Schunck

Firma Schunck
Founded1874 in Heerlen, The Netherlands
FounderArnold Schunck
FateAcquisition by Berden in 1995
HeadquartersHeerlen, The Netherlands
ProductsClothing

Schunck (Dutch pronunciation: [ɕuŋk])[citation needed] is the name of former fashion house and department store Firma Schunck in Heerlen, the Netherlands. It is also the name for the collection of buildings the firm has been housed in, one of which is known as the Glaspaleis (Glass Palace), which is now a cultural centre and declared one of the 1000 most important buildings of the 20th century by the Union of International Architects.

The business grew from a small weaver's shop to the major department store in Heerlen and the innovating force in that town when coal mining declined. Over more than a century, it has been run by four consecutive generations of the family Schunck.

In current time, the Glaspaleis is a multidisciplinary cultural centre for contemporary art, architecture, music, dance and library named SCHUNCK.