Ahlhauser hammer
The Ahlhauser Hammer is a historic, water-powered hammer mill on the Ennepe in the city of Ennepetal (North Rhine-Westphalia). It is the oldest surviving complex of its kind in the city.
According to the oldest documents of the Ahlhauserhütte, the Ahlhauser Hammer already existed in 1592 and belonged to the Junker von Bönen. The hammer mill was taken over by the Ahlhaus brothers in 1634 and converted into a raw steel hammer by Clemens Bertram from Remscheid in 1685 . The hydropower drove the drop hammer and the blower for the forge fire . The charcoal was extracted on site in the wooded slopes of the Ennepetal in coal piles; iron ore was mined there in several mines up to the beginning of the 20th century .
Owners and tenants of the hammer mill changed frequently over the years; in 1872 the hammers were idle for a decade and were then converted into ploughshare hammers .
The Ahlhausen estate , built before 1592, is close to the hammer mill .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '19.1 " N , 7 ° 23' 9.4" E