Krietschmühle
The Wurzen art mills and biscuit factories vorm. F. Krietsch were an important food producer in the Saxon industrial city of Wurzen . The company was expropriated in 1946 , and from 1953 the business was continued as VEB Food Combine " Albert Kuntz " (NAK) . 1993 took over cereal AG from Rendsburg the company, which since then as Wurzener Foods GmbH operates .
history
Johann Friedrich Krietsch (* 1804 in Wehlitz near Schkeuditz ) acquired the Wurzener Stadtmühle in 1847/1854 for 27,000 thalers . Towards the end of the 1860s, he converted the oil mill into a pearl mill and set up a pea peeling facility. Millet peeling followed later. In 1868 a bread factory was built. In 1871 Krietsch also brought the Wurzener Neumühle into his possession.
After Krietsch's death, the company was converted into a stock corporation in 1886 . In 1888 bread production had to be given up due to complaints from several master bakers. The bakery was then converted to the production of honey and gingerbread , ship rusks and other long-life baked goods .
In 1902 the Wurzener Dampfmühlen-AG became vorm from the bankruptcy estate. Gustav Schönert acquired a rye mill and integrated it into the company.
In 1905 the trackless Wurzen industrial railway was set up, which served to transport flour from the Krietschmühle to the train station.
In October 1917 a large fire destroyed numerous buildings on the factory premises. As a result, the Leipzig industrial architect Max Fricke (1874–1934) was commissioned to design a new building for the wheat and pearl barley mill as well as the pea and millet peeler. The biscuit factory was also rebuilt in the course of the construction work. After the rye mill at the train station also fell victim to a fire in 1924, a new building that was visually adapted to the wheat mill was built in the immediate vicinity.
During the Great Depression , a settlement procedure had to be opened about the company in 1930 , which was followed by redevelopment .
After the city of Wurzen was occupied by US troops in April 1945, the plant's supplies were looted. From 1948 the company produced shortbread biscuits for officers and members of the Soviet military administration as well as long-life bread for soldiers.
During the GDR era, the range was expanded to include peanut flips , pastry mixes, waffle products, corn flakes , quick- cook rice and instant food for toddlers (“KI-NA”). After the turnaround and the dissolution of the combine , members of the management tried to continue the company as a trust company under the name Wurzener Nahrungsmittel- und Keksfabriken GmbH . Due to a slump in sales and because of the great need for investment, the Treuhand decided in 1992 to liquidate the company . At the last minute, a suitable investor was found in Getreide AG in Rendsburg .
In 1995/1996 the roofs and towers of the mill buildings were extensively renovated.
building
The two mill buildings designed by Max Fricke and built in reinforced concrete by the Dresden branch of the construction company Wayss & Freytag AG represent a landmark of the city of Wurzen that can be seen from afar. They were completed in 1920 and 1925 and are 65 meters and 67 meters respectively Meter high. Their length is around 110 meters, their width 23 and a little more than 24 meters.
literature
- Kai-Uwe Brandt: The city of mill towers welcomes Saxony. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, September 4, 2015, p. 31.
- Richard Klinkhardt: The Wurzener Industry 1797–2002. 2nd edition, Sax-Verlag, Beucha 2014, ISBN 978-3-934544-48-2 .
- Uwe Hessel: Wurzener Nahrungsmittel GmbH. From "biscuits" to "cornflakes". In: Ulrich Heß, Holger Starke (Ed.): Chamber history (s). 150 years of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Saxony 1862–2012. Chemnitz / Dresden / Leipzig 2012, pp. 74–76. ( Digitized version )
- Bernd Sikora : Industrial architecture in Saxony. Preserved by new use. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-361-00654-6 .
- Buildings of technology and industry. Particularly endangered cultural monuments in the Free State of Saxony. Dresden 1996, ISBN 3-930380-04-8 .
Web links
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the Krietschmühle in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kai-Uwe Brandt: The city of mill towers receives Saxony. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , Muldental edition, September 4, 2015, p. 31.
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 2.5 " N , 12 ° 43 ′ 36.2" E