Centers of pipe production in Germany

A closer look reveals that the production of pipes had accumulated in certain regions of Germany. There may be several reasons for this: the availability of raw materials, the presence of skilled workers or simply a certain tradition that has led to the craft being passed on from father to son.

Kannenbäckerland / Westerwald

• Hilgert
  • Lothar Hein
  • Johannes Radermacher (1745-1802)
  • Wilhelm Albrecht Simonis
  • Jens Steuler
  • Rainer Steuler
• Höhr
  • J. W. & C.
  • Müllenbach & Thewald
• Vallendar
  • Müllenbach & Thewald (subsidiary)
  • Norbert Gerharz

Lower Rhine (Niederrhein)

• Rees
  • Eyland
  • Dobbelmann
  • Oldenkott

Westphalia (Westfalen)

• Bünde
  • Reiner Klein
  • Otto Pollner
  • Rüdiger Lutz Will

Thuringian Forest (Thüringer Wald)

• Ruhla
  • Donat Thiel
• Schweina (part of Bad Liebenstein)
  • Albert Iffert & Co. (1929) (Albico)
  • August R. Kühn K.-G. (ARK)
  • August Reich & Söhne (1846)
  • C.S. Reich (1887)
  • Franz Schreinert & Co.
  • VEB Pfeifen und Holzerzeugnisse Bad Liebenstein (1952) (Howal)
  • VEB Raucherbedarf Schweina
  • VEB Thura Pfeifenfabrik

Ulm

• • Johann Jakob Glöckle