Old cloth factory
The building of the old cloth factory in Euskirchen is a former industrial building. It was restored and redesigned after production was closed and the ensuing deterioration into an industrial wasteland. The old cloth factory has been used since then as an office and commercial location, event location, as well as exhibition and sales area.
history
The woolen cloth weaving had a long tradition in the Bad Münstereifel and Euskirchen region . In 1411 the guild of woolen cloth weavers was founded in Bad Münstereifel. With increasing industrialization , cloth production was continued primarily in Euskirchen. Loden fabrics and uniform cloths were mostly made. One of the largest companies was the Ruhr-Lückerath cloth factory , today's old cloth factory. The first buildings were erected in the 1850s. The multi-storey building in the middle of the ensemble was built in 1887 and is a typical factory building of the time in its form as a building with arched windows, the long window axis and the wall anchors . In 1884 there were 16 textile factories in Euskirchen, 1896 there were 18 and before the outbreak of the First World War 21.
In 1919 the two Euskirchen cloth factories Ruhr and Lückerath were combined. In 1926 there were only 14 cloth factories in Euskirchen. During the Second World War , Euskirchen was destroyed, with the buildings of the Ruhr-Lückerath and Wolfgarten companies surviving the war almost unscathed. In 1961 the cloth factory employed 458 people. In 1982, however, the Ruhr-Lückerath company, as the last Euskirchen cloth factory, had to close and lay off the 180 remaining employees.
After the closure, the factory buildings fell into disrepair and were partly used illegally; Industrial wastelands emerged. In 1998 a private citizen from Cologne bought the site in order to restore, expand and rent the building.
architecture
The area today comprises 20,000 m² of building space for exhibitions, showrooms, studios, offices, residential lofts and workshops. The historic buildings have been preserved. The multi-storey building in the middle of the ensemble was built in 1887 and, in its form as a high-rise structure with arched windows, the long window axis and the wall anchors, is a typical factory building of that time, which in the end mainly served as an administration. The large boiler and turbine house with the 65 meter high chimney still stands today. The shed roof halls were used for grinding, carding, spinning and finishing. The weaving mill was in the building construction parallel to the Veybach . Immediately to the right of the entrance are the large black water treatment systems that were required to decalcify the boiler water. The ensemble also includes a porter's house and workers' apartments just before the old factory entrance. The factory buildings consist of thousands of hand- bricked bricks .
Change from the production site to today's old cloth factory
In 1998 Veybach Liegenschaften GmbH took over the Ruhr-Lückerath cloth factory. Since then, it has been restored, incorporating historical details. Since the start of the renovation in 1998, sales and exhibition areas, studios , workshops and storage areas, office areas, offices and practice rooms have been created.
In 2004 the event rooms 'fire hall and earth hall' were added, where events, award ceremonies, honors and cultural events have taken place ever since.
The architectural design while maintaining the historical substance met with a response in the international architecture and design press.
literature
- Gabriele Harzheim / Markus Krause / Detlef Stender: Commercial and industrial culture in the Eifel, JP Bachem Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-7616-1418-7
- Landscape Association of Rhineland: Cloth factory Müller , Rheinlandverlag, 1997, ISBN 3-7927-1624-0
- Maren Wittmann: Alte Tuchfabrik, Verlag Zweiausendsieben, 2007 (private edition)
- Magazine: Wohn! Design issue: 04/2007
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Petra Grebe: Youngtimer-Tour - nice little cars on the way. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. July 4, 2010, accessed March 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Ulrike Natus / LS: From linen to loft . In: Living! Design . No. 04 , 2007, p. 90-97 .
- ↑ Pure Village: Alte Tuchfabrik and daab Verlag present “Lesewald”. Cologne Trade Fair, January 23, 2010, accessed on March 28, 2019 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 8.8 ″ N , 6 ° 45 ′ 43 ″ E