Overstolz is a German cigarette brand manufactured by Japan Tobacco International.

Overstolz
An old pack of Overstolz cigarettes
Product typeCigarette
Produced byJapan Tobacco International
CountryGerman Empire
Introduced1917; 107 years ago (1917)
DiscontinuedMay 2015
MarketsGerman Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, Allied-occupied Germany, West-Germany, Germany
Previous ownersHaus Neuerburg

History

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Overstolz was originally manufactured by the former Cologne cigarette company Haus Neuerburg. The brand is named after the Cologne patrician of Overstolzen and has been protected since 1917.[1] In the 1960s, the German actor Heinz Engelmann (known from the police procedural television series Stahlnetz) was the advertising face of the cigarette brand, for which he made various newspaper and television adverts. In 2014, Overstolz cigarettes are manufactured by Japan Tobacco international in Trier. Since May 2015, the brand is no longer available on the normal market, however they are still available in online tobacco shops, but are only sold in 10-packs.

Products

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  • Overstolz Filter

Below are all the current brands of Overstolz cigarettes sold, with the levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide included.

Pack Tar Nicotine Carbon monoxide
Overstolz Filter 10 mg 0,8 mg 10 mg
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In a nod to his Cologne background, Gereon Rath, the detective in Volker Kutscher's Berlin-based detective series smokes Overstolz.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DPMAregister - Marken - Registerauskunft". register.dpma.de.