Hammer mill (Leubetha)
The Leubetha hammer mill was located on the White Elster approx. 3 km north of Adorf / Vogtl. It was mentioned as early as 1328 in a document as "Hammer zu Leubetha" and is therefore the oldest mention of a hammer forge in Saxony. In the 19th century, the hammer mill developed into a local industrial site for paper and textile production as well as for making musical instruments.
history
The creation of the Leubetha hammer mill is related to the mining of iron ore in the region. Iron mining and ore smelting declined around 1650. The operators now looked for other uses and in the 18th century converted the hammer mill into a paper mill . At the beginning of the 19th century, the paper mill was operated by Georg Klinger, who had the old mill building renewed in 1816 and modernized the paper production. Originally, scooped writing paper was produced, later packing paper and gray board. Around 1840 his son, August Oskar Klinger, took over the paper production and continued it until his death in 1897. As early as 1810, another building for a cotton mill was built on the site. The spinning by means of Mulemaschinen was initially operated by Haselbauer & Co, later by Kaufmann Liebegk & Co. Around 1820 Ferdinand Thomas (1790–1858), son of the Lengenfeld spinning mill owner Gottlob Friedrich Thomas (1755–1835), took over the spinning mill and expanded it. Ferdinand's son, Oskar Thomas (1822–1895), modernized the spinning mill in the early 1860s. Nevertheless, it was not competitive and in 1863 was one of the last cotton mills in the Vogtland to give up operations. The spinning mill building was subsequently used by Andorff & Co., which manufactured plucked instruments here . The production of zithers, lutes and mandolins was later continued by the Bauer & Hawraneck company. Mr. Georg Bauer was also the owner of the property in the 1930s. In May 1945 the buildings were destroyed in the course of local fighting. After the war, the ruins fell into disrepair. The area was recultivated in the 1990s.
literature
- Br. Günther: Leubetha and Rebersreuth iV In: Tranquil at home: Supplement to the Vogtl. Indicator u. Day sheet . No. 65 of March 17, 1935
- Michael Hammer: The Lengenfeld industrial pioneer Gottlob Friedrich Thomas (1755-1835) and the beginnings of industrialization in Vogtland . In: U. Hess, P. Listewnik, M. Schäfer (eds.): Companies in the regional and local area: 1750-2000 . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2004, pp. 73–98.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albin König: The Saxon cotton industry at the end of the last century and during the continental barrier . BGTeubner, 1899, p. 317
Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '43.3 " N , 12 ° 14' 28.9" E