Today we’re going to take a look inside an old brick factory. 🧱 Clay used to be mined here, which was then mixed with water and prepared for brick production. A continuous strip was then formed in the press and cut into individual bricks using a string. These were then dried and finally sent to the kiln, where they took on their final shape. 🧱 It’s been quiet here for a long time now. The brick factory is closed, and time has taken its toll on it. Still, as I walk through, I get the feeling that if the building hadn’t lost its roof, one might think production had stopped only recently. 🧱 Remnants of the former operation remain everywhere. Machines, structures, and spaces where thousands of bricks were once produced. 🧱 Just for the record—a house measuring 10 × 10 meters requires approximately 11,000 standard bricks measuring 29 × 14 × 6.5 cm. And the machines here must have produced a truly countless number of such bricks over the course of their history. 🧱 Today, you can build such a house using about 700 Ytong blocks. And that’s one of the reasons why bricks are no longer fired here. Modern Ytong blocks, ground bricks, and—above all—the reduced labor requirements have gradually replaced traditional production. 🧱 But the tour of the brickworks isn’t over yet. 🧱 In the distance, I can see a crooked brick chimney—the last remaining reminder of the days when this place was heated, fired up, and bustling with production. 🧱 So let’s go see what else is left here…
Robert
A hotel that never got to serve its purpose. ❌The hotel stands high in the mountains, hidden away in complete seclusion. ❌It was supposed to be a place where people would come to relax and enjoy the beauty of the surrounding nature. But it never got to tell its story. ❌The building was abandoned before it ever had a chance to welcome its first guest. Instead of rooms full of life, it now stands empty, and nature is slowly reclaiming it.
Robert
