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| − | The '''Ernemann Tower''' was Germany's first significant high-riser and was part of the new [[Ernemann]] camera factory complex built by architects Emil Högg and Richard Müller in Dresden Striesen. Heinrich Ernemann's son Alexander was sent to the [[USA]] to learn from the industry there. When he came back he brought a lot of ideas to modernize the Ernemann company and how to give it modern buildings. The plans for the new buildings were made before WWI, the earliest plans for a high-riser built in Germany. Construction fell into wartime and was partially delayed to times after the war, including the tower. | + | The '''Ernemann Tower''' was Germany's first significant high-riser and was part of the new [[Ernemann]] camera factory complex built by architects Emil Högg and Richard Müller in Dresden Striesen. Heinrich Ernemann's son Alexander was sent to the [[USA]] to learn from the industry there. When he came back he brought a lot of ideas to modernize the Ernemann company and how to give it modern buildings. The plans for the new buildings were made before WWI, the earliest plans for a high-riser built in Germany. Construction fell into wartime and was partially delayed to times after the war, including the tower. The latter was built from 1922-23. Including basement and the observatory on top it has 12 floors. |
| − | The older factory buildings, built in 1898, were connected by a bridge. The old building had the other mythical element of the Ernemann buildings, the mosaic "light godess", vis-a-vis to the Ernemann Tower. | + | The older factory buildings, built in 1898, were connected by a bridge. The old building had the other mythical element of the Ernemann buildings, the mosaic "light godess", vis-a-vis to the Ernemann Tower on the other side of the Junghans Street. |
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| + | Since 1926 the factory belonged to [[Zeiss Ikon]], and since 1945 to the separated East-German Zeiss-Ikon group which grew and became [[Pentacon]], a group built of nearly all East-German photo industry companies, and was closed in 1990 by the corrupt German-Reunification "Treuhand" agency which became responsible for state-owned companies of former East-Germany. Since 1993 the newer bulding is home of Dresden's museum ''Technische Sammlungen'' which comprises a fine camera department. | ||
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Revision as of 20:01, 3 November 2013
The Ernemann Tower was Germany's first significant high-riser and was part of the new Ernemann camera factory complex built by architects Emil Högg and Richard Müller in Dresden Striesen. Heinrich Ernemann's son Alexander was sent to the USA to learn from the industry there. When he came back he brought a lot of ideas to modernize the Ernemann company and how to give it modern buildings. The plans for the new buildings were made before WWI, the earliest plans for a high-riser built in Germany. Construction fell into wartime and was partially delayed to times after the war, including the tower. The latter was built from 1922-23. Including basement and the observatory on top it has 12 floors.
The older factory buildings, built in 1898, were connected by a bridge. The old building had the other mythical element of the Ernemann buildings, the mosaic "light godess", vis-a-vis to the Ernemann Tower on the other side of the Junghans Street.
Since 1926 the factory belonged to Zeiss Ikon, and since 1945 to the separated East-German Zeiss-Ikon group which grew and became Pentacon, a group built of nearly all East-German photo industry companies, and was closed in 1990 by the corrupt German-Reunification "Treuhand" agency which became responsible for state-owned companies of former East-Germany. Since 1993 the newer bulding is home of Dresden's museum Technische Sammlungen which comprises a fine camera department.
