Upper Lusatian trade and industrial exhibition

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The Upper Lusatian trade and industry exhibition took place in Zittau in 1902 . An exhibition for horticulture and agriculture was connected with it.

official postcard No. 1

On December 11, 1900, the Zittau city council met for the first time, which dealt with the topic of holding an exhibition. On January 18, 1901, the trade association wrote to the city council and invited them to a lecture by the manager of the successful Erzgebirge trade and industry exhibition in Freiberg in 1894. It was announced that the “speaker will spread his experience on the exhibition matter and give practical advice for the company proposed here”.

On May 28, 1901, the city council finally decided to hold the exhibition. The city subscribes 30,000 marks in seed capital and determined the location of the exhibition. This should take place in the Weinau between Ringallee, Straße nach Kleinschönau and Querallee, whereby the "plants ... not (may) be damaged".

The exhibition was called in June 1901. On August 8, the city council visited the exhibition area and passed resolutions on the type and scope of horticultural changes to be made.

In November, the intended scope of the exhibition was presented for the first time in a call for further promotion of the cause. So three different departments with a total of 25 groups of exhibitors were to be formed.

The following groups of exhibitors were planned:

Department I
Trade and Industry:

Group 1: Mining and metallurgy
Group 2: Stone and earth industry
Group 3: Metal processing
Group 4: Industry of machines and instruments, electrical engineering, means of transport
Group 5: Chemical industry
Group 6: Industry of phosphors, soaps, fats, oils including lighting fixtures
Group 7: Textile industry
Group 8: Paper industry, gallantry and haberdashery
Group 9: Leather industry and wagon construction
Group 10: Wood-carving industry, including the furniture industry
Group 11: Food and luxury goods industry
Group 12: Clothing and cleaning industry
Group 13: Construction, engineering and installation
group 14: printing and works of the publishing house
group 15: miscellaneous

Department II
Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Fisheries:

Group 1: Agriculture
Group 2: Art and commercial
gardening
Group 3: Vegetable gardening Group 4: Forestry
Group 5: Fishing

Department III
Schools and Education:

Group 1: Commercial schools
Group 2: Drawing schools
Group 3: Agricultural schools
Group 4: Manual skills and boys' employment
Group 5: Teaching materials

official postcard No. 8

On May 12, 1902, King Albert of Saxony took over the protectorate of the exhibition and on June 12, 1902, the opening was announced. This took place on June 21, 1902 without a celebration, because King Albert had died two days earlier. In his place, his brother King Georg took over the protectorate of the exhibition on July 12, 1902.

The exhibition developed into an impressive exhibition of the Saxon economy. Numerous well-known companies used this to advertise their products. This is also confirmed by the list of award winners who were ultimately awarded one of the 14 state medals:

There were also a number of other awards. 15 honorary prizes and a large number of gold and silver medals were awarded.

official postcard No. 3

The exhibition was also very popular with visitors. The exact number of visitors cannot be specified, but a total of 164,033.29 Marks in entrance fees was collected - which clearly exceeded the budget of 100,000 Marks targeted. 30,243 marks were earned through the sale of season tickets alone, the month of July was the most profitable month with 55,675.71 marks for day and evening tickets. The largest daily income was due to the traditional costume festival, the daily attendance is estimated at around 25,000 people.

The exhibition owed the large number of visitors to the actual company presentations as well as numerous special events. Concerts and variety events took place almost every evening. A large number of inns, cafes and brewery bars invited visitors. A special attraction was the Reichsdampfer restaurant .

The exhibition ended on September 22, 1902. It closed with a net profit of 30,917.65 marks, which was an excellent result under the given economic circumstances. The costs, including those for water and gas systems, pathways and open spaces, construction plans, fees, etc. totaled 137,615.39 marks. The total volume of income and expenditure was 333,355.60 marks.

official postcard No. 7

The solution to the transport problem deserves special mention, after all, the exhibition grounds were about 2.5 km from the train station and about 2 km from the market. Therefore, a tram line was built from the city center to the entrance to the exhibition especially for the period of the exhibition .

On June 28th the test drive on the approx. 1.9 km long route could be carried out. Driving was every 15 minutes from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., every 10 minutes during the day if necessary. The fare was 15 pfennigs. On the last day of the exhibition at 6:00 p.m., operations were stopped and the railway was then dismantled. A total of 270,979 passengers were carried during the 86 days of operation.

Web links

Commons : Upper Lusatian trade and industrial exhibition  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zittau City Archives, files: Section II 9, Section. VI, Paragraph g, No. 6, Vol. 1, Subject 160/4
  2. ↑ Supplement to No. 268 of the Zittauer Nachrichten and Anzeiger from November 15, 1901
  3. ↑ Supplement to No. 217 of the Zittauer Nachrichten and Anzeiger from September 18, 1902

literature

  • Mario Schatz, Karl-Heinz Stange: Trams in Zittau. Kenning, Nordhorn 2004.