Spinndüsenmuseum Gröbzig

About the museum

Without the spinneret there would be no man-made fiber: the Spinndüsenmuseum is devoted to this inconspicuous component, through whose finest bores synthetic fibers are formed. The Gröbzig watchmaker Friedrich Eilfeld developed the first metal spinneret in 1908 on commission from an artificial silk manufacturer; until then, delicate spinnerets made of glass had been used. In 1909 he received a patent for it, and in 1910 he returned to Gröbzig, where he built up production. His company grew to around 170 employees and supplied customers worldwide.

After World War II the company was nationalized and developed into a modern model enterprise in the GDR; after reunification it was reprivatized. Spinnerets are still made today at the traditional Gröbzig site.

The museum grew out of a private initiative and opened in June 2008. On about 60 square meters it shows tools and spinnerets from Eilfeld's hand, as well as fixtures and machines that trace the technical development of spinneret manufacturing up to the present, supplemented by pictures and period documents.

Highlights

• Tools and spinnerets made by the inventor Friedrich Eilfeld
• Drilling fixture from 1908
• Drilling machine for spinnerets from 1962
• Development of spinneret production up to today
• Historical pictures and period documents

Permanent exhibition

• Von der Erfindung der Metallspinndüse bis heute – Tools, fixtures and machines show how the manufacture of metal spinnerets developed after the invention in 1908.

Founded

2008

Operated by

Otto Kappes (private Initiative)

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Getting there & parking

By car from the A9 (exit Dessau Ost) via Dessau and Köthen, or from the A14 (exit Löbejün or Könnern); from the northern Harz, take the B6n to Bernburg, then the A14 to Könnern and about 8 km on country roads.

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