Siegeroth brickworks

Siegeroth brickworks on the eastern edge of the settlement of Lünen-Wethmar on the road to Werne

The Siegeroth brickworks was a handcrafted family business in the Wethmar district of Lüner , formerly Altlünen . Today the company premises are kept in working condition for museum purposes.

Beginning with the company foundation in 1811, the company has been owned by the Siegeroth family for over five generations. Coming from Essen , the great-great-grandfather founded a brick factory - nothing special in the clay-rich Westphalia at the time; At times there were up to 13 brickworks in Lünen. First, field fire stoves were in use, then a Kassel stove, which was already lined with firebricks and had side lighting, and two more were added in 1870. In 1930 the ovens were replaced by a so-called zigzag oven with eight chambers. Individual work steps have been modernized over the years (1956 artificial drying, 1959 automatic cutting device, later automatic stoking system and parts of the clay preparation / shaping). The zigzag oven and the shed are an industrial monument. According to Siegeroth's old construction plans, the zigzag oven is now being rebuilt several times in Rwanda (2017).

The Siegeroth brickworks always attached great importance to manual work and was only able to survive against larger, mass-produced companies because it repeatedly switched production to new, innovative products. First, curb stones for gardens were burned, known as "Pättkensteine". Later there were lattice tiles, drain pipes, pressure-resistant cover plates for cable ducts and even octagonal, stackable pipes for wine bottles.

On January 31, 1995, however, the last fire (= production run) was carried out. The entire system consisting of the furnace, workshop, clay dump and drying shed has since been preserved by the family in a museum-free condition. However, the operating license has expired, so that heating of the ovens is no longer permitted today.

In the last working years before the closure, the Westphalian State Museum for Industrial Culture made various photo series and educational films of the production steps. Individual technical devices are exhibited in the LWL museums.

The Siegeroth brickworks is now a listed building and is part of the Route of Industrial Culture .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Image archive LWL-Museum, search word Ziegelei Siegeroth
2. ↑ LWL Museum, teaching file and DVDs
3. ↑ Lippische Wochenschau from April 11, 2007: Historical bucket chain excavator in action  ( 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.  

Web links

• Description of this sight on the route of industrial culturehttp: //vorlage.rik.test/~7~10734

Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 35 "  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 15.3"  E