Editing Enschede (section)

=== Industrial era ===
The last fire coincided with the start of the growth of the city into a large production center for textiles, stimulating a large increase in population, which by 1894 had reached an estimated 18,267:<ref>The Century Cyclopaedia of Names, coordinated by Benjamin E Smith and published by the [[Theodore Low De Vinne|De Vinne Press]], New York 1894 (Page 363)</ref> nineteenth-century urban growth was at first rather chaotic. The names of the slums (like ''De Krim'' and ''Sebastopol'') are still notorious, although they have long since been torn down.{{cn|date=January 2023}} In 1907 the ''laissez faire'' mentality was dropped and Enschede was the first city in the Netherlands to draw up an official expansion plan, incorporating the surrounding municipality of [[Lonneker]].{{cn|date=January 2023}}

Textile production, originally a cottage industry, reached an industrial scale at the start of the 19th century. In particular, ''bombazijn'' (a mixture of cotton and linen) proved a successful export. One such factory to have produced textiles in the late 19th century is the [[Hardick & Seckel Factory]].{{cn|date=January 2023}}