Forst hosts Day of Industrial Culture to showcase textile history

The Forster Museum for Textile and Industrial History Lausitz hosted a Day of Industrial Culture on August 8, featuring guided tours of the city's historical textile industry sites.

Participants explored the Weststadt area, including the protected ensemble of the former cloth factory and the Adolf Hellwig villa on Leipziger Straße. The tour highlighted the deep connection between the city's development and its industrial past, including the history of the VEB Forster Tuchfabriken, which consolidated various textile enterprises after World War II.

Other points of interest included the former Forster City Railway, known as 'Schwarze Jule,' which once transported raw materials and goods via a meter-gauge network. A preserved steam locomotive from this era is currently on display at the museum.