Sigmund Count von Haimhausen

Director 1751 - 1793

In 1751, Elector Max III Jospeh appointed the Count of Haimhausen Master of the Mint and Director of Mining. The count thus also assumed responsibility for the founding of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences of which he was later appointed president. Count von Haimhausen thus became an important promoter of early industry and business in Bavaria. His work was of existential significance to Nymphenburg: following many years of failed attempts to produce high-quality porcelain, Elector Max III. ceased to fund the venture. Between 1751 and 1755, Count von Haimhausen invested around 10,000 Bavarian Gulden of his own money. It was only due to his personal commitment and the employment of the adept, Joseph Jakob Ringler, in 1753 that the manufactory succeeded one year later in its desire to produce genuine porcelain. As a result of von Haimhausen's efforts, the manufactory was subsequently incorporated into the Bavarian official system on 30 May 1754 and made a department of the Mint and Mining Commission thus giving the count overall control. In the same year, Franz Anton Bustelli from Ticino joined the manufactory, first as head of the modelling shop and then model master. The first flowering of the manufactory, which lasted until 1767, commenced with his work. In 1761, the manufactory relocated from Neudeck to the Schlossrondell in Nymphenburg which to this day remains the only site of production for porcelain from Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg. In 1763, Count von Haimhausen employed Dominikus Auliczek to succeed Franz Anton Bustelli following Bustelli's premature death at the age of 40.

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