Teesdorf spinning mill

Former main building in Teesdorf (2009)

The three candle arches

The former Teesdorf cotton spinning mill on the eastern outskirts of Teesdorf in Lower Austria was one of the oldest spinning mills in Europe.

history

The kk privileged cotton spinning mill was built in 1803 by the Viennese wholesaler Johann Baptist Freiherr von Puthon. Under his son Karl Freiherr von Puthon , the factory with 18,682 spindles was one of the first and largest machine spinning mills in Lower Austria. In 1813, Puthon also built an elementary school, which was run as a Sunday school, as children from the age of 12 had to work in the factory.

In 1841 the textile factory had 587 employees.

In 1856 the workers' association of the spinning mill was founded by the factory workers . This consumption can be described as the origin of consumption Austria .

In 1906 strikes were carried out due to the deteriorating working conditions, which ultimately led to the bankruptcy of the company. A corporation under the management of Hermann Broch 's father took over the company. In 1909, the later writer took it over and sold it in 1927 against paternal resistance. Immediately after the connection , the Vorarlberg company Hämmerle acquired the company, which also had a production facility in eastern Austria. Huber Tricot later acquired shares, which they sold to Linz Textil AG in 1991 . This last owner of the company closed the spinning mill in 1993, and most of the land was sold to housing cooperatives. Parts of the building, such as the former electrical works, were demolished.

From 2013 to 2016 the building was extensively renovated and transformed into a residential complex with 69 apartments. Inside, part of the building was demolished so that a new light and inner courtyard could be created. The renovation almost doubled the usable area from 2,500 m² to 4,651 m².

architecture

The old spinning mill building as well as the workers' houses date from the first half of the 19th century. The former manor house, a 15-axis three-storey building, was originally flanked by the workers' houses like a courtyard. For the water wheels, a mill stream from Günselsdorf, two kilometers away, was derived from the Triesting . In the years 1840 to 1842 the works canal was renewed with a brick arched bridge, Die Drei Schwibbögen , which leads over the Triesting, and was roughly renovated in 1962. In 1856 a workers' consumer cooperative was founded in Teesdorf. The new spinning mill with plate beam ceilings on octagonal supports as a reinforced concrete frame with a high water tower from the years 1908 to 1910 was built according to the plans of the industrial architect Bruno Bauer .

literature

DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria south of the Danube. Part 2. M to Z. Teesdorf. Former cotton mill. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85028-365-8 , p. 2313.