The history of Egernsund Tegl dates back to the 1880’es and took its beginning when 9,000 workers were occupied with manually digging the Kiel Canal. A project that took several years and entailed a heavy demand for bricks required to build factories and residential homes. On accomplishment of the giant excavation project, the obvious advantage in continuing the operation of the established production facilities resulted in the foundation of Egernsund Brickyard. Back then, the Kongeå River used to define the border between Denmark and Germany, and the close to 40 brickyards in Egernsund used to occupy more than 700 workers every season - mainly travelling journeymen.

Throughout their history, the brickyards have been privately owned and passed on to succeeding generations, and when a new generation took over, the change in ownership practically always entailed comprehensive rationalization efforts – thus in the 1960’es, measures were implemented to counter the competition from concrete elements, and in the 1970’es, production efficiency was raised to meet the demand from the boom in building and construction.

Products

- Brick beams
- Bricks
- Custom bricks
- Exhibition
- TB Drains