Loos'n Maschinn

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Loos'n Maschinn , also known as Loosen Maschinn , is one of the largest former steam grinding shops in the Bergisch city ​​of Solingen . It is located at Börsenstrasse 87 in the Widdert district . Its name comes from the popular expression Maschinn for steam grinding and the name of the owner of the building, Ernst Loos. The three-story brick building itself dates back to 1888 and has been part of the Solingen list of monuments since August 8, 1989 as a registered monument .

history

In the middle of the 19th century the first steam grinding shops in Solingen were established, initially only in the bag and suitcase hanger industry. In the beginning, they were of little importance in the cutlery industry. Instead, most of the production was traditionally done at home in the grinding cabins . When closed-die forging technology was used in the forging sector from the 1880s, this resulted in such an increase in productivity that the capacities in the Kotten, in which the forged raw materials were processed, were no longer sufficient. While at the beginning of this industrialization process the grinding still had to be done by hand, the number of grinding workstations was simply increased as far as this was spatially possible. The mechanization of grinding was only made possible with the use of steam engines . A large number of steam grinding shops were built in the area of ​​today's city of Solingen, plants with more than 200 jobs were not uncommon. In 1895 there were 107 steam-powered grinding shops in the area of ​​today's city of Solingen. Many were affiliated with a drop forge - as in the case of the Hendrichs drop forge - others were independent.

Loos'n Maschinn was one of these independent steam grinding shops; it was built in 1888 as a two-story building and like many others in brick construction . Its builder was a farmer and councilor of the city Höhscheid , Ernst Loos. Initially, a steam engine powered 120 workplaces in 15 rooms, before 64 more spaces were added shortly afterwards in eight more rooms. A second floor was built in 1898, as indicated by the slightly different color of the floors. As in the grinding cabins, the workers in the steam grinding shops had also rented their workplaces. At the turn of the century the rent was six marks a week.

From the turn of the century electricity became more and more popular in the Solingen economy. As early as 1918, the steam boiler system was deregistered from Loos'n Maschinn and the building lost its function. The previously steam-powered workplaces were now powered by electricity. The original use lasted until 1988, when the remaining grinders received notice of termination for their rented rooms and the building was to be demolished. Demolition of the building was approved on July 4, 1988. Loos'n Maschinn was only able to save Loos'n Maschinn from demolition after the decision by the responsible building minister, Christoph Zöpel, on July 20, 1989, according to which the building must not be demolished and instead must be preserved as a technical monument .

The building was subsequently refurbished in accordance with the preservation order and was given a new use. Today the building houses apartments, commercial space and a doctor's office. In one room of the building, the Solingen Industrial Museum operates a branch as a museum. It shows an original sander workstation as well as numerous videos and photos. The museum is open on Sundays during the summer months.

Web links and literature

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  1. Solingen Monument List ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.solingen.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  City of Solingen, July 1, 2015, accessed on December 18, 2015 (PDF, size: 129 kB).
  2. a b c Jochen Putsch: Saved from demolition in the last hour . In: Klaus Goebel (Ed.): Historical scenes in Wuppertal, Solingen and Remscheid . 2nd Edition. Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-87093-043-8 , p. 122-124 .
  3. Steam grinding works on zeitspurensuche.de , accessed on December 18, 2015
  4. ^ Report of the Solinger Morgenpost dated August 31, 2006, accessed on December 18, 2015
  5. Portrait ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the steam grinding shop from Kulturserver NRW, accessed on December 18, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kultur-nrw.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 28.6 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 19.9 ″  E