Mechanical cotton spinning and weaving mill in Augsburg
The company Mechanical Cotton Spinning and Weaving Augsburg ( SWA for short ) was founded in 1837 and was one of the oldest textile production companies in Germany. It was closed in 1989.
The establishment was initiated by the Schaezler bank with a capital of 1.2 million guilders. It thus marks the beginning of the typical Augsburg development into large companies that were financed as stock corporations by a small group of merchants and bankers. The plan came from the architect Ludwig Lendorff and the equipment of the factory from the Alsatian machine factory Andre Koechlin & Cie in Mühlhausen.
In addition to an already existing weaving mill, the Swiss architecture firm Séquin & Knobel built another weaving mill for 640 looms and a spinning mill building for over 42,000 spindles (Plant III) - a castle-like brick building with four floors (basement and three floors) on the Proviantbach in 1895/98 three corner towers are towered over. The building was given the name “ Factory Castle ” because of its appearance . In addition to the use of steam power, water power mainly provided the required energy of up to 400 kW.
Parts of the factory buildings and the former residential area ( Proviantbachquartier ), which significantly characterize the Augsburg textile district, have been preserved. The factory lock was repaired and is now used as business and sales rooms.
Production sites
In the course of the company's existence, the following production sites were established:
- Plant I - "old spinning mill building"
- Built between 1837 and 1840, largely destroyed in the Second World War , a turbine house has been preserved
- Plant II - "Rosenau"
- A castle-like factory building built between 1887 and 1889, demolished in 1972
- Plant III - "Proviantbach"
- A castle-like factory building (so-called factory castle ) built between 1877 and 1883 , renovated in 1997/1998 and then converted
- Plant IV - "Aumühle"
- called "Glaspalast" , built in 1910, today used as a museum
