--- title: "Gillrath Klinker & Klinkerriemchen – Gillrath ClinkerBricks – Fired for Generations" description: "Qualität aus dem Rheinischen Ringofen" url: "https://gillrath.de/en/" canonical: "https://gillrath.de/en/" type: "WebPage" date_published: "2019-11-16T18:01:11+01:00" date_modified: "2026-09-23T11:52:51+02:00" author: "florianschommertz" locale: "en_GB" alternates: "en-GB": "https://gillrath.de/en/" "de-DE": "https://gillrath.de/" "x-default": "https://gillrath.de/" --- # Gillrath ClinkerBricks – Fired for Generations ![Detached house with a dark multicoloured Gillrath clinker facade (Jaco GR 201) in Münster](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gillrath_STP_JacoGR201_NF_Muenster_4_2560.jpg) ## Gillrath Clinker — Fired for Generations ### Construction Gems from the Rhenish Ring Kiln With the last operating ring kiln in North Rhine-Westphalia, we offer an outstanding niche product in the field of bricks, brick slips and other facade products. We are motivated to produce bricks of the highest quality while always innovatively offering new colours, shapes and surfaces. our ### Products from the ring kiln #### [Clinker bricks:](/en/clinker/) Discover our diverse and extensive selection of hard-fired Gillrath clinker bricks and facing bricks, as well as information on surfaces, sizes and finishes. [![Row of upright Gillrath clinker bricks in colours from white through red to yellow](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gillrath-klinker-reihe_MG_0149-klein.png)](/en/clinker/) [![Two grey cut brick slips](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/schnittriemchen-mg-0063-1280-e1655820275941.png)](/en/clinker-brick-slips/) [![Two red split brick slips](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/spaltriemchen-freisteller-mg-0096-1280.png)](/en/clinker-brick-slips/) #### [Clinker brick slips](/en/clinker-brick-slips/) An overview of the properties and advantages of flat slips, our split brick slip formats and more useful information. #### [Cut brick slips](/en/clinker-brick-slips/) We can cut any brick type into brick slips. #### [Split brick slips](/en/clinker-brick-slips/) The best way to plan an economical facade design for external thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS) is to use split slips which are manufactured directly as slips. [To the general product overview (German)](/produkte/) [![Glazed shaped brick from the ring kiln](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Formstein-IMG_7096.png)](/en/specialty-products/#formsteine) [![Clay pavers in a herringbone bond for garden paths](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ziegel-wege-img-4181.png)](/en/specialty-products/#ziegelgarten) ### Special products #### [Shaped bricks](/en/specialty-products/#formsteine) Do you have a project requiring special building corners? Would you like to include shaped bricks as a design element or have you designed a shaped brick yourself? Find out more in our shaped brick section. #### [Bricks for path design](/en/specialty-products/#ziegelgarten) Bricks for garden paths or terraces in private areas are a real eye-catcher on the ground – durable and colourfast, without fading. ### Product innovations [![Extra-long Gillganta ring kiln brick in XLF format](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gillrath-xlf-format-front-MG_0006.png)](/en/gillganta-by-gillrath/) #### [Gillganta by Gillrath – the extra-long ring kiln brick](/en/gillganta-by-gillrath/) Make a statement with extra-long bricks – our new format »XLF« for premium extruded bricks. [![CircoBrick made from 50 % recycled brick rubble](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/circobrick-IMG_2102-Edit-Edit-2.png)](/en/circobrick/) #### [CircoBrick](/en/circobrick/) Our latest product innovation: a resource-efficient, circular brick from the Rhenish ring kiln using 50 % recycled material from brick rubble. [![Cradletop ceramic shingle for curtain walls](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cradletop-img-1080.png)](/en/cradletop/) #### [Cradletop](/en/cradletop/) Ceramic shingles from the Rhenish ring kiln – our »Cradletops«. Durable, dismantlable, reusable. [![Light clay brick from the Gillrath range](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lehmstein-quer-img-9125-1280.png)](/en/clay-bricks/) #### [Clay bricks](/en/clay-bricks/) Clay is one of the oldest building materials and is completely recyclable. Get an insight into our clay brick range here. ### Be inspired … [![Modern clinker villa with a water basin in the courtyard](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_4803-scaled.jpg)](/objekte/) [![Kitchen with a brick slip wall (Jaco GR 80)](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MSZ-Jaco-GR-80-DF-WA-WS-_MG_1457-web.jpg)](/objekte/) [![Cubic clinker house with a flat roof](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/4-scaled-1.jpg)](/objekte/) [![Detached house in Erkelenz with a red clinker facade](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/STP-GR-101-201-DF-mitRetros-Erkelenz-EFH-Baumschulenweg-07-1080px.jpg)](/objekte/) [![Apartment building with a grey clinker facade](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MD_GHA_017_web.jpg)](/objekte/) [To our projects (German)](/objekte/) we present: ### Hybrid assortments from the ring kiln ### Responsible Use of Resources The responsible use of resources is at the heart of everything we do, and we are actively working toward climate neutrality. Clinker bricks are a durable building material with a lifespan of more than 150 years. During that time, virtually no maintenance or repairs are required on the facade. ![Seal: network member of the Excellence Region Sustainable Building](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Siegel-Netzwerkpartner-ENB-klein-591x236-1.jpg) ![Logo of the VEA initiative Climate-friendly SMEs](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Klima-Logo-1280x570.png) [More on this topic](/en/about-us/responsibility/) [![Retro TV in front of a brick wall – watch the Gillrath image film](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/florianschommertz_a_70ties_TV_set_brick_wall_old_school_b9d241c7-6e5c-4efa-a1f2-f51d0593048a-1280x717.jpg)](/gillrath-in-den-medien/) ### Family business in the 4th generation For more than 100 years, we have been writing brick history on facades ![Historic photo: the Gillrath crew in front of the ring kiln](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gillrath-geschichte-ref_s_29_gillrath_senior_crew_ch_saubere-kanten-1240x883.png) ![Historic photo: workers with wheelbarrows at the brickworks](https://gillrath.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gillrath_geschichte_s_010_schubkarren_Arbeiter-Edit.jpg) [About us & our history](/en/about-us/)