Petersen Tegl

Description

PETERSEN TEGL – SINCE 1791

Petersen Tegl is a Danish, family-owned brickworks which manufactures and sells bricks with emphasis on excellent craftsmanship.
Petersen Tegl was founded in 1791 and has been run by the same family in a direct line ever since. Today, the brickworks exports its products around the world, including the USA, Japan, Australia, India and numerous European countries.
Join brickworks owner Christian A. Petersen on his daily tour through the production at the brickworks

HISTORY

On 17 May 1791, King Christian VII gave smallholder Peter Andresen permission to run a brickworks at Nybøl Nor. Already the owner of a small farm at the place, Peter Andresen became the first brick maker in the Petersen family The brickworks is now run by Christian A. Petersen and his daughters, the seventh and eighth generation in a direct line. The 6.5 km² large Nybøl Nor was then, as now, ideal for brickwork industry.

The coastline of the cove had rich glacial clay deposits, and the cove had a direct navigable connection to Flensborg Fjord. Back in the 1700s, several brickworks lay side by side. With about 50 brickworks, the concentration was then the largest in Northern Europe. Today, six brickworks remain. From being a local brickworks founded more than 230 years ago, Petersen Tegl has developed into a highly specialised company with global exports.