Porcelain factory Kahla is one of Germany's largest porcelain producers.
In 1814, Christian Jacob Eckhard requests Kahla citizenship.
In October 1844 production in Kahla starts and cups, pipes and doll`s heads are created out of porcelain. The porcelain factory, situated near the Leuchtenburg Castle, develops into to a major enterprise. Many people who lived in Kahla and the surrounding villages find jobs there.
Friedrich August Koch, a Prussian businessman, takes over the factory in 1856 after the previous owner runs up bad debts and has to sell up. In 1859, he receives a new concession to start digging again.
Porcelain is created out of three basic materials : quartz sand, feldspar and kaolinite.
