Cotton spinning and twisting mill in Leinefelde
The Leinefelde cotton spinning and twisting mill was an industrial company in Leinefelde in Thuringia .
Company history
With the Eichsfeld plan the industrialization of should Eichsfeld be advanced. Due to the geographical conditions and the conveniently located railway connection, Leinefelde was selected as the location of the large company, construction began in 1961. The expansion of the production facilities of the VEB cotton spinning and twisting mill Leinefelde and other companies led to a strong increase in the population of Leinefelde. The village of 2,500 inhabitants in 1969 became the town of Leinefelde with around 16,500 inhabitants in 1990.
With the reunification of Germany , yarn production fell from 16,000 tons in the year to 6,000 tons in 1992, the number of employees fell from around 4,500 to 380 and continued to decrease over the years. The company then traded as Leinefelder Textilwerke GmbH and came to the stocking manufacturer Falke . In 2013 the company filed for bankruptcy.
literature
- Klaus Brungräber: 20 years of cotton spinning and twisting in Leinefelde. In: Eichsfelder Heimathefte, Vol. 22, 1982, pp. 216-218.
- Hartmut Wengel: The cotton mill. A contribution to the history of the VEB cotton spinning and twisting mill Leinefelde. In: Contributions to the history of Thuringia 2 (1970), pp. 108–120
Web links
- Photos on the website of the German Historical Museum
- Joint declaration on insolvency proceedings PDF
Individual evidence
- ↑ Turbulent years for the former Leinefelde cotton spinning mill. Thuringian General of April 24, 2013
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Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 57.8 " N , 10 ° 20 ′ 2.4" E