De Danske Bomuldsspinderier
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De Danske Bomuldsspinderier (English
: The Danish Cotton Mills) is a defunct Danish
company which operated textile mill
s in Vejle
, Jutland
, and Valby
, Copenhagen
. Production stopped in 2000 and both production sites have since been redevelopped.
, Denmark. In 1901, the company was merged with Vejle Cotton Facotry, also in Vejle, and the Mogensen Mill in Odense
. In 1906, it changed its name to Danish Cotton Mills and the following year the production site in Odense was closed and replaced with a modern cotton mill in Valby
, then a suburb of Copenhagen
. The new mill was designed by Alfred Thomsen and constructed from 1906 to 1907.
By the 1950s, the production of cotton was no longer as profitable in Denmark and the Valby plant eventually closed. In 1978, the company was sold to the businessman Jan Bonde Nielsen and after his bankruptcy in 1980 it survived as a division in the Copenhagen-based textiles company B.W. Wernerfelt-Hansen. The production site in Vejle closed in 2000 as the last Danish cotton mill.
, a mixed-use development
inaugurated in 2007 which combines a shopping centre, office space and apartments. The factory in Vejle has also been redevelopped and now houses various cultural institutions and companies.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: The Danish Cotton Mills) is a defunct Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
company which operated textile mill
Cotton mill
A cotton mill is a factory that houses spinning and weaving machinery. Typically built between 1775 and 1930, mills spun cotton which was an important product during the Industrial Revolution....
s in Vejle
Vejle
Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...
, Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
, and Valby
Valby
' is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Located in the southwestern corner of Copenhagen Municipality, it is a heterogeneous mixture of different types of housing - including apartment blocks, terraced housing, areas with single-family houses and allotments, as well as remains...
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. Production stopped in 2000 and both production sites have since been redevelopped.
History
The company traced its history back to 1892 when Marius Windfeld-Hansen founded Vejle Cotton Mill in VejleVejle
Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...
, Denmark. In 1901, the company was merged with Vejle Cotton Facotry, also in Vejle, and the Mogensen Mill in Odense
Odense
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
. In 1906, it changed its name to Danish Cotton Mills and the following year the production site in Odense was closed and replaced with a modern cotton mill in Valby
Valby
' is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Located in the southwestern corner of Copenhagen Municipality, it is a heterogeneous mixture of different types of housing - including apartment blocks, terraced housing, areas with single-family houses and allotments, as well as remains...
, then a suburb of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. The new mill was designed by Alfred Thomsen and constructed from 1906 to 1907.
By the 1950s, the production of cotton was no longer as profitable in Denmark and the Valby plant eventually closed. In 1978, the company was sold to the businessman Jan Bonde Nielsen and after his bankruptcy in 1980 it survived as a division in the Copenhagen-based textiles company B.W. Wernerfelt-Hansen. The production site in Vejle closed in 2000 as the last Danish cotton mill.
The Danish Cotton Mills sites today
Both of the former production sites of the company have been redevelopped. The Valby site has been converted into SpinderietSpinderiet (Copenhagen)
Spinderiet is a shopping centre located next to Valby station in the Valby district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Inaugurated in 2008, it incorporates the converted buildings of a cotton mill from 1907...
, a mixed-use development
Mixed-use development
Mixed-use development is the use of a building, set of buildings, or neighborhood for more than one purpose. Since the 1920s, zoning in some countries has required uses to be separated. However, when jobs, housing, and commercial activities are located close together, a community's transportation...
inaugurated in 2007 which combines a shopping centre, office space and apartments. The factory in Vejle has also been redevelopped and now houses various cultural institutions and companies.
External links
- Spinderiet in CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
- Spinderihallerne in VejleVejleVejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...