page_title: ASS Altenburger
section_title: ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
hierarchical_section_title: ASS Altenburger / History / ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Neue Druckhalle der Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg GmbH
context_page_description: ASS Altenburger is since 2003 the trademark of the German playing card manufacturer Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg, based in the town of Altenburg. The firm is owned by Cartamundi, of Turnhout, Belgium. ASS claims to be the market leader in Germany for playing cards. Every year almost 40 million packs of cards of many different types are manufactured in Altenburg.
context_section_description: In 2002 the international playing card manufacturers, Cartamundi, who had taken over the ASS Spielkartenverlag in Steinenbronn the year before, acquired Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg from the Ravensburger Group. The two firms, which had been separated since 1946 due to the post-war situation in Germany were reunited in a business association. In 2003 the two brands, "ASS" and "Altenburger" were merged to form the new brand of "ASS Altenburger". Production in Steinenbronn was moved to Altenburg. There was now heavy investment in the production and storage capacity. In 2005 the factory site at Altenburg was greatly expanded with a new building on a plot given up by the old district hospital.
  Several German playing cards dating to 1509 and made by Altenburger cardmaker, Merten (Martin) Hockendorf, have survived. For this reason, the town and its cardmakers jointly celebrated "500 Years of Altenburg Playing Cards" in 2009.
  On 1 May 2011, the insolvent game manufacturer, Scheer Spiele from Marktheidenfeld, was taken over. The production of Scheer Spiele was then relocated to Altenburg. This enabled ASS Altenburger to also produce game plans, large boxes and punched parts for parlour games.
  As of 2017, the company produces almost 40 million different card decks per year in Altenburg according to its own figures.
caption: Printing room in 2013
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