Inside The New Leica Factory in Wetzlar | Thorsten Overgaard
This week Ms. Wagner will be the last Leica employee watching over the old factory in Solms. Everybody else has moved to the new factory in Wetzlar, the „Leica Campus“ in monochrome and a few pops of red, with stunningly large bright windows and lots of fresh air, inside and outside.A few days ago Joy and I visited the new factory in Wetzlar, and decided to visit the old one as well. Just for a final goodbye. I can say without reservation that I was the last customer ever to visit the factory in Solms. When I came in, everything looked as it usually does. The receptionist, Ms. Wagner behind the big red counter and Mr. Schermuly and Mr. Hartmann behind the glass wall, manning the Leica Store. The trained eye would notice that the „Leica Tree“ behind the glass wall to the conference room was ripped for it’s fruits; 100 years of Leica camera models had now been taken down and moved to the new factory. I already felt the nostalgia. I never really enjoyed the Leica Tree, but now I already missed this familiar piece of display……
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My father worked at the Leitz factory in Wetzlar (where he was born and raised) in the mid 50s. He later emigrated to Canada and worked as a tool & die maker at the plant in Midland ,Ontario.
He got the original job after is aunt married Ernst Leitz.