Royal Prussian iron foundry Gleiwitz

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View of the Royal Iron Foundry 1840
Drawing of the iron foundry

The Royal Prussian Iron Foundry Gleiwitz (also Gleiwitzer Eisengießerei , Gleiwitzer Eisenhütte and Gleiwitzer Hütte ) was a part of the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry founded in 1796 in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia . It was a state enterprise founded by Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Reden (1752–1815) on behalf of the Prussian State . From 1991 to 2010 the art foundry housed a branch of the museum in Gliwice with the department for art castings. The facility is located in the Baildona district (Hüttenviertel).

history

The state-owned iron foundry in Gleiwitz was founded in 1796 and was the second steelworks in Prussia after the ironworks founded in Malapane in 1754 . On the construction of the Royal Prussian iron foundry in Gleiwitz was u. a. the civil engineer and designer John Baildon (1772-1846) involved. Johann Friedrich Wedding built a coke oven. The sculptor Theodor Kalide (1801–1863) worked in Gleiwitz .

After the city of Gliwice came under Polish administration in 1945, the company was confiscated and nationalized by Poland and become the Gliwickie Zakłady Urządzeń Technicznych (GZUT).

Works

  • The fountain with dancing fauns

  • The waking lion

  • The lying lions

  • Industrial figure

  • Christ figure

  • Bust of Frederick the Great. Model by Schadow.

  • Grave figure

literature

  • Erwin Hintze: Gleiwitz iron art casting. Ed. Of the Silesian Antiquities Association, Breslau 1928.
  • R. Seidel: The Königliche Eisengiesserei zu Gleiwitz: Memorandum to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Königl. Iron foundry in Gleiwitz. 1896

Web links

Commons : Königlich Preußische Eisengießerei Gleiwitz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  • Location according to the historical map:
    • Measuring table sheet 3352: Gleiwitz, 1926 Gleiwitz. - record 1882, amendment 1926. - 1: 25000. - [Berlin]: Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, 1926
    • online excerpt: kartenforum.slub-dresden

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 26.2 "  N , 18 ° 41 ′ 14.7"  E