Industrial heritage of Plagwitz

von LIS_Leipzig · Leipzig · 11 Stationen · 27:49 min · 3.88 km · Zu Fuß

1. Karl Heine Villa

3:09 min · Our tour starts at Könneritzstreet 1 in Leipzig, Schleussig, at the villa of Karl Heine, the industrialist who started the industrial development o...

37 m

2. Könneritz Bridge

0:58 min · This historical bridge across the White Elster river takes us into Plagwitz.

26 m

3. Mey & Edlich

2:50 min · The next stop is at Ernst-Mey-Straße 1A. This is the place where the Mey&Edlich company started, which became a famous mail-order business for clot...

399 m

4. Wool Yarn Factory

2:26 min · Next up are the Buntgarnwerke on Nonnenstraße 17-21. This was a wool yarn factory and the largest industrial heritage site in Germany.

155 m

5. Karl Heine Canal

1:55 min · The canal was a major project by Karl Heine and connected the factories of Plagwitz to the wider world. At the Nonnen Bridge, you can see the start...

668 m

6. Machine Factory Philipp Swiderski

2:44 min · Another massive machine factory on Zschochersche Strasse 78.

170 m

7. Worsted Yarn Spinning Mill Stöhr & Co.

2:00 min · We move on to the Kammgarnspinnerei at Zschochersche street 79 where worsted yarn was spun.

650 m

8. Machine Factory Unruh & Liebig

2:24 min · Next stop is the machine factory Unruh & Liebig in the Naumburgerstrasse.

585 m

9. Chemical Factory Fritz Schulz

2:12 min · Next is a chemical factory, known as the Globuswerke, at Limburgerstraße 74.

674 m

10. Leipzig-Plagwitz Train Station

3:59 min · Our next stop is the first industrial train station in Germany: Plagwitz Bahnhof.

512 m

11. Cotton Spinning Mill

3:12 min · We end our tour at the cotton spinning mill at Spinnereistrasse 7. After visiting this last impressive piece of industrial heritage, you can take t...

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