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Founded in 1884, the business developed into the largest cotton mill in continental Europe over the next quarter century. During this time, an entire industrial town with over 20 factories, workers' housing, kindergartens and a recreational area, grew in western Leipzig. The mill reached its
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processing cotton across a working area of about 25 acres (100,000 m). Up to 4,000 people worked there, until production of thread was halted in 1993 following the
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Subsequently, the area was repopulated by a mixture of people including craftsmen, self-employed, and above all artists, many belonging to the so-called "
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The site contained several platform interchanges from a now-disused railway between Lindenau and Plagwitz. Parts of the platforms are still intact.
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International Hotspot, Hip Community or Art Ghetto? – the Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
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Documents and clippings about Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
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Building and bridge on the site of the old cotton mill
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Leipzig Cotton Mill
Logo

Leipzig
Germany
spindles
reunification of Germany
New Leipzig School
Neo Rauch
Jim Whiting
Hans Aichinger
Matthias Weischer
Home page in English
history
Pinsel statt Spule
Die Tageszeitung
'The hottest place on earth'
The Guardian
'Wunderbar! The best of Germany'
The Guardian
Mit vielen Wassern gewaschen: Leipzigs neue Ufer
International Hotspot, Hip Community or Art Ghetto? – the Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
Goethe Institut
Documents and clippings about Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
20th Century Press Archives
ZBW
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