Exploring the abandoned paper mill Scheufelen, Germany
The abandoned paper mill Scheuflingen was an abandoned place unlike all the others I've visitied. This paper factory was abandoned in 2019. So unlike all the other lost places it's not yet decayd. Nevertheless it was an interesting lost place to explore. Read on to learn why.
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Know before you go
The history of this abandoned paper mill dates back to 1769, when The history of this abandoned paper mill dates back to 1769 when this papermill was founded in a small village near Stuttgart named Oberlenningen. In 1855 Karl Scheufelen leased it and finally bought it just one year later. Karl Scheufelen's children and grandchildren continued to grow the factory. They developed it from a factory, making the paper manually to a highly automated paper mill.
After the end of world war II, the factory started to produce and sell paper again. But by 2003, due to high operating costs (mainly energy), the factory was economically ailing and finally went bankrupt in 2008.
Between 2008 and 2019, the paper mill was sold a few times before it met its fate and became a lost place.
How to get into the abandoned paper factory
The abandoned paper factory is fenced in and guarded. But the easiest way to get in is to book one of the photo tours at go2know.de. It's worth it. The area is enormous, and you'll see abandoned control rooms, offices, and the vast buildings that formerly contained the paper machines.
Photo Spots at the abandoned paper mill
On such photo tours, I usually watch where the crowd is going and go in the opposite direction. But this time, a bunch of photographers had the same idea. They may read my blog.
The abandoned control room
My first photo spot was the abandoned sewage treatment plant. This plant looks like the workers were let go from one day to the next. The chemical tanks were still full of dangerous chemicals, and the basin was still full of water waiting to be processed. The most spectacular highlight here was the abandoned control room.