Museum in Pocket / App Museum in Lębork

Stained Glass, early XX century

comes from a tenement house in Lębork

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The stained glass window comes from a tenement house in Lębork, which belonged to the owner of the printing house in Lębork, H. Badengoth. It is composed of 7 sections, in which the decorative motifs refer to symbols connected to printing. The main section of the window depicts Johannes Gutenberg, the printer and creator of the world's first industrial printing method. The stained glass window was acquired in 2010.

Lębork's history of printing can be traced to information about two printing houses that prospered in Lębork in the 19th century. The first was founded by F.W. Feige in 1848. A year later, on April 7, 1849, a second was built at the former Danzigerstrasse 114 (now Kossaka Street), founded by Hermann Friedrich Leopold Badengoth. Herman Badengoth, who came from the territory of today's Lithuania, was drawn to Lębork by a friendly invitation from another printer - F. W. Feige, who already had a printing house.

His visit and friendly references meant that Hermann remained in the Blue Land and established his own printing house. Running a printing house became a family business that was passed on from father to son. During its operation, the printing house - mainly – printed local newspapers, such as the Mittwochsblatt or Kreisblatt and Lokalblatt, or later the “LauenburgerKreisblatt” which became the “Volksblatt” and was finally published as “Lauenburger Wochenblatt” from 1884. The newspaper was published daily until March 7, 1945. Between 1934-1938 it had a circulation of 30 thousand copies. The printing house had a typesetting room and a workshop with two printing presses. In addition, the company also had a bindery and a bookshop, as well as a paid reading room for books and magazines, including international copies.

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