Tröckneturm

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Tröckneturm St. Gallen

The Tröckneturm is a former factory building in the Lachen district in the Swiss city ​​of St. Gallen . The building is protected as a “ cultural asset of national importance ”.

history

Red dyeing established itself in the region in the 1820s . In 1825, the merchant Johann Jakob Täschler from St. Gallen acquired Waldegg Castle, which was then still outside the urban area . In the following years he had a yarn and red dye factory built on the Lower Burgweiher. In the course of this, the 25 meter high wooden tower tower was built in 1828. It was used to dry the freshly dyed textiles. The tower was divided into two areas. In the eastern area, false ceilings were inserted, it served to dry short lengths of fabric, in the western part, which was not further subdivided, the long lengths were hung. The protruding roof also made it possible to dry fabrics outside the tower.

After Täschler's death in 1832, Josef Ignatz von Merhart, a manufacturer from Emmishofen , acquired the "Establishment for Turkish Red Printing" and with it the Tröckneturm. Merhart expanded the business, so in the middle of the 19th century he had an India printing plant built next to the tower. From around 1890, Johannes Häni-Merhart has been handed down as the owner of the company, which at that time operated under the name “Bleicherei und Sengerei”.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the increasing amount of rail traffic in and around St. Gallen resulted in increasing pollution of the waters. This meant that the water from the castle pond was no longer suitable for the textile industry, so Häni-Merhart gave up the company and relocated it to the Sittertal . The factory buildings were demolished in the 1920s. The Tröckneturm stopped and was left to decay. Many such systems in this region, such as the Tröckneturm in Sulzerhof , had a similar history .

Reuse

The exterior of the Tröckneturm was renovated for the first time in 1974. In 1997 the Tröckneturm Foundation was established, the purpose of which is to preserve the building in its historical status for the public and to set it up as a meeting place. Between 1999 and 2003, the tower was completely renovated and restored under the leadership of the foundation. A documentation center on the history of the textile industry in St. Gallen was created, and an event room was set up in the basement. The St. Gallen Textile Museum offers guided tours through the Tröckneturm.

The Tröckneturm is an element of the “Textile Route St.Gallen West” set up by the “Textilland Ostschweiz” association.

Web links

Commons : Tröckneturm, St. Gallen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance: St. Gallen. Federal Office for Civil Protection, accessed on August 7, 2018 (PDF; 87.5 KB).
  2. ↑ Saint Gall Sankt Gallen: Waldegg Castle - Le château de Waldegg. The Swiss castles, accessed on August 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c David Gadze: View into a monument to the textile industry. St. Galler Tagblatt, October 1, 2016, accessed on August 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Tröckneturm St. Gallen - History. troeckneturm.ch, accessed on August 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Tröckneturm Foundation St. Gallen. StiftungSchweiz.ch, accessed on August 8, 2018 .
  6. ↑ The Tröckneturm. Textile Museum St. Gallen, accessed on August 8, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Tröckneturm opens to visitors. Monument Preservation Switzerland, May 12, 2016, accessed on August 8, 2018 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '57.4 "  N , 9 ° 20' 54.1"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and forty-four thousand one hundred and seven  /  253434