Weaving mill Schilbach & Co.

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The Schilbach & Co. weaving mill was one of the largest and most important weaving mills in Greiz , Thuringia . The companies and the members of the Schilbach family are inextricably linked to the development of the city.

history

The weaving mill was founded in 1850 by Heinrich Schilbach (1828–1905) for the "woolen manufacture" . His sons Robert, Heinrich jun. (1863–1914), Friedrich (1867–1915) and Carl (1868–1934) later joined the company as Compagnons , the company became Schilbach & Comp. or Schilbach & Co. added.

In 1855 the company was in the publication source instruction via subscription and sales of commercial products with special emphasis on the patriotic industry as manual and advisers for merchants, manufacturers and traders as Manufactur of Thibet , Cachemir , satin , muslin and black Châles of Schilbach & Comp. in Greiz in Voigtlande . with mention of the trade fair presence in Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main .

As early as 1879, the company was one of the largest weaving mills in Greiz. Heinrich Schilbach senior was awarded the honorary title of Commercial Councilor . At the world exhibition in Melbourne in 1880 and at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888, the company exhibited products and was in the catalog under 264 Schilbach & Co., Greiz. Plain and fancy worsted dress goods. recorded. In 1920 the number of looms in the weaving mill was given as 261.

The company did not survive the Great Depression and went bankrupt in 1930 .

Factory and residential buildings

The extensive, representative factory was located on the property at Reichenbacher Straße 103 in the Aubachtal in Greiz, directly on the back of the Aubach, which gave the district its name. After the bankruptcy, the buildings were used as the NSKK's motorsport school. After the war, the main building was converted into apartments (“residential courtyard”). Halls and open spaces were used by motor vehicles, other companies as warehouses, etc. Then the VEB Kunststoffwerk Greiz established itself as part of the VEB Cowaplast Coswig and produced foils, artificial leather and the like. The entire factory was placed under monument protection. Nevertheless, all shed roof halls and ancillary buildings were demolished in 2015, thus destroying the complex, which had been completely preserved from 1878/1884.

The residence of Heinrich Schilbach sen. was first located in Greiz in the building Carolinenstraße 54. Later (1882) one of the most representative villas in Greiz was built on the property at Carolinenstraße 12 according to plans by the Leipzig architect Hans Enger . This villa was given in the Greiz address book for 1892 as the residence of three male adult members of the family, Heinrich Schilbach (senior), Heinrich Schilbach (jun.) And Carl Schilbach. In 1937 the villa was still the residence of Heinrich Schilbach, who was probably a grandson of the company's founder. The villa is a listed building.

Carl Schilbach (1868–1934) lived in Villa Gartenweg 2a, which was built in 1910 according to plans by the architect Ernst Steiner. This villa is also a listed building.

The residence of Robert Schilbach (1862-1919) was in 1892 in the house Oststraße 32a (today: Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße).

  • 1855 trade manual entry Schilbach & Co.

  • 50th anniversary of Schilbach & Co.

  • Letterhead Schilbach & Co. 1911

present

The factory buildings were almost completely preserved except for the chimney and boiler house. The main building has been renovated and now houses social housing. The weaving hall and the ancillary buildings were left to decay and demolished in 2015, which destroyed one of the last completely preserved historical textile factory ensembles in Greiz.

Heinrich Schilbach Sr.'s villa, used as a kindergarten during the GDR era, stood empty for years after 1990 and has since found new owners.

Carl Schilbach's villa was first used by the Sparkasse Gera-Greiz and then restored; today it houses a medical center.

literature

  • Dietfried Köhler: The historical-geographical development of the industry of the Greiz district. With special consideration of the development of the city of Greiz. ( Dissertation ) Greiz 1968. (Copy in the Greiz City and District Library)
  • District of Greiz (ed.): Villas, town houses and commercial buildings in the district of Greiz. Tischendorf printing company, Greiz 2011.
  • Günter Kanis, Ursula Frosch, Monika Bucksch (arrangement): The history of the Greizer textile industry. Flowering and decay. Greiz 1992/1993. (published in three issues of the journal Heimatbote 1994/1995)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reference to the sources on the purchase and sale of commercial items with special consideration of the patriotic industry as a manual and adviser for merchants, manufacturers and traders. Leipzig 1855.
  2. ^ The Official Catalog of the Exhibits. (Catalog of the Melbourne International Exhibition) Melbourne 1880.
  3. ↑ a b c List of monuments Greiz March 1, 2002. (No longer available online.) In: Official Journal Greiz No. 6 2002. June 7, 2002, formerly in the original ; accessed on August 28, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / reussischefuerstenstrasse.de