150 Years of Vogtland Textile History
November 5, 2026
This week Sabine talks to a real lace expert on "Näher Dran". Literally, because Andreas Reinhardt is the managing director of the traditional Vogtland company "Plauener Spitze". This episode is about craftsmanship that has become rare, regionality, and the love of a textile with amazing properties. If you have always wondered how lace, Bauhaus, and lace are actually connected, you have come to the right place. Enjoy listening!
Plauener Spitze - a brief introduction:
Plauener Spitze made the small town in the Vogtland famous all over the world and was the guarantee of economic success. The lace gained fame around 1900, when it was marketed internationally under the term Dentelle de Saxe or Plauen Lace.
The designation Plauener Spitze became established in the 1930s and was always also considered a seal of quality. There have always been countless small companies that made a living from machine-made lace and various handcraft techniques as their main and secondary occupation. The production of embroidery, especially embroidered lace, was from the beginning spread across the entire city of Plauen and the Vogtland.
Today, only a handful of companies still produce the coveted textile. One of these companies is Modespitze Plauen. The embroidery manufactory, now in its fourth generation, looks back on almost 130 years of embroidery tradition.
Podcast production: Maxim Sergej Wagner
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