Maschinenfabrik AW Mackensen

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Building in Klosterkamp 1, view from the northwest 2020

The machine works AW Mackensen was a machine works in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt . Parts of the existing company buildings are under monument protection .

location

The factory is located in the Magdeburg-Industriehafen district , on the south side of the Klosterkamp street at Klosterkamp 1. To the west of the site is the Saalestrasse, east of the Nonnenwerder.

history

Worker Karl Appel at the forge hammer, 1951
Engineer Walter Salac in VEB Heavy Machinery "7th October", 1955

In 1854 the master blacksmith Meinberg started the production of agricultural machines in Schöningen . A steam engine from the manufacturer Eisenwerk Carlshütte was operated. A few years later the company was expanded and an iron foundry was built. A new production building was built on Hötensleber Strasse in Schöningen. Business was expanded to include the sugar industry and lignite mining in the 1860s and 1870s . The company traded as Meynberg & Günther and was taken over by AW Mackensen in 1876. Mackensen had started building conveyor systems. On July 16, 1898, the company was converted into a GmbH. The technical management was incumbent on the Magdeburg engineer R. Elste, who had been employed in the company since 1884, the commercial management Otto Gotsche. In 1916 the company relocated to Magdeburg with the complete administration and part of the production because the space in Schöningen was no longer sufficient. Mainly conveyor systems for the raw materials industry were produced. Belt conveyors , bucket elevators , elevators, augers and stacking devices as well as railroad shunting systems were created for the domestic and international market . Production was extended to long-distance and large conveyor so that cable cars , chain and rope promotions were built. In addition, the Schöninger schnitzel press continued to be built for the sugar industry . The production of equipment for slaughterhouses began in the 1920s .

After the Second World War , the company was converted into a Soviet joint-stock company . The AMO culture and congress house south of Magdeburg's old town was built in 1950/1951 as the plant's cultural center, shared with other companies . From 1954 the company was run as VEB Schwermaschinenbau October 7th. The naming as October 7th referred to the day of the republic , the national holiday of the GDR . In 1959 the merger with the Magdeburg- Sudenburg- based VEB Förderanlagenbau Magdeburg took place to form FAM Förderanlagen 7 October Magdeburg , which still exists today (as of 2020) in Sudenburg after a change of name.

The company's archives are located in the State Archives of Saxony-Anhalt . There are 1.1 running meters with holdings between 1896 and 1958.

Klosterkamp factory

northern facade of the foundry

The plans for the new factory were made by Edmund Körner . The construction of the administration and social building was completed after the First World War . Overall, the construction work continued into the 1920s. The foundry was completed in 1922. Other details give the year 1926 as the year of construction of the complex. To the north, towards the street Klosterkamp, ​​a closed, monumental-looking three-and-a-half-story building front made of red clinker was created. The 59-meter-long clinker brick facade is smooth and tectured, the windows close evenly to the facade. There are geometric patterns in the masonry. The number of axes varies from floor to floor between 21, 24 and 26. The foundry as well as the social and administrative wings were located in this complex. The basement is higher, and parts of the front have an attic . The cornices are delicately executed. The factory complex had a modern design and dispensed with decorations. On the west-facing gable was a large image of the company logo of the AW Mackensen machine works.

The left, eastern wing of the building protrudes somewhat from the building line, the same applies to the two large arched entrances, one of which forms a passage. While the left part housed lounges and the canteen, the right wing housed the directory and the rooms for engineers and draftsmen. The segregation of duties between the two sides is reflected in the building design. On the left is the front of the foundry complex built on a rectangular floor plan. There is a long side facing the courtyard with ribbon windows on both floors.

On the west side of the factory complex there is a hall facility set back. Its northern part has a four-aisled shed roof and served as a turning shop . A part made of riveted trusses connects to the south. It has a continuous skylight and contained the locksmith's shop .

Another hall for the metalworking shop and forge is located immediately south of the social wing, to the west of the foundry. This hall was also built from riveted trusses. A magazine building was built towards the courtyard. The master offices of the workshop managers faced the courtyard.

On the south side of the factory complex, the area is taken up by an elongated production hall. It was created from 1928 and was extended in the 1950s.

The factory is listed in the local monument register under registration number 094 06273 as a monument . The factory is one of the most important industrial monuments in Saxony-Anhalt.

Today (as of 2020) parts of the system are used by Rasch-Reinigungs- und Dienstleistungs GmbH.

Personalities

The later mayor of Magdeburg, Werner Herzig , completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk in the company and was cultural director from 1950 to 1953.

literature

  • Folkhard Cremer in Georg Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg District , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 601.
  • Sabine Ullrich, Industrial Architecture in Magdeburg - Mechanical Engineering Industry , Volume 46 / I, State Capital Magdeburg, City Planning Office Magdeburg, 1999, page 38.
  • Sabine Ullrich, administration building and foundry of the former Mackensen company in Magdeburg - architecture and urban development , Janos Stekovics publishing house in Halle an der Saale 2001, ISBN 3-929330-33-4 , page 342.
  • AW Mackensen in Magdeburg , Dari-Verlag, Berlin-Helensee 1927, page 268 f.
  • Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 357 f.

Web links

Commons : VEB Schwermaschinenbau "7.Oktober"  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AW Mackensen in Magdeburg , Dari-Verlag, Berlin-Helensee 1927, page 268
  2. ^ AW Mackensen Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei GmbH on www.albert-gieseler.de
  3. ↑ AW Mackensen, Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei GmbH, Magdeburg (inventory) at www.archivportal-d.de
  4. ^ Folkhard Cremer in Georg Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg District , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 603
  5. ^ Industrial architecture in Magdeburg , page 110
  6. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 2652

Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 33.2 "  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 54.4"  E