The Zuleger & Mayenburg company was founded in 1894 in Leipzig. The founders were Anton Zuleger and Carl Curt Heinsius von Mayenburg. Two years later, the company registered the Royal Standard brand of which the manufacturer is probably the most famous.
In 1907 the accordion factory was transferred to the village of Brunndöbra, which was annexed to Klingenthal on the 1st of May 1950 at the same time as Sachsenberg-Georgenthal. At least in the early 20th century, Zuleger & Mayenburg manufactured several different instruments and one of their accordion brands was Triumph. In the 1940s, the factory produced more than 30 different accordion models. 1957 the Montana series was released, which was branded as a top quality instrument.
Royal Standard remained the brand of Zuleger and Mayenburg until 1972. At that time, the communist state forced all the instrument factories in the area to make accordions under the Weltmeister brand, and the name of the factory was changed from the original to state-ordered name VEB Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke. Since 1993, the Schaumanufaktur Akkordeonbau, which manufactures Silvetta accordions, has been operating on the Zuleger and Mayenburg factory house. These Silvettos were imported to Finland under the name Luukinen.
The Royal Standard brand slept for about 30 years, until in 2015 the Herold family started designing Royal Standard again in Klingenthal. This time the instruments were made in Italy.
Sources
- http://www.royalstandard.de/en/history/ (17.8.2020)