History of the Mastný Factory
- MECHANIZED WEAVING MILL
- It was founded in the 1850s by Vincenc Mastný (1809 – 1873), who was mayor of the town of Lomnice between 1850 – 1863, a representative of the Provincial Assembly, a member of the town and regional councils, and until 1873, director of the factory.
- From 1873 – 1914, Theodor Mastný (1839 – 1914), Vincenc’s step-brother was director of the factory
- From 1865 – 1886, Dr. Antonín Šlechta, M.D. and knight of Sedmihorský owned the factory
- From 1886 – 1892, Barbora Šlechtová, Dr. Šlechta’s widow, owned the weaving mill.
- From 1893, it became T. H. & V. MASTNÝ, MECHANIZED WEAVING MILL
- The weaving mill was bought by brothers Theodor (1839 – 1914), Vojtěch (1842 – 1902) and Hugo (1844 – 1928) and their nephew Jindřich Velebín Mastný (1837 – 1917).
- After WWI and the economic crises, the weaving mill was gradually owned by the descendants of Vojtěch and Hugo (Theodor and Jindřich Velebín remained childless)
- In the 1920s and 1930s, the factory was headed by Hugo’s son, Jan Mastný (†1928) and Vojtěch’s son-in-law, Vladimír Stuchlík († 1933). The factory ended up in financial trouble, and Vojtěch’s son, Dr. Antonín Mastný, M.D., dealt with the financial obligations to creditors.
- From 1937 – FLAX DRESSERS
- In 1937, the Agricultural Cooperatives of the mountainous regions in Nová Paka, which purchased a large part of the factory, requested modifications to the weaving mill in order to store grain, feed and fertilizers.
- In 1938, part of the factory was rented from the Credit Unions in Lomnice nad Popelkou by the company P. A. Šlechta and son.
- In 1939 the Halíř brothers bought the factory from the Civil Unions
- From 1932 – 1939 the factory was closed.
- In 1950 T. H. & V. Mastný, the successor to the original company, was erased from the Business Registry.
- During the 20th century, it was known as FLAX DRESSERS – A PART OF THE NATIONAL ENTERPRISE, FLAX DRESSERS, FROM TÝNIŠTĚ NAD ORLICÍ.
- 1952 – 1954 proběhla dostavba tírny
- 1959 “ČLUNKÁRNA” – SHUTTLE MAKERS – an independent part of the national enterprise, ELITEX moved into the former Mastný factory
- In the 1990s restitution took place, giving the factory back to the Halíř family. Mr. Halíř and Josef Mikule began the company SPEDAVA.
