Inden paper mill
The Inden paper mill is a former company in Inden in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Düren .
The first references to the production of paper in Inden come from the year 1537. In local chronicles the existence of a wooden cutting mill is mentioned. In 1763 the construction of a paper mill begins . The entrepreneur Heinrich Engels started producing paper with 14 workers, a water wheel and two handmade paper. The first steam engine was installed in 1838 and industrial production began. During those years, straw from local agriculture was mainly used for paper production.
In 1919 the detergent group Henkel took over the company to manufacture packaging boxes for its own products. The company expanded considerably and in 1935 40 tons of paper were produced per day.
In 2002 the factory was shut down. The company site stands in the way of the Rheinbraun open- cast lignite mine and is abandoned.
The historic steam engine was saved and is now on display in the Grube-Adolf-Park in Merkstein .