Industrieareal Jenny
The Jenny & Co. factory ensemble in Ennenda is one of the most important in the canton. It is the best-preserved historic factory site in the municipality of Glarus.
In 1827, a cloth printing plant was established on the Linth between Ennenda and Ennetbühls. In 1846, the Barth opened. Jenny & Cie. in Haslen in order to supply its own printing plant with fabric. This company still produces today under the name Daniel Jenny & Co.
In view of the declining sales of printed articles, the cloth printing plant was abandoned in 1906 and a spinning and weaving mill was built in a new building on the site in Ennenda. In 1975 it was closed for economic reasons. The office space in the old printing building was preserved. The Comptoir can be visited on request.
The history of the area continues after the closure of the business. In 1987, the largest suspension tower in the canton had to make way for the extension of the carpet factory. It was dismantled beam by beam and rebuilt in 1992-1993 on the Jenny site. For reasons of space, it was shortened by a third, but the original height and width could be retained. This makes it look even more tower-like than before, and has lost none of its monumental charisma.
Visible from afar is the high chimney, built in 1889, which is now owned by the Anna Göldi Foundation. After damage was detected in 2018, it was able to be renovated thanks to contributions from the federal and cantonal monument protection authorities as well as generous donations. Peter Jenny designed the artwork ANNA. The black and white lettering symbolize the murder of Anna Göldi and the hope for justice.
In the hall of the Hänggiturm is the Anna Göldi Museum, which is not only dedicated to the history of the namesake, but also deals with the topic of human rights in the past and present.
In view of the declining sales of printed articles, the cloth printing plant was abandoned in 1906 and a spinning and weaving mill was built in a new building on the site in Ennenda. In 1975 it was closed for economic reasons. The office space in the old printing building was preserved. The Comptoir can be visited on request.
The history of the area continues after the closure of the business. In 1987, the largest suspension tower in the canton had to make way for the extension of the carpet factory. It was dismantled beam by beam and rebuilt in 1992-1993 on the Jenny site. For reasons of space, it was shortened by a third, but the original height and width could be retained. This makes it look even more tower-like than before, and has lost none of its monumental charisma.
Visible from afar is the high chimney, built in 1889, which is now owned by the Anna Göldi Foundation. After damage was detected in 2018, it was able to be renovated thanks to contributions from the federal and cantonal monument protection authorities as well as generous donations. Peter Jenny designed the artwork ANNA. The black and white lettering symbolize the murder of Anna Göldi and the hope for justice.
In the hall of the Hänggiturm is the Anna Göldi Museum, which is not only dedicated to the history of the namesake, but also deals with the topic of human rights in the past and present.
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Opening hours
HÄNNGI TOWER & ANNA GÖLDI MUSEUM
April - October
Wednesday-Sunday:
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
FACTORY SHOP COTTON BLOSSOM
Monday 13:30–18:30
Tuesday-Friday: 09:00–11:30, 13:30–18:30
Saturday 09:00–16:00
COMPTOIR
on request:
Ruth Kobelt, 055 640 40 83
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