik

    http://germanaustria...wien-hutfabrik/

    Hutproduktiv Wien

    http://germanaustria...produktiv-wien/

    Frech Hüte

    http://germanaustria...67-frech-huete/

    Hut-Schick Wien

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/181-hut-schick-wien/

    Josef Auer Hutmacher Neumarkt bei Salzburg

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/189-josef-auer-hutmacher/

    Carl Ceschka's Söhne Wien, Carl Ceschka Wien

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/204-carl-ceschkas-söhne-wien/

    Franz Herzog Hutmachermeister, Saalfelden

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/205-franz-herzog-hutmachermeister-saalfelden/

    Anton Blum Hutfabrikant Salzburg

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/206-anton-blum-hutfabrikant-salzburg/

    August Wenzel Wien

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/207-august-wenzel-wien/

    Josef Spielmann Innsbruck

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/208-josef-spielmann-innsbruck/

    O.F. Hess, Karl Misik Karolinenthal / Karlin Bohemia

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/214-of-hess-karolinenthal-karlin-bohemia

    Stefan Esders Wien (Department Store)

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/283-stefan-esders-wien-department-store/

    H. Sandmann Wien

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/209-heinrich-sandmann/?hl=sandmann

    Nora-Hüte (Shop)

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/305-nora-hüte-wien/

    Ferdinand Walter Mödling - Baden (probably a Shop)

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/321-ferdinand-walter-mödling-baden/

    Thom. Janout, Hat Manufacturer Upper Austria

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/327-thom-janout-hat-manufacturer-upper-austria/&do=findComment&comment=1965

    Ludwig Skriwanek Graz, Hutfabrikation

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/433-ludwig-skriwanek-graz-hutfabrikation/

    C. Messmer Wien

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/439-c-messmer-wien/

    Josef Brunner Wien

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/437-josef-brunner-wien/

    Carl Weyrich Wien Hutmacher

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/501-carl-weyrich-wien-hutmacher/

    Franz Gulder Wien

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/579-franz-gulder-wien/

    Siegmund Sucharipa Wien Hutfabrikant

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/651-siegmund-sucharipa-wien-hutfabrikant/

    Vinzenz Nohel Hair Hat and Stump Factory Amstetten / J. Heinr. Ita Hat Factory Vienna

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/659-vinzenz-nohel-hair-hat-and-stump-factory-amstetten-j-heinr-ita-hat-factory-vienna/

    Richard Schwarz Wien (Sourced Hats)

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/669-richard-schwarz-wien/

     

  11. German Hat Company List with Links

    in German Hat Companies

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    Please post hats and other information under the specific hat company. If your hat company is not listed please create a new thread using the hat company as the title. For example: Mayser Hutfabrik

     

    Mayser Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/3-mayser-hutfabrik/

     

    R&M Wegener Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/4-rm-wegener-hutfabrik/

     

    K&R Lembert Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/13-kr-lembert-hutfabrik/

     

    PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/14-mockel-hutfabrik/

     

    Berlin - Gubener Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/15-berlin-gubener-hutfabrik/

     

    Wilke Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/16-wilke-hutfabrik/

     

    Rockel Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/17-rockel-hutfabrik/

     

    Ottmar Reich Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/18-ottmar-reich-hutfabrik/

     

    Hutfabrik Heinrich Schneider 

     

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/19-hutfabrik-heinrich-schneider/

     

    Rehfus & Cie. / Hutfabrikanten

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/20-rehfus-cie-hutfabrikanten/?p=20

     

    Faustmann Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/21-faustmann-hutfabrik/

     

    Hutkönig Regensburg Hutmacher

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/23-hutkonig-regensburg-hutmacher/

     

    Goldsiegal

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/26-goldsiegal-hutfabrik/

     

    Monreal Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/27-monreal-hutfabrik/

     

    Piccadilly

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/28-piccadilly-hutfabrik/

     

    Bronnold Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/31-bronnold-hutfabrik/

     

    Ateha

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/32-ateha-hutfabrik/

     

    Cambridge

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/34-cambridge-hutfabrik/

     

    Pallas

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/38-pallas-hutfabrik/

     

    J. F. Reiser Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/41-j-f-reiser-hutfabrik/

     

    G. M. (could be Georg Miech, Dresden) Hutfabrik

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/46-g-m-hutfabrik/

     

    M. E. G. & Cie.

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/53-m-e-g-cie/page__gopid__275&

     

    Karl Halfmann

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/54-karl-halfmann-hamburg/

     

    Brabant

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/56-brabant/

     

    Negretti

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/58-negretti/

     

    Hans Baumgärtner

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/61-hans-baumgartner/

     

    Oberbayerische Hutfabrik gmbH. Miesbach

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/99-oberbayerische-hutfabrik-gmbh-miesbach/

     

    Franz Gober München F.G.M

     

    http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/57-franz-gober-münchen-f-g-m/

     

    Emil Mandel Dresden Wholesaler

     

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/656-emil-mandel-dresden-wholesaler/

     

    Felix Weissbach Klapphut Fabrik Glauchau

     

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/82-felix-weissbach-klapp-hutfabrik/

     

    Deutsches Fabrikat, No German Hat Company Information

     

    https://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/topic/660-deutsches-fabrikat-no-german-hat-company-information/

     

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  13. Rehfus & Cie. / Hutfabrikanten

    in German Hat Companies

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    Kehl am Rhein, Germany

     

    Rehfus history found by Fritz (Manfred).

     

    here is a Google Translation of the History of Rehfus.

     

    Two step-brothers Rudolf Ferdinand and John Carl Rehfus, who had learned both the merchant craft, built in 1867 in the village of Kehl-hat factory Rehfus.

    The hat factory Rehfus'sche could quickly claim due to the excellent quality of their hats on the market. 1895 the company employed about 170 employees. Initially, only hats made of rabbit hair and rabbit hair were made. With the start of the new century, the fashion changed and the Hatter Rehfus'schen rose successfully to the production of lightweight stiff hats (popularly known as melon) around.

    Charlie Chaplin made the melon acceptable and gave the models Rehfus'schen »Aerifor," "paradox" and "Zephyr" good sales. Even in South America, Holland, England and Scandinavia was one of melons throat. "Furs are sold in Leipzig, in stiff hats Rehfus in Kehl," read a slogan from England. The racer from the house Rehfus was the "Upper Country", a hat made of waterproof tumbled fur, found mainly in the hunting circles very popular and was made after the First World War as a normal Straßenhut in all colors and shapes.

    1890, Carl-Johann Rehfus leads the business in hand. He was ten years ago joined the company as general manager. His second passion next to the company was hunting. The family owned a large area on the small Kronenhof and Carl-Johann was touched as a boy with his friend, the son of the Upper Hunter Fritz, through the extensive coppices. Later he moved into distant climes, to moose hunting or bear hunting by Norway to Russia.

    Under the pseudonym of "Upper Countries", he published numerous books that have become classics of hunting literature. His passion was so great that he did sign in 1907 the additional name "Upper Country" at the Karlsruhe Department of Justice.

    Carl-Johann Rehfus Oberländer died in 1926. In his footsteps, his son Carl-Hans, who had joined the company in 1908 and how his father was an avid hunter.

    The Third Reich and the Second World War also went to the hat factory Rehfus'schen not go unnoticed. The principal walked in, were now ordered uniform caps. However, when it was linked by a major contract with the condition to join the Nazi party, put the hat factory Rehfus the production of these caps without further ado.

    After the war, until 1951, the work can be resumed. During the occupation, the factory had been looted and damaged, only months-long cleanup and a credit under the Marshall Plan could start production again. But the fashion changed again and brought an entire industry to stumble - you went (s) now without a hat. In 1963, the Rehfus'sche hat factory closed its doors forever. The competition did not fare any better: in 1970, of the 30 hat factories in the country that housed the entire production line under one roof, remains only five.

    Carl-Hans-Rehfus Oberländer died in 1976. The last representative of the traditional family is the now 88-year-old hat maker, interpreter and photographer Maria Rehfus-Oberlander, who returned after the death of her father's throat in order to take care of her mother Alice.

    Today the gatehouse of the former hat factory Rehfus'schen sitting cross-border and European institutions. The inn "Rehfus" on the main street was demolished 1954th The site now serves as the post office parking lot.

  14. Hutfabrik Heinrich Schneider

    in German Hat Companies

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    Hutfabrik Heinrich Schneider, Taunusstrasse 26, Friedrichsdorf 2, 6382

    Established: 1939

    Business Partners: Jakob Walter, Irmgard Walter

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    Kompass : Deutschland register of selected German industry and commerce · Volume 2 1984

    They were in business until at least 1984 but not sure when they went out of business.

    Heinrich Schneider was born on 18 September 1912. He died on 5 November 1988, in Köppern, Friedrichsdorf, Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen, Germany, at the age of 76.

    https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L6ZH-1BS/heinrich-schneider-1912-1988

  17. C. G. Wilke Hutfabrik Guben

    in German Hat Companies

    Posted

    Founded by Carl Gottlob Wilke in 1822 Guben, Germany. He invented the weather-proof wool hat and was a major contributor in the mechanization of hat making. Wilke manufactured both wool and hare/rabbit felt hats. Wilke was nationalized after WWII and stopped production in the early 1990s.

     

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  18. Berlin-Gubener Hutfabrik

    in German Hat Companies

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    Production of gentleman and lady hats from wool and rabbit/hare as well as from straw.Established under the control of Apelius Von Cohn and Herm. Lewin 1859 in Berlin and 1876 in Guben under the company A. Cohn gegr. hat production business until 29.05.1934 Berlin Gubener hat factory AG. A. Cohn who was Jewish was forced to leave the company and it became Berlin Gubener hat factory AG.

     

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  19. PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe

    in German Hat Companies

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    In 1806 pH. Möckel was founded in Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany. A industrialized hat factory was started by Phillip Möckel in 1856.

    A hat called Homburg
    The Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII of England, and Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, have one thing in common: their love of the Homburg. The former created it, the latter then turned it into a fashionable hat in more recent times. During his visits to Homburg, the English Prince occasionally met his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II., who liked to wear a special hunting uniform, which comprised, amongst other things, a green hat with the brim rolled slightly inwards on one side. Edward, who had the reputation of being one of the best-dressed men at the close of the 19th century, decided to have the hat made in an elegant shade of grey – by the Homburg-based hat manufacturers Möckel, who were even awarded a patent for their “Homburg”. The new hat quickly took the world of men’s fashions by storm, surpassing the stiff top hat and bowler hat that had until then been the usual mode of attire. The lightweight, casually-elegant “Homburg” was representative of the new joy of living. Later on, the “Homburg” was also manufactured in blue and black, although Adenauer always preferred the original grey.

  22. J. Heinr. (Heinrich) ITA Hutfabrik

    in Austrian Hat Companies

    Posted

    No longer in business. Located in Wien.

     

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    From German Wikipedia

     

    http://de.wikipedia....nn_Heinrich_Jta

     

    Johann Heinrich Ita ,(* 1850;? † January 10, 1915 ) was an Austrian hatter during the Habsburg monarchy.

     

    Johann Heinrich Ita was a major hat manufacturer in Vienna. His company has been very successful in his life and he has received several honors. He was Kommerzialrat and president of the group of the Austrian Hutfabrikanten. Among his customers included, among other things, the imperial court, he later became the imperial court Hutfabrikanten appointed. Ita chamber was also a supplier of Archduke Joseph . The factory and the Comptoir were at the Linzer Straße 140 in the 13th Viennese district Hietzing . [2]

    He was married to Julie Ita. Together they had several children: Hermine, Ludwig and Gustav Ita. Hermione married Edmund Thilo. Grandchildren were Henry, John and Paul Ita.

    John Henry died on 10 Ita January 1915 due to a stroke. He was according to the Protestant rite at St. Helena Cemetery in Baden near Vienna , buried in the family vault.

     

    Villa ITA at the Linzer Straße 146 in Penzing

     

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    Small advertising Ita Fabriks with its unique brand (1906)

     

     

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    Death Notice (1915)

     

     

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  24. Zapf Hutfabrik

    in Austrian Hat Companies

    Posted

    The Werfen Fichtlhaus has been home to a hat making firm since 1520. In 1893 the house was bought by Johann Zapf and still today hunting hats and the famous "Collection Habsburg" are made here. The hand-made hats decorate crowned heads, f.i. the Norwegian royal couple, Gustav XVI of Sweden, and are worn or were worn by Hollywood VIPs like Billy Wilder or Marlene Dietrich. Still in business today.

     

    Company history in English.

     

    http://www.zapf.at/english/since-1893/history

     

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    Österreichisch-ungarische Hutmacher-Zeitung (15. Dezember 1912) 

     

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  25. Anton Peschel Neutitschein - Dinkelsbühl

    in Austrian Hat Companies

    Posted

    Third hat factory in Nový Jičín (Czechoslovakia). Founded in 1850 and nationalized under TONAK after WWII. Had a location in Dinkelsbühl, Germany that stopped production in 1971.

     

    Here is some information from Mario regarding Peschel Dinkelsbühl.

     

    "Well, now. I just phoned up the Dinkelsbühl number I found - only to learn that there is no longer a shop by the name of Peschel... But - lo and behold! - I happend to talk with Anton Ernst Peschel's widow, and she told me that the production site in Dinkelsbühl closed it's doors in 1971. Her husband died seven years later, in 1978.

     

    Günther Peschel from Novy Jicin/Neutitschein was on of their relatives, but I failed to ask for details here. She told me that, after the sixties and the general demise of the hat industry, it just didn't make sense anymore to produce hats at such a large scale, and they thus decided to end their business.

     

    I told her that I just bought an old Peschel hat and that I was keen to find some information about the company, even more so because it's so hard to find any information at all. She said that it makes her very happy to learn that there are still people out there who love to wear Peschel hats. She seemed so very proud of the lids they made - and so pretty sad that they had to abandon the business.

     

    Well, that's not really a whole lot of information, I know, but for my part, I feel a little bit moved, really...

     

    BTW: I stumbled over one more interesting info on A. E. Peschel: It seems that, starting in 1923, he put in a stint in the USA. Don't know how long he stayed, but there is a passenger record I found in the Ellis Island Foundation archives:"

     

     

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