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Two hundred and thirty years at the edge of the beech forest
The glassworks was built near Uherský Ostroh, on the border with Slovakia, where the sand was good for glass. It has changed owners, names and countries, and almost closed in 2023. It is still blowing glass by hand.
- 1794
Prince Alois I of Liechtenstein founds the glassworks in Strání, with two melting furnaces and workers from the surrounding villages, Slovakia and Austria.
- 1818
Isaac Reich, founder of the Reich glassmaking dynasty, takes over the management, and the glassworks becomes known beyond the region.
- 1850
Josef Zahn, a Viennese glass merchant, buys the glassworks. His son Emanuel adds a furnace and brings in fine crystal with cutting and engraving.
- 1894
The glassworks takes the local name Květná (Blumenbach), which soon becomes a mark of quality on world markets.
- 1897
Zahn & Göpfert open showrooms in London, Paris, Berlin and Hamburg. Květná is the second glassworks in Europe to decorate with etching.
- 1961
The glassworks becomes part of the state enterprise Moravian Glassworks Květná, until private ownership returns in 1990.
- 2020
The brand KVĚTNÁ 1794 is created to devote the glassworks fully to handmade Czech crystal.
- 2023
Energy prices push the glassworks to the edge of closing. A Czech family holding, AF Group from Hodonín, with MHS & Partners, becomes the majority owner and production continues.
- 2025
Czech Grand Design Manufacturer of the Year, a Red Dot Award for the Evolution glasses and EDIDA Designers of the Year for creative directors Klára Janypková and Tomáš Kučera.
The people shaping what comes next
Klára Janypková and Tomáš Kučera lead the glassworks creatively and design its own collections, such as Drop. Květná also works with outside designers, from Kengo Kuma to Taťána Kuchařová.