Spremberg says welfare: demolition of the historical cloth factory Levy!

Spremberg says welfare: demolition of the historical cloth factory Levy!

in Spremberg, the once flourishing location of the textile industry, must be removed from the past relics of the past. The dismantling of the Levi cloth factory is underway, a testimony to the glamorous, but also tragic history of industry in the Region. Originally built by Ludwig Levy in the style of the new objectivity in 1925, the loom once blossomed here until the political situation was mandatory. In the 1940s, the Nazis took over the factory and headed them into the service of the war. After the fall of the wall, the final ended: in 1992 the factory stopped production, and now the building is also being removed, like Saechsische.de reported.

A historical heritage disappears

The once magnificent cloth factory not only embodies industrial power, but also the forced relocation of the Jewish family Levy, who was forced to emigrate to America in 1935. After their departure, possession was nationalized. The attempt to interpret the ruins into new life after reunification ended in the disaster - the planned house will never become a reality. The buildings crumble, and the same fate threatens that the factory works in front of them, the Culture Ost documents the moving history of the location and emphasizes the architectural characteristics that Shape the cultural history of the region.

With the demolition of the old factory, Spremberg not only loses a geographical but also a cultural heritage. The old walls, which once housed pulsating life, will soon be a thing of the past. The local citizens and those interested in history towards this change with mixed feelings, whereby the farewell to a piece of their history is inevitable.