New Lanark
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 40 ′ N , 3 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | LANARK | ||
| ZIP code section | ML11 | ||
| prefix | 01555 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | South Lanarkshire | ||
| British Parliament | Lanark and Hamilton East | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Clydesdale | ||
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UNESCO world heritage 
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 United Kingdom
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (ii) (iv) (vi) |
| Reference No .: | 429 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
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| Enrollment: | 2001 (session 25) |
New Lanark in Scotland , south of Lanark in the county of South Lanarkshire , is a former cotton manufacturing center on the River Clyde , which was built in 1785 by textile merchant David Dale as a new industrial settlement. The location was ideal because the water of the Clyde, shooting through a narrow gorge , could be used for propulsion.
history
New Lanark became famous through the visionary ideas of Dale's son-in-law and successor Robert Owen (1771-1858), who ran the business from 1800 to 1825. Owen believed that workers with better social conditions would help increase the production process. He changed work and life in the cotton factory, among other things by building a school for the children of the workers, restricting child labor , abolishing corporal punishment, pension insurance and a kind of health insurance. There was a village shop on the premises, the prices of which were only slightly above wholesale prices. The Institute for the Formation of Character was the social hub in Owen's community. There was a library with a reading room, as well as a canteen and rooms for religious meetings and other events.
The textile factory was closed in 1968. Between the closure of the plant and the establishment of the New Lanark Conservation Trust in 1975, the plant was used as a scrapyard. The buildings fell into disrepair. The New Lanark Conservation Trust was founded with the aim of repairing and restoring the former factory site. The facility is a listed building and is open to the public. You can visit the spinning mill itself, the school building, the Millworker's House with workers ' apartments from around 1820 and 1930, a village shop and Robert Owens' house . The highlight of the exhibition is the award-winning visitor center ( housed in the former Institute for the Formation of Character ) with the New Millennium Experience ride, an audio-visual presentation of Annie McLeod's story , which tells of the life of a factory girl in the Robert Owen era. The gorge with the spectacular waterfalls can also be hiked. The proceeds from the New Lanark Conservation Trust will be used for ongoing maintenance work on the site.
The New Lanark Mill Hotel is located in an older complex of the factory building (" New Lanark Mill No. 1 " from the 18th century) and eight holiday homes have been set up in the former Water Houses . The wing with the former workers' apartments was renovated and converted into modern residential units, in which around 200 people currently live.
In December 2001 the facility was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO .
New Lanark is the anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH).
Lanark Mill Hotel and Waterhouses on the River Clyde
New Lanark Museum
literature
- Spirallo Scotland Travel Guide, Falk Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8279-0176-7 , pp. 100-103
- New Lanark's Story (book published by the New Lanark Trust) ISBN 978-0-9522531-0-5
Web links
- New Lanark homepage
- A philanthropic paradise Robert Owens model estate New Lanark then and now ( Memento of November 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), Wiener Zeitung of February 25, 2005
- ERIH homepage with images
- New Lanark: Right to a Better Life. Series treasures of the world of the SWR
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