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Former Karres Tannery

Former Karres Tannery
Original function:
factory
Current function:
n/a
Address:
Strada Stephan Ludwig Roth 14
Historical Hungarian county:
Nagy-Küküllő
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.1621046951, 24.3488083419
Google map:

History

The factory was built in several stages, between 1890 and 1914, by Samuel Karres, after he had bought Fritz Drotleff's tannery in 1881 and demolished the section of town wall and tower that surrounded the site. In 1920-25, he had it extended further and raised it to three storeys.

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