History of the HUTA/HUTMEN Site
Long before the Huta concept came along, the industrial life of the area began in 1918 as the Schaefer & Schael metalworks, producing bearing alloys, bronzes and printing metals for a rapidly industrialising city. Destroyed during the final months of World War II, the plant was rebuilt in 1946 and soon relaunched as Rafineria Metali “Wrocław,” later becoming the Zakłady Hutniczo-Przetwórcze Metali Nieżelaznych (ENG: Non-ferrous metals processing plant), from which is where the approximate acronym “HUTMEN” was derived. After decades of operation—and a post-communist chapter as a publicly traded company—the factory closed in 2021. MS Investment quickly snapped up the 19-hectare site in August 2022, and HUTA's post-industrial leisure and gastro space was eventually opened in late June 2025. The gigantic wooden sculpture that casually watches over the site is called Hutas, created by artists Michał Niedziewicz and Daniel Piątek, was unveiled the same year.
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