About the “Glove-Making” in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge)

It starts at the beginning of the year 1860. Johanngeorgenstadt a town in Saxony starts has developed to the leading location for the leather glove industry. Many men, women and even children were working in the glove industry.

Johanngeorgenstadt enjoyed the fame for the finest goatskin gloves in the whole world. In the cause of political events the leather glove and his fabrication experienced a lot of ups and downs.

After World War 2 a so called PGH (Produktionsgenossenschaft des Handwerks – Production Association of the handcraft) was founded. Thereby the leather glove business get a boom.

After the German reunification the number of employees in this branch has decreased enormously.