From leather factory to museumLeather production shaped the economic profile of the 20th century and, with its 16 hectares of land, also the townscape of Hirschberg.
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March 6, 2022

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In the museum next door there is a nice café and information about the leather factory of the time

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January 26, 2023

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On this property here between the museum building and the Saale there once stood a house that was the ancestral home of the Knoch family in Hirschberg for 120 years.
Four generations of this family lived there and practiced their craft as tanners.

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Location: Hirschberg, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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