Steffelmühle
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 7 '23 " N , 11 ° 14' 33" E | |
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 Germany
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| Waters | Altenkunstadter Mühlbach (tributary of the Weismain ) | |
| Built | Before 1390 | |
| Shut down | March 1852 | |
| Status | Mill technology completely removed; The building is still used today as a porcelain factory | |
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| use | Grain and Cutting Mill | |
| Grinder | Around 1800: grain milling, grain cutting and cutting aisle | |
| drive | Watermill | |
| water wheel | Around 1800: two undershot water wheels | |
The Steffel or Staffelmühle is a former grain and cutting mill on Altenkunstadter Mühlbach, a tributary of the Weismain , in today's Altenkunstadt .
history
Traditional mill
The mill as "Stevelmuel" the oldest was first documented Langheimer Urbar of the year 1390. At the latest from 1450 led the mill as "Galgengut". The gallows miller, also called "Galgengütler", had the task and obligation to look after the gallows on the nearby Galgenberg near Woffendorf and to maintain it with his own material. From 1586 at the latest until at least 1801, the millers of the Steffelmühle shared this task with the millers of the Neumühle . From 1801 at the latest, the name of the mill had changed to Wiesenmühle. The Bamberg mathematics professor and topographer Johann Baptist Roppel described the property this year as “a two story high, newly built grinding, beating and cutting mill, called the Staffelmühle or Galgengut, with a barn and two undershot water wheels ”. Due to economic problems Steffelbauer mill was in March 1852, the master miller Pankratz Tremmel in bankruptcy . This ended the 450-year milling tradition on the mill. However, the cutting process was continued by the subsequent owners of the mill until shortly after 1900.
Textile factory
On March 14, 1852, the cloth shearer Leopold Hofmann acquired the mill in bankruptcy proceedings for 7,300 guilders . The spinning and cloth factory he built there was the first industrial operation in Altenkunstadt, so that the establishment of the company marked the beginning of industrialization in the community. In 1872 Friedrich and Rosalie Hofmann inherited the business and continued to run it from 1883 under the new name "Wollspinnerey und Därberwerkstätte " until 1909. The new owner was Selber producer Silbermann. With effect from August 6, 1913, he moved his company's headquarters from Hof to Altenkunstadt and employed six people there. The land register entry of July 3, 1914 describes the operation as follows: " Wood wool factory with living and machine house and attached boiler house , office building , coal hall and shed , wood yard and Wurzgätchen ." In addition to steam energy , the Mühlbach with two Francis turbines installed in 1906 was also used to operate the Machines used, including four planing machines . In 1919 the company, simply known as “Wolln”, employed 19 people.
Porcelain factory Rothemund & Co. in Altenkunstadt
On May 9, 1919, the company was converted into the "Porzellanfabrik Rothemund & Co. zu Altenkunstadt" by Silbermann's son-in-law, the Rehau resident Adolf Gelius and five other shareholders. In the course of the renovation work, a mass mill was built on a small island in the stream . Two round ovens for firing the porcelain were built by a specialist company from Thiersheim. Production started in February 1920. Altenkunstadter porcelain quickly became known internationally and was soon sold in London , New York , New Orleans , Cairo and Malta . Due to the strong export business, the company managed to survive the inflation that was prevalent in Germany at the time by invoicing in pounds . In the second half of the 1920s, the company's order situation worsened, so that it had to stop production the following year , also badly affected by the global economic crisis in 1929. The bankruptcy proceedings began in 1931.
Karl Nehmzow porcelain factory
In the spring of 1933, the shipbuilding engineer Karl Nehmzow , who was born in Altona, bought the porcelain factory. Before that, he had been managing director of the Hochstadter porcelain factory Julius Griesbach since 1927 . From then on, mainly earthenware such as cookie jars , shaving bowls and sand-soap-soda containers were manufactured. In addition, many accessory parts were produced for Nuremberg and Fürth metal goods factories. In addition, the production of figurative and handicraft gifts began. However, this niche had to be abandoned with the onset of World War II , as vessels for food and ointments were required. Also due to the war, the workforce was reduced from 40 to less than half.
Despite a considerable shortage of workers, it was difficult to maintain operations during the war years. When there was a shortage of material in addition to the shortage of personnel from autumn 1945, a kind of large pottery was operated with clays from the area and the clay, quartz and feldspar-rich brook until the currency reform in 1948 . Following this, traditional porcelain production was resumed. From then until the 1960s, the range mainly consisted of promotional ashtrays , spirits bottles and cream jars. After some hand-painted city pictures had been painted on production goods according to old templates as early as 1946, specialization began in 1960. After Karl Nehmzow's death, his son Hartmut took over the business in 1960, and shortly afterwards he limited production exclusively to gift items with painted city images. The company is still internationally successful with these city images on porcelain. In 2008 the company celebrated its 75th anniversary.
literature
- Jutta Böhm, Joachim Pander: Mill bike hike. Main-Rodach. Weismain environmental station of the Lichtenfels district, Weismain / Lichtenfels (Lichtenfels district), 2002, 58 p. (Numerous illustrations, canton)
- Josef Motschmann: Altenkunstadt - home between Kordigast and Main . Altenkunstadt community, Altenkunstadt, 2006
See also
List of mills on the Weismain and Krassach rivers