About us

Today the third generation, Georg and Elisabeth Dinkel (nee Schmidt), together with the fourth, their son Michael, is in charge of this successful firm.
In 1893 the merchant Adam Schmidt founded a basket manufactory. Since then growing business connections at home and abroad have brought about a positive development and enlargement of our over 100-year-old family business.



The biggest basket in the world. Where else could it be but in the German Basket Town of Lichtenfels?


Today our storage capacity is about 10000 square metres. Our collection comprises about 3000 articles which can be delivered to the customer using the most up-to-date logistics.

The smallest basket in the world.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors are attracted to the huge annual Basket Fair in Lichtenfels in September. A good chance to learn more about us and Lichtenfels.
LICHTENFELS
»The German Basket Town«.
We can legitimately claim that the Adam Schmidt Company played a substantial role in creating the reputation of Lichtenfels as the German Basket Town.


