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Juupajoki
- 1913
- Population 2224
- Total area 274,79 km2, water 15,81 km2
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UPM-Kymmene Yhtyneet Sahat / Korkeakosken saha and
JPJ-Wood sawmills, with a yearly production of 300 000 cubic
meters. Army signal depot
in Lyly. Helsinki University Forestry Field Station and
Smear-II
research station in Hyytiälä.
Mr Edward Wallenius founded a tannery in 1894 and a little later the
first shoe factory in Finland in 1897 in Korkeakoski, because
the railway between Tampere - Haapamäki had been built via
Korkeakoski. Emil Aaltonen bought the factories in 1926. Nowadays
the
Big-L, a member of L-Fashion Group, best known as LUHTA,
produces leather garments in the old factory building.
THE SIGHTS OF JUUPAJOKI
Kallenautio, in Hyytiälä (Road 66): an inn museum and a
café with a pleasant and old fashioned atmosphere. A sales
exhibition of local handicrafts and art. Kallenautio is open
summertimes. The centre of
Juupajoki, Korkeakoski, was known for its rapids and shoe
industry. Now the shoes are in the Koskenjalka Shoe- and
Leather Museum.
There is also Art Gallery, a café and a Big-L
factory leather wear shop. A visitor can walk a short
path to the rapids ravine and see the old factories and
houses in the beautiful surroundings of the Lake
Tehtaanjärvi.
Trains stop in Korkeakoski (Juupajoki) three times a day (Tampere -
Haapamäki)
In the village of Lyly there is an interesting army signal
museum
and a surplus store Lyvi. The museum is open by request, the
store is open on Tuesdays and on Fridays 10-16.
The army veterans have built a wartime dugout "korsu" in the
church village of Kopsamo.
All the Juupajoki museums have free entry.
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Palaute
