Cotton spinning and weaving mill Pfeiffer & Schmidt
The Pfeiffer & Schmidt cotton spinning and weaving mill was a spinning and weaving mill in Magdeburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt . The company's existing buildings are listed as historical monuments .
location
The preserved building complex is located in the northern part of Magdeburg's Neue Neustadt district north of Kastanienstraße at Kastanienstraße 6a, Klosterwuhne 42 and Zielitzer Straße 18.
Architecture and history
The factory was founded in 1828. One to three-storey buildings made of quarry stone have been preserved , the design of which is reminiscent of early English industrial buildings. The buildings that were added later were built by master mason C. Flott. The elongated three-storey core building of the weaving mill that has been preserved dates from 1896 and was built by Wilhelm Warnstedt. It was also made from rubble stones and contained the spinning mill. The window openings on the building in the form of arches are striking . In the middle of the building's interior there are cast iron columns . A former defeat building also belongs to the complex.
Another complex was built around 1870. It includes the former bleaching plant with the chimney of the boiler house and the dyeing works . In addition, there are workshop buildings facing the street. There are also defeat buildings here. The buildings are made of bricks and rubble stones.
In the local register of monuments , the factory is listed as a monument under registration number 094 70949 .
As the last testimony to the Magdeburg textile industry, the building complex is considered important for Magdeburg's early industrial history.
literature
- Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 338 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 2530
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 '43.3 " N , 11 ° 38' 13.9" E