Schöffel

About Schöffel

Schöffel is a family business from Schwabmünchen that began in 1804, when Georg Schöffel received a licence to trade in hosiery and sold stockings, socks and nightcaps. In 1961 Hubert Schöffel took over a disused lederhosen factory and started with three sewing machines, making men's and children's trousers. In 1967 he invested in a sportswear factory as hiking took off, and within four years Schöffel led the market in trousers, then in anoraks and hiking clothing from 1975. The Jethose, worn over ski boots for the first time, shaped a style of its own. In country clothing, the Oakham fleece gilet for men has even been known simply as "a Schoffel".