Mechanical cotton spinning and weaving mill in Kempten

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Brick buildings on the right bank of the Iller
Shed roof hall on the left bank of the Iller

The mechanical cotton spinning and weaving mill in Kempten (also Rosenau ) is a historic, listed industrial complex on the Iller in Kempten (Allgäu) . At times, up to 2000 people were employed in the factories.

Description and history

Beginnings and the Second World War

The factory buildings were erected on both sides of the Iller in 1852 and expanded again and again from 1882 onwards. They are elongated brick buildings made of brick , which are connected by a historical bridge. During the Second World War , armaments factories were relocated here and forced laborers were employed. From September 1943, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was set up in the so-called shed roof hall. With around 100 prisoners, the textile machines began to be dismantled and stored in basement rooms. The average occupancy of the subcamp was 500 prisoners. In April 1944, the satellite camp was moved to the nearby animal breeding hall . The production of accessories for fighter planes on behalf of Helmuth Sachse KG (in which the BMW company was involved) ran until April 25, 1945. After the war, German-born deportees and collaborators from the countries occupied by the German Reich were temporarily quartered there. After the people have again found a new home, the industrial plant was in such a bad condition that the production of cotton - yarn and - tissues could only begin again in 1949.

The end of the industrial site

Due to the changes in the textile industry, especially due to competition in Asia , the factory was no longer profitable. Production was ended after gradual layoffs in 1991/92. Since 2009/10, an investor has been responsible for converting the four and seven-story brick building into apartments. In 2011, the city of Kempten entered the competition for the planned Museum of Bavarian History with the approximately 15,000 m² shed roof hall on Keselstrasse .

Hydropower

Füssener Strasse hydropower plant.

An important factor for this location for the production of cotton products was hydropower. Turbines for run-of-river power stations were built there early on in order to use the energy for production. Today's Füssener Strasse power plant on the right bank of the Iller was built in 1926 and renovated in 2011. The hydropower plant on the left bank of the Iller, built in the 1950s, was replaced by a new power plant that went into operation in 2010 .

Surroundings

The König-Ludwig-Brücke and the Upper Illerbrücken , which were built as railway bridges, are nearby . Together with the weaving and spinning mills, they are symbols of the industrialization of the city of Kempten.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich-Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , pp. 1-X .
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Benz , Barbara Distel (ed.): The place of terror . History of the National Socialist Concentration Camps. Volume 2: Early camp, Dachau, Emsland camp. CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-52962-3 , p. 373.
  3. ^ Werner, Constanze: War economy and forced labor at BMW . Ed .: MTU Aero Engines, BMW Group. Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57792-1 , p. 395 .
  4. ↑ a b The mechanical cotton spinning and weaving mill in Kempten
  5. ^ Kempten applies for "Museum of Bavarian History" In: www.kempten.de. (accessed October 30, 2011)

Web links

Commons : Cotton spinning and weaving in Kempten (Allgäu)  - collection of images

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 6.6 "  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 23.5"  E