Paper mill (Stötteritz)
The paper mill was a windmill- powered paper-making facility and later an inn in the village of Stötteritz , which has been a district of Leipzig since 1910 .
location
The paper mill was located a little west of the village of Stötteritz. It could be reached from the road leading from Thonberg via Stötteritz to Holzhausen (today Holzhäuser Strasse) at a distance of about 150 meters to the north. Today, the location corresponds roughly to the intersection of Breslauer and Ferdinand-Jost-Strasse.
history
At the turn of the 19th century, the need for paper had risen sharply, among other things due to the development of the printing industry. That is why the Leipzig Kramer Johann Christoph Ludewig wanted to build a plant for paper production, generally known at the time as a paper mill. At that time, rags were the fiber raw material in paper production. These old textiles had to be crushed and ground up, which required a mill-like drive. The attempt to build a new water-powered plant together with the tenant of the paper mill, which was already operated with water power in Cospuden , failed.
That is why Ludewig switched to wind propulsion and, after examining various locations, had a Dutch-type windmill built near Stötteritz from 1801 . There was also a residential and business building. There was also a small pond on the site for soaking the rags. Full operation was reached in 1803.
The efficiency of the mill and the establishment of the operation can be seen from an entry in the Handbook of Inventions, Volume 10, from 1817, which cites the Reichsanzeiger No. 22 from 1802:
" The master carpenter CF Lüders in Leipzig, born in Greifswalde, built a Dutch windmill of particularly good equipment near Stötteritz for Mr. JC Ludewig in Leipzig, through which all the machines belonging to a paper mill, namely 2 Dutchmen , a rag cutter, a rake and a pump are set in motion, and there is often enough power left over which would be sufficient to move a meal of flour . "
Of the papers manufactured in Stötteritz, brown packing papers were particularly popular. So far, these have mainly been supplied from England and were thus affected by the continental blockade (1806–1814). Ludewig, however, constantly had to struggle with a lack of raw materials because he was not allowed to collect rags.
In December 1810 the mill burned down. Before the completion of the reconstruction, Ludewig died in 1814, heavily in debt. In 1815 the property was auctioned.
In 1816, the new owner, Friedrich Zwicker, was granted permission to serve coffee and bottled beer, and his successor Friedrich Löscher was granted the license to bake cakes. The paper mill developed into a popular excursion destination for Leipzig residents until the middle of the 19th century.
From around 1880 the development of the area west of the village began with the construction of new roads, which were built with houses of urban character. The “Concert & Balletablissement Papiermühle” was built at the turn of the century on the Wasserturmstrasse (today Breslauer Strasse), which runs past the paper mill. In addition to various guest rooms, there was also a gym that was used for gastronomy and probably also for concerts. Today the Balance Hotel Alte Messe is located here.
In 1912, in memory of the paper mill, the Leipziger Straße leading from Stötteritz to Reudnitz was renamed to Papiermühlstraße.
literature
- Gerhild Schwendler: Stötteritz. A Leipzig district dictionary . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-945027-07-3 , pp. 158/159
- Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 416
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handbook of Inventions , Volume 10, Johann Friedrich Bärecke, Eisenach 1817, p. 74
- ↑ Stötteritz. A Leipzig district dictionary. P. 62
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 16.3 " N , 12 ° 24 ′ 55" E