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The abandoned fertilizer plant

The chemical plant for the production of fertilizers was founded by a large explosives manufacturer. This is where the Group's non-explosives plants were put into operation in 1894. The plant produced superphosphate and sulfuric acid and had its own port facility for the bulk handling of its raw materials (pyrite and rock phosphate).

In the course of the National Socialist preparations for war, not only fertilizers but also ready-made explosives were produced in C. During the Second World War, the group expanded its arms production considerably and also employed slave labor from the Soviet Union, Poland, France and the Netherlands. On November 14, 1944, there was a serious explosion at the plant. 105 people died and around 200 were injured.

After 1945 the plant was only partially dismantled because civilian products (fertilizers) were also manufactured here. The plant became public property. From around 1953 new plants for the production of sulfuric acid and fertilizers were built. The sulfur came from the Kola Peninsula in the northwest of the Soviet Union. The fertilizer was stored for ripening in what was then the largest self-supporting warehouse made of wood. After 1990 a small part of the business was continued as a fertilizer factory. Various medium-sized companies have settled on the company premises. Most of the site, however, is empty. I.

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