Verla wood pulp mill

Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Finland's Verla Pulp Paper Mill as a World Cultural Heritage in 1996.

Verla is a village in the town of Jaala, southeastern Finland, about 160 km from Helsinki. There is a wood mill to make paper. This factory was built in the 19th century and is still preserved in its entirety.

Currently, the Verla pulp mill has stopped working, the Finnish government has decided to tailor the site to a museum to serve tourists. Most of the previous production tools and machines were repaired to become museum artifacts.

According to historical documents, the paper pulp mill was established in 1872. The founder of this factory is businessman Hugo Neuman . The reason Hugo Neuman built and established a timber factory here is because the area lacks serious wood. Most of the timber harvested in the area and surrounding areas is sold to Russia. The factory is built entirely of locally exploited wood . The architecture is simple but very impressive by the rustic beauty of wood. Since its founding, the plant has performed very well but unfortunately, in 1876, a fire burned a large part of the factory. Hugo Neuman did not have enough money to rebuild this place so the factory stopped and was abandoned.

In 1882, two Austrian businessmen, Gottlieb Kreidl and Louis Haenel, established a new, larger pulp and paper mill in Verla village. One of the plant's largest shareholders is the Danish Consulate - Mr. Wilhemlm Dippell. The consul is also an extremely wealthy businessman, who has succeeded in the Viborg region.

In 1892, the factory was burned again. After the fire, the factory was rebuilt but no more wood material was used but replaced with red bricks . Architect Eduard Dippel - Wilhelm Dippell's younger brother is responsible for designing this work. Although it is a manufacturing plant, but the architecture of Verla Paper Pulp Mill is designed as a church . Architect Eduard Dippel has designed your house all red with a towering tower.

In 1906, after the Consul day Wilhelm Dippell died. The Verla pulp mill is a joint stock company called AB Verla Träsliperi och Pappfabrik . The production of the factory still works regularly and regularly without affecting the name change.

In 1922, the main shareholder of this factory was UPM-Kymmene Corporation. During the transfer process, factories still operate and achieve the same output as when they were newly established. But starting in 1922, the manufacturing operations of the factory were somewhat reduced due to the development of other advanced factories. The shareholders of the factory decided to establish a hydroelectric plant to improve the production activities of the factory, but more than 20 years later, in 1954, the new hydroelectric plant was inaugurated.

Ten years since the hydropower plant was inaugurated, in June 1964, the official pulp milling plants stopped operating. Workers are allowed to retire early, most of them leave the factory and migrate to other places to live. On June 18, 1964 before being officially shut down, the production line and daily activities at the factory were returned to make a documentary about the paper production process in Verla. Although the production activities of the paper factory have ceased, hydropower plants continue to supply electricity to the region.

The Verla wood milling plant is recognized by Unesco according to the criteria (iv): The factory is a prominent example of a medium-scale agricultural production process in Europe in the 19th century. Housing development for workers is also around the area, indicating the connection between people and production workers.