Who owns Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg?
In 1747, Elector Max III Joseph of Bavaria established the Electoral Porcelain Manufactory at his hunting lodge in Neudeck outside Munich. Eight years later, his cousin, Elector Carl Theodor, awarded the privilege to operate the Porzellan Manufaktur Frankenthal. The two manufactories were merged under the patronage of the Wittelsbach family in Nymphenburg in 1800. Today, the manufactory is owned by the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichfond (Wittelsbach Equalising Fund) whose assets range from art treasures, and historically important collections to holdings and landed properties. These include, among other things, Schloss Berg on the banks of Lake Starnberg, Schloss Hohenschwangau, Schloss Berchtesgaden, works of art in the treasury at the Munich residence, the Pinakothek, the Glyptothek and the Bavarian National Museum.
