5 Generations

passes his journeyman's examination in Klingenthal, Germany, and works in the Erfurt family establishment from now on.

Wilhelm and Ruth Brückner establish the Brückner & Brückner GbR.

passes the master craftsman examination in Markneukirchen and works in her father's workshop from now on.

passes the journeyman's examination in Leipzig.

begins a violinmaking apprenticeship under her father Wilhelm.

takes over the long-standing workshop from his mother in Erfurt.

becomes employee of the prestigious master violinmaker Willi Lindörfer in Weimar, Germany.

has been killed as soldier during war in Russia. The widow Elsa Brückner continues the business and the workshop.

takes over the workshop after his father's death.

begins a violinmaking apprenticeship under his father August Wilhelm.

is born in Erfurt.

works for Dr. Alfred Stelzner in Dresden, Germany.

passes his journeyman years under master violinmaker Hans Jäger and in the company Todt in Markneukirchen.

is born in Markneukirchen, Germany.