Tonwaren-Industrie Wiesloch
The factory behind River Leimbach and Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway just north of Wiesloch-Walldorf station, c.1925. The area would later contain the Wiesloch Feldbahn and Industrial Museum and Leimbach Park. | |
| Formerly | Thonwaren-Industrie Wiesloch GmbH |
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| ISIN | DE0007783003 |
| Industry | Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled human health activities manufacture of clay building materials other mining and quarrying real estate activities residential nursing care activities |
| Founded | 15 March 1897 |
| Defunct | 14 December 1994 |
| Fate | Closed 1989 |
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| Headquarters | , Baden |
| Products | Roof tiles; Insulated foam |
Tonwaren-Industrie Wiesloch (TIW AG, originally Thonwaaren-Industrie Wiesloch GmbH, abbreviated Ton) was a brickworks which existed in Wiesloch, Germany between 1895 and 1989. It was one of the largest and most significant factories in Germany. The factory was located just north of Wiesloch-Walldorf station and was the largest employer in Wiesloch.
Raw clay material was excavated from a clay pit in the Dämmelwald forest on the north-west side of Wiesloch. This clay material was located at an elevation of 120 metres above sea level within the Upper Rhine Graben.
The factory contained one of many industrial 600 mm gauge railways in Germany. Use of the narrow-gauge trains to fetch material from the clay pit finished in 1979. Since 2001 the Wiesloch Feldbahn and Industrial Museum has been based at part of the north end of the site, and since 2016 the Leimbach Park has been built on the south end of the site, with the rest of the area transformed into an industrial zone.