Tiefenstein spinning mill
The Tiefenstein spinning mill was a spinning mill in Tiefenstein in the Baden-Württemberg district of Waldshut .
history
Beginning as an ironworks
In 1599 the miner Georg Labert found iron ore near Unteralpfen on the Albhalde . In order to be able to process the ore, the site at the confluence of the Steinbach and the Alb was chosen and a smelting and refining furnace and a hammer forge were built . The Alb served as a raft path for wood, which was processed into charcoal here . In 1752, the blacksmith Johann Mayer submitted a request to build a grinding mill, but this was not accepted. In 1816, the Tiefenstein ironworks were voluntarily auctioned off to the public at the request of the owner Johann Maier . The buyers were the brothers Fridolin Trötschler and Johann Baptist Trötschler from Todtmoos . In 1843 they sold the ironworks to the Baden state .
Cotton mill
Once through the secularization represented by Prince Abbot Martin Gerbert 1778 acquired, owned by the St. monastery Blasien contained iron Albbruck 1809 fell to Baden, the interest in the iron Tiefenstein was given and Baden acquired it in 1843. Even in 1863, the ironworks was in Albbruck from The Grand Duchy of Baden was expanded, but cheaper iron was now available that had been smelted with hard coal , additionally benefiting from the cheaper rail transport. In 1866 the main plant in Albbruck was shut down and the Albbruck paper mill was built in its place .
The work in Tiefenstein was offered for the second auction in three parts on April 3, 1865, and ultimately the brothers Lukas, Franz Xaver and Alois Schmidt from Waldshut acquired it as a whole. They built a cotton mill in the main building .
Schappespinnerei
In 1873 the "cotton factory" was sold to the Swiss entrepreneurs André Streiff, Egidius von Trümpy, Jakob von Trümpy from the canton of Glarus and Hans Vögeli from Zurich. They converted the cotton mill into the Schappespinnerei Trümpy, Vögeli & Streiff . In 1877, Vögeli left the company and was replaced by Georges Wild (senior). His son Georges Wild later took over his share, followed by his son Otto Wild. Cordonett was produced in the 1870s and, from the 1890s onwards, lace spun yarns for Calais , and later coarser weaving spun yarns for Saxony.
A combing was added after the First World War . At that time the employees were mainly women from Friuli and Vicenza . In 1927 the spinning mill was temporarily closed and passed to other Swiss owners. In addition to Schappe, staple fiber yarns, wool and wool blended yarns as well as rayon yarns were spun and twisted. Gradually, however, more fine spun goods were produced. Yarns up to 250 Nm were spun. In 1934 the factory was renamed Spinnerei Tiefenstein GmbH . With 9000 spindles and up to 380 workers, the company was important for the Hotzenwald and existed until the 1950s. The remaining buildings and hydropower plants are considered architectural and art monuments .
literature
- Rudolf Metz : Geological regional studies of the Hotzenwald. With excursions, especially in its old mining areas. Schauenburg, Lahr 1980, ISBN 3-7946-0174-2
- Jakob Ebner , From the story of Tiefenstein im Albtal , 1950
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jakob Ebner, From the story of Tiefenstein im Albtal , p. 35
- ↑ Article in Südkurier, author: Peter Schütz
Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ' N , 8 ° 5' E