GC11VHM Vestbirk Fabrik (Traditional Cache) in Denmark created by Ichicken

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Hidden : 4/1/2007

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Området er idag privat ejet. Du bedes derfor parkere på et af de angivne koordinater og gå resten af vejen.
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Dansk:
Erhvervsmanden C. Fischer købte i 1849 et stykke jord ved Gudenåen, hvor han byggede en trikotagefabrik, som stod færdig i 1851. Her blev efterfølgende fremstillet klæde og garn. De første ansatte var tekstilarbejdere fra Nordtyskland. De havde fulgt håndværker-traditionen og var taget ”på valsen” og endte på den måde i Vestbirks nye klædefabrik. Nogle år senere udvidede Fischer med strømpestrikkeri, og havde 16 arbejdere ansat. Mange var folk fra egnen, som på den måde stiftede bekendtskab med industriarbejde.

Trækkraften til strikkemaskiner og væve blev leveret af møllehjul i Gudenåen. Dermed var fabrikken en del af den første industrielle bølge i Danmark, hvor virksomhederne var helt afhængige af vandkraften.

Fischer havde stort held med sin fabrik, og i de følgende år udvidede han produktionen og havde i 1872 42 ansatte.

For at skaffe husly til folkene byggede Fischer både arbejderboliger lige ved fabrikken og indrettede værelser i fabriksbygningerne. I 1870 boede 30 personer i værelserne, mens mange af de øvrige ansatte boede i arbejderboligerne. Tre af boligerne eksisterer – dog ombygget.

Ud over tekstilfabrikken drev Fischer helt i tidens ånd et landbrug med seks ansatte. Landbruget skulle stabilisere økonomien, så virksomheden ikke blev fuldstændig afhængig af konjunkturerne på trikotagevarer. Desuden kunne landbruget give et tilskud til bespisningen af de ansatte.

I 1888 solgte Fischer sit livsværk, som da havde omtrent 80 ansatte. Fabrikken blev drevet som selvstændig virksomhed frem til Første Verdenskrig, da den indgik i en fusion med fire andre jyske trikotagefabrikker.

Efter fusionen specialiserede Vestbirk-fabrikken sig i fabrikation af undertøj.

En januardag i 1920 endte historien om Vestbirk-egnens første industrianlæg. Hele fabriksbygningen nedbrændte, mens en del øvrige bygninger blev reddet.

English:
The businessman C. Fischer bought a piece of land close to Gudenåen in 1849. Here he built a knitwear factory completed in 1851 which produced clothing and yarn. The first employees were textile workes from northern Germany. They had followed the craftsman tradition and had gone on a trip in order to increase their skills by working whereever they went. In this manner they ended up in the new clothing in Vestbirk. Some years later Fischer expanded the factory to include knitting of socks and had 16 workers employed. Many were local people who in this manner became acquianted with industrial work.

The power for the knitting machines and looms was delivered by water wheels in Gudenåen. Thus the factory was part of the first industrial wave in Denmark in which the businesses were totally dependent on water power.

Fishcer was very successful with his factory and expanded his production in the following years employing 42 by 1872.

To provide lodging for the employees Fischer built both workers houses as well as rooms in the factory buildings themselves. In 1870 30 people stayed in the rooms while many of the other employees lived in the worker houses. Three of the houses still exist though they have been rebuilt.

Besides the textile factory Fischer had a farm with six employees - typical of the times. The farm was meant to stabilize the economy of the business so that the factory was less dependent on knitwear market fluctuations. In addition the farm helped feed the employees.

In 1888 Fischer sold his lifes work which at the time had about 80 employees. The factory was run as a separate business until the First World War when it merged with four other knitwear factories in Jutland.

After the merger the Vestbirk factory specialized in the production of underwear.

One January day in 1920 the story of the first industrial plant near Vestbirk ended. The whole of the main factory building burnt to the ground while some of the other buildings were saved.

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