Kissing & Möllmann
The company Kissing & Mollmann in Iserlohn was founded in 1826 and built in 1865 at the Upper Mill , a bronze ware factory which was in operation until the 1979th Since the 1980s, some areas of the factory have been used as residential buildings. Later some social projects were housed in it. The factory building is a listed building .
Company history
Kissing & Möllmann (K&M) was founded in 1826 by the Iserlohn entrepreneurs Ferdinand Möllmann and Johann Hermann Kissing . It took over the trading company Ballot, Möllmann & Co., founded in 1802 as Schmidt & Woeste . From 1824 the company started production with a bronze goods factory on Iserlohner Wasserstraße. Another location was at the thick tower. To 1834 changed its name , the company Kissing, Mollmann & Co. in 1865 it received the concession for the construction of a foundry at the Bach street next to the railway line Iserlohn-Menden. In 1864 the bronze goods factory was relocated from Wasserstraße to the newly built factory on Bachstraße (later street name Obere Mühle ). The main building was raised and expanded in 1898.
Kissing & Möllmann was one of the most important commission trading houses in the province of Westphalia . The main sales areas were Italy and Spain as well as Germany and Russia . Kissing & Möllmann manufactured, among other things, fittings , candlesticks and ship bells .
The company became known nationwide from 1872 onwards for the manufacture of coffee grinders . In 1894 Kissing & Möllmann had 120 employees and manufactured 200,000 coffee grinders a year. The company was the largest coffee grinder manufacturer in Germany. At that time, K&M was also the first company to produce printed coffee grinders from sheet metal.
From 1827 to 1888, the company owned the newly founded Bösperde rolling mill in Menden , which was also managed from Iserlohn. From 1843/1845 to 1882 Kissing & Möllmann also belonged to the Kuxen majority of the Hüstener union . There were also other participations:
- 1841 “Froheansicht” colliery in Fröndenberg-Ardey-Frömern
- 1841–1849 alum boiling hut near Hagen
- 1870–1886 Dücker & Co. paper mill in Böingsen near Menden
- 1876 Trading company Fr. Wittenberg in Küppersteg
- 1883–1896 Langgrube union in Brachbach (Altenkirchen district)
- 1903 Aktiengesellschaft Chemische Fabriken ST Morosow, Krell & Ottmann in Berlin and Moscow
- 1906 bronze foundry Jos. Louis GmbH in Cologne
From around 1890 the company started manufacturing fittings .
The commission trade was severely restricted by the First World War and afterwards no longer reached the pre-war level. It was discontinued entirely in 1963. The Great Depression and the Second World War , the company was able to survive, but had 1980 bankruptcy log on and came to a halt.
At the end of 2013, a coffee mill room with exhibits from the Kissing & Möllmann company was set up in the Iserlohn Museum of Crafts and Postal History .
Factory building Obere Mühle 28
Since June 2, 1986, the main building of the factory with four wings and further production buildings on the factory premises has been a listed building as an "example of multi-storey factory construction".
For the Hemer State Horticultural Show 2010 , a cycle path was laid on the old railway line along the factory site.
The factory building was acquired in 2011 by real estate agent Jörg Rodegra at a foreclosure auction . He wanted to preserve the flair of the facility as a whole. For this reason, he refused to demolish the buildings that were not listed and to build new residential buildings. Instead, he wanted to reuse individual areas of the factory in the long term and rent out more units than before.
As part of the Socially Integrative City project , a conversion concept has been in progress since 2011. It provides for the expansion of the site with modern apartments, artisans and social facilities. It would also be possible to connect the cycle path to Hemer to the lower-lying Obere Mühle road via the factory premises.
In April 2015, the workshop in the backyard moved to the basement of the old factory. The worker welfare institution advises and supports addicts . It is also a contact point for unemployed and homeless people and people with psychological or social problems . Medical care is guaranteed by a general medical practice that is also located here . Before the move, 338 m² were renovated. The construction costs of 520,000 € were subsidized to 80% from the funds of the urban development program Socially Integrative City .
Among other things, the owner planned an event area with a café and an industrial museum. In addition to a few workshops, 21 people lived in apartments on the site.
From 2011 until the eviction in 2018
As early as 2011, the city found fire protection deficiencies and blocked paths and rooms. Immediate action was taken by the owner.
There are not enough emergency exits in the building, walls inside have been drawn in without regard to escape routes. In addition to the installation of a fire alarm system, the city's catalog of requirements also includes the removal of garbage from empty halls, the marking of escape routes and the installation of fire- proof doors, ceilings and walls. A building permit is only available for the workshop in the back yard, the doctor's practice and a workshop.
Although the owner created a fire protection concept in 2011 that was approved in 2012, these measures were never implemented. For this reason, the owner was informed in writing by the city on March 22, 2018 that the city sees danger to the life and limb of the 21 residents and visitors to the factory. If the defects are not remedied within six weeks, the factory would be evacuated.
An incomplete building application was submitted on April 25th . An immediate package of measures should be implemented by the end of August. According to the city, residents had to leave the building due to the danger in the building. A fire protection expert commissioned by the tenants certified that three buildings in the complex could be made usable with little effort. The main building, where every apartment should have a second escape route, is critical.
Between May 24 and May 30, 2018, the factory was peacefully evacuated. The city organized alternative quarters for the residents. It was also offered to support and accompany the removals. Graffiti on the bike path leading directly past the Obere Mühle building reminds of the eviction and human rights.
On May 25, 2018, the city owner offered to buy the factory for € 700,000. His engagement ends because the tenants have to leave the factory. The city itself declined the offer, but brought its subsidiary Iserlohner Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgesellschaft into discussion.
After the eviction
After the main and personnel committee of the city of Iserlohn voted on July 24, 2018, to ask the Iserlohner Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgesellschaft to purchase the property at Obere Mühle 28, the housing company's supervisory board rejected the purchase, mainly due to economic risks.
This was followed by high-profile campaigns by the evacuated tenants. In October 2018, the city's political decision-makers decided to found a subsidiary of the Iserlohner Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgesellschaft. This should acquire the building and the property, maintain it and develop it further. IGW Spezialimmobilien GmbH was founded on December 12, 2018 . They bought the Kissing & Möllmann property in January 2019 . In the first few weeks of the new year, the entire building complex was equipped with a fire alarm system. Former tenants were able to move in again and new rental agreements were concluded.
literature
- Hanswerner Hildenbrand: Kissing & Möllmann and the Iserlohn coffee mills. In: Förderkreis Iserlohner Museen eV (Ed.): Contributions to local history for Iserlohn and the Brandenburg area (Volume 21) . Zimmermann Druck + Verlag, Balve 2014, ISBN 978-3-89053-142-7 , pp. 93-109
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c List of monuments Iserlohn Monument number 106 accessed on August 2, 2018
- ↑ a b c d e Description of holdings for holdings F 63 - Kissing & Möllmann (term 1802–1979) in the Westphalian Economic Archives , accessed on August 21, 2018
- ↑ Old-Coffee-Grinders: Everything about KyM (K&M) , accessed on August 21, 2018
- ↑ a b A new coffee grinder room. In: Westfalenpost from December 6, 2013, accessed on August 21, 2018.
- ↑ So much room for freedom and imagination. In: Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger from January 8, 2015, accessed on August 2, 2018
- ↑ Press release of the city of Iserlohn from May 24, 2011 , accessed on August 2, 2018
- ↑ Press release of the city of Iserlohn from April 21, 2011 (accessed on August 2, 2018)
- ↑ A brief chronology of the dispute over the factory. In: Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger from May 26, 2018, accessed on August 2, 2018
- ↑ What will happen to Kissing & Möllmann now? In: Wochenkurier from March 24, 2018, accessed on August 2, 2018
- ↑ The workshop in the backyard moves into new rooms. In: Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger from May 28, 2018, accessed on August 2, 2018
- ^ Kissing & Möllmann: IGW says "No" to purchase. In: Wochenkurier from July 28, 2018, accessed on August 2, 2018
- ↑ IKZ-online of October 12, 2018: Own IGW company for Obere Mühle. Accessed on September 8, 2019.
- ↑ IGW - Spezialimmobilien GmbH: From the eviction to the establishment of the GmbH. Accessed on September 8, 2019.
- ↑ IKZ-online from January 9, 2019: The factory now belongs to the city. Accessed on September 8, 2019.