Oldau Old Brickworks Graffiti Ruin

In the middle of the forest near Oldau, in the immediate vicinity of Aller and in the immediate vicinity of the Hambühren sewage treatment plant, is the ruin of the old brick factory of the former company "Bornemann & Timme".

... The remains of the wall that you can see here belong to the "Old Brickyard". Here in the vicinity of the gravel pits on the Aller built the three local Ernst Bornemann, Heinrich Bornemann and August Timme around 1900, a brickyard. Instead of a common steam brick, the three put on the modern building material concrete from the roof tiles, fence posts and other components were molded. Approximately The business was good for 3 to 4 years, then there were complaints about the quality of the bricks, which broke more easily than conventional clay bricks and also applied faster moss. The company was gone and the remains of the brickyard started like the former products moss ...

If you come from the sewage treatment plant, you will not find your way back ... it has been installed by a sewage treatment plant extension ... so it's time to cycle through the forest 😎.

Instead of the "eternal" pine trees, something extraordinary (with us) in the middle of the forest. Actually simple, a few remains of a wall, a little color and already an eye-catcher. Which isn't meant to be derogatory, because some of the performances aren't bad, by the way. It's worth a detour!