In 1882, Karl Bienert, Jr., who at the time owned the company of Karl Bienert & Sohn in Liberec, bought the cotton spinning mill of the Cordell Brothers in Bílý Potok (founded before 1862) and reconstructed it from plans designed by the builder Josef Neisser.
In 1902, he modernised the mill’s equipment and processed worsted and vigogne yarn. On the night of 6 February 1913, the factory burned down.
New, reinforced-concrete factory buildings were built in June 1913 according to a design by Heinrich Zieger. The four-storey block building of the spinning mill is connected on its south side to a turbine hall and on its west side to a machine hall and boiler house. Along the northern façade there is a staircase tower and water tank. Detached warehouse buildings are located to the north of the spinning plant and a market hall to the east.
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A fire sprinkler system was installed along with a Breitfeld-Daněk steam boiler, to which two new Voith Francis turbines were added in 1926. The architect Heinrich Zieger designed the façades of the factory building using his signature yellow-grey colour combination. Emil Bienert operated a waste-fabric spinning mill at this site, which processed materials from other mills in the surrounding area. After 1948 the factory became a part of the national enterprise Fryba and then Bytex, and in 1990–2001 Mykana, a.s., operated here.
The site was then purchased by its current owner, who set up a restoration workshop for historical technology here and established the Jizera Mountains Technical Museum (Jizerskohorské technické muzeum), and a seasonal café was recently opened in the former workshop. The authentically preserved buildings contain valuable collections of historic textile machinery and aviation technology and have been a popular tourist destination for more than twenty years. Various cultural and social events are also occasionally held at the site.
Příbram VI – Březové Hory 29, 274, 293, 261 01 Příbram, Czechia
