It all began in 1867

The gunsmith Adolf Recknagel ventures the first step into self-employment, by putting the knowledge he acquired from J.P. Sauer & Son into his own products. In his home town Albrechts (near Suhl in Thuringia) he initially manufactures front- and rear sights, gunlocks and further items for the „Suhler Gun Factories“. With the access of his son and son-in-law, the company now names itself Reitz & Recknagel.

In 1933

Christian Recknagel takes over all shares of the company Reitz & Recknagel. Almost at the same time his son establishes the company Erich Recknagel.

In 1945

both companies cease to exist as a result of the dismantlement by the Russian occupying powers.

In the summer of 1945 Christian Recknagel leaves Thuringia for Schweinfurt, Bavaria, where he at first manufactures post-war items such as spinning wheels, hot-water bottles, ash-trays and other utility articles.

In 1948

he regains the licence for manufacturing rifle parts.

In 1950

Christian and Erich Recknagel establish their first company in Western Germany, in a gutted laboratory building on the grounds of the German Gelatine Factory.

1961

With this company, in 1961 Erich Recknagel moves into the rooms of the new company building; at this time Christian Recknagel has already passed away.

In 2006

the company is relocated from Schweinfurt to Bergrheinfeld, where a bigger company building provides enough space for a growing number of employees and machinery.

In 2008

"G. Recknagel e.K.", now carried on by the sixth generation, keeps up business relations to all renowed companies of the rifle industry at home and abroad.