Spinderiet (Copenhagen)
Spinderiet (literal translation, lit. "The Spinning Mill") is a shopping centre located next to Valby station in the Valby district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Inaugurated in 2008, it incorporates the converted buildings of a cotton mill from 1907. The mixed use development also contains office space and apartments. History The cotton mill The converted cotton mill was originally built from 1905 to 1907 by De Danske Bomuldsspinderier, Danish Cotton Factories, a now defunct company which traced its history back to 1892 when Marius Windfeld-Hansen founded Vejle Cotton Mill in Vejle. In 1901 the company was merged with Vejle Cotton Factory, also in Vejle, and the Mogensen Mill in Odense. In 1906 it changed its name to the De Danske Bomuldsspinderier, Danish Cotton Mills and the following year the production site in Odense was closed, replaced by the new cotton mill in Valby which was constructed from 1906 to 1907 to the design of Alfred Thomsen. Later history By the late 1950s, producti ...
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