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Former mill on the Lorze, ISOS site

Lorzenweid industrial site

In Hagendorn (Cham, ZG), the former mill on Lorzenweidstrasse, turbine houses and eight Kosthäuser, is a regional cultural property on the ISOS inventory.

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The Lorzenweid industrial site, at Lorzenweidstrasse 60 in the Hagendorn quarter (municipality of Cham, canton of Zug), brings together a former spinning and weaving mill, its turbine houses and eight Kosthäuser built to house workers, now converted into housing. The ensemble is listed in the Swiss federal inventory of cultural property as an object of regional significance (category B, no. 07246) and appears in the Federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites (ISOS).

The site sits on the Lorze river, whose hydraulic power once drove the mill's turbines; nearby stands the weir of the Hagendorn hydroelectric power station (Kraftwerk Hagendorn), along with a road bridge and a wooden bridge, known as the Strüby bridge, both spanning the river at the heart of the former industrial site.

Why this place is remarkable

The Lorzenweid site keeps, gathered on a single riverside plot on the Lorze, a textile production building, its turbine houses driven by the river's power, and eight workers' houses (Kosthäuser) — a complete 19th-century water-powered industrial ensemble that justifies its listing as a regional cultural property and on the ISOS heritage inventory.

What to do and see

  • Spot the former spinning and weaving mill on Lorzenweidstrasse, with its turbine houses powered by the Lorze.
  • See the eight Kosthäuser, former workers' housing now converted into homes.
  • Follow the Lorze to the dam of the Hagendorn hydroelectric power plant.
  • Cross the wooden bridge known as the Strüby bridge, which spans the river at the heart of the industrial site.

Coming with family: what to know

  • The site runs along the Lorze river, with a dam and two bridges close by.

As a couple

  • Walk along the Lorze, from the Hagendorn dam to the Strüby bridge.
  • Observe together the turbine houses and the Kosthäuser of the former spinning mill.

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