Most of these brands were started during the time of Bauhaus and the Deutscher Werkbund
In 1926, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky came up with a kitchen design known as Frankfurt kitchen. This came before the modern built-in kitchen. In this design, she arranged the equipment to maximize workflow.
After that in 1928, a kitchen with attached kitchen cabinets, a detached shoe cupboard, a table, a chair, and a sink was developed by Poggenpohl.
SieMatic in 1960, developed a kitchen that had joined handles. Such developments helped in determining the look of the present time kitchen. More top-quality and highly innovative designs have been created ever since. Close family members run many German kitchen companies and therefore have a strong culture which they pass on to different generations.