Old hut area Neunkirchen

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The Alte Hüttenareal (AHA, own spelling Altes HüttenAreal) is a collection of industrial monuments in Neunkirchen (Saar) in Saarland , which belonged to the former Neunkirchen ironworks . The plant was shut down in 1982. In 1993 the first part of the hut park was inaugurated and two years later it was completely finished. Before that, the area of ​​the Hüttenpark was an industrial wasteland of around 40 hectares. In the western part of the park towards the back of the city, old machine parts from the days of the smelting were on display until mid-2020. These were provided with information boards. This part of the site, which will be a recreation park with lots of green spaces until mid-2020, is currently being converted and will house a consumer market from 2021. In this context, the old machine parts with the panels are then rebuilt after renovation. The uncovered Heinitzbach, which for a long time was completely piped underground, is integrated into this part of the site. Today it flows openly to the bridge between the parking deck of the SaarPark Center and the New Blower Hall, from where it then flows underground into the Blies. Every station on the Neunkircher Hüttenweg, which leads through the area, is equipped with information boards. Guided tours are offered once a month.

Old hut area
Old hut area with night lighting

Components

Old Masters' Houses

Old Masters' Houses

There are six single-storey semi-detached houses that were built in 1882 and are now privately owned. The factory facilities began earlier (until the early 1980s) at the Masters' Houses. There were extra sleeping quarters for single people, but these have not survived to this day.

Blast furnaces

Blast furnace of the former Neunkirchen ironworks

The former blast furnace is located next to the Heinitzbach . Today only two of the former six blast furnaces (II and VI) are still standing. Blast furnace II is the world's first blast furnace to be restored for the purpose of a museum presentation (various blast furnace systems in Poland , Japan and the USA that were previously closed and are still preserved today were not restored or only restored later). Blast furnace VI still has three wind heaters and the topping-out stage. In 1902, major technical and structural changes were made (blower machine and increased heater). As a result, from 1929/30 onwards, the company was able to cover its entire demand for pig iron from its own production. In 1969, blast furnace II reached a daily production of 1,400 t. Blast furnace VI, on the other hand, which was last modernized in 1976, only produced 700 t per day. The old blower house is right next to blast furnace VI. This was built from 1903. The blowers operated with blast furnace gas (furnace gas) were housed in the building. The task of these blowers was to supply the heater with air. Blast furnace VI is accessible today as part of guided tours.

Water tower

Water tower

The water tower is located directly opposite the blower house. It was built in 1936. Its job was to ensure the water supply to the blast furnaces. The water tower held a total of 2,150 cubic meters. Today there are 4 cinemas (Cinetower) in the water tower. A few pubs are located in a newer extension.

Stummsche riding arena

Stummsche riding arena

Passing the blast furnace II, you come to the so-called Stummschen Reithalle on Saarbrücker Straße, which is one of the outbuildings below the Stummschen manor house, which was destroyed in 1945. The manor house was built by Carl Friedrich Stumm (1798–1848) right next to the factory. A park and several outbuildings belonged to the manor house. The building was initially (1858/59) used as a riding arena for the children of Carl Friedrich Stumm. The riding arena was later used as a wagon shed (1880), then as a fire station and finally as a training workshop (1985). Today various events (theater, musical performances) take place here.

Silent Chapel

Silent Chapel
Hereditary burial place

In the vicinity of the Spitzbunker (air raid shelter for 500 people in World War II ) is the Stummsche Kapelle , the private chapel of the Stumm family, which was only used on festive occasions. This was built around 1850 in the neo-Gothic style. After the family moved to Halberg Castle around 1880, the chapel was hardly used any more. Badly damaged and burned out in the Second World War, the exterior was restored in the 1980s.

Hereditary burial place of the Stumm family

On the way past an old director's villa, which was built in 1921 on behalf of the ironworks, you come to the fully preserved private cemetery of the Stumm family, which was laid out in 1839. The cemetery is surrounded by a wall and was previously only accessible from the park of the manor house. It still serves as the Stumm family's hereditary burial site (last burial in 1996). The 18 graves, 17 of which are provided with cast iron crosses, are grouped around an approx. 5 m high cast iron neo-Gothic stele by Carl Friedrich Stumm from 1845. The stele bears the following inscriptions on its four sides:

  • “Resting place of the Stumm family, inaugurated on the funeral day of Carl Friedrich Stumm, d. February 27, 1848 "
  • On the other three sides mourning verses. On the base: "Made at the Neunkirchen ironworks in 1845"

Memorial stele

An approx. 4 m high cast iron neo-Gothic stele by Carl Friedrich Stumm from 1845, which stood on a peninsula by the Hammerweiher, was recovered from the Hammerweiher in the 1980s. It commemorates the three founders of the Stumm Brothers OHG and individually lists the iron hammers and ironworks operated by the Stumm ancestors between 1714 and 1845 . The stele bears the following inscriptions on its four sides:

  • "Consecrated to the ancestors in love and gratitude by the son and nephew Carl Friedrich Stumm in 1845"
  • “The brothers Stumm Friedrich Philipp geb. 1751 died 1835. Christian Philipp born. 1760 died 1826. Johann Ferdinand born. 1784 died 1839 "
  • "Hammer-Birkenfeld, Asbach, Katzenloch, Abentheuer, Graefenbach, Weiprath, Weitersbach, Neunkirchen"
  • "Halberg, Fischbach, Dillingen, Bettingen, Münchweiler, Geislautern"

gasometer

Gasometer, blown up on June 26, 2020

The gasometer with the inscription "Neunkircher Stahl", which was blown up in the course of the construction of the consumer market on June 26, 2020, was a reminder of the terrible gasometer explosion , which left 62 dead, 160 seriously and around 400 slightly injured. The predecessor of the gasometer on Saarbrücker Strasse, which stood from 1970 to 2020, caught fire on February 10, 1933, a Friday, and exploded at 6:07 p.m. in a violent detonation, the bang of which was heard within a 150 km radius. The Niederneunkirchen district was largely destroyed, and there was no trace of ten houses and their residents.

Hut school

The hut school was built in 1851 on the initiative of the silent sister Henriette Strantz. The school was called the "female industrial school in Neunkirchen". The aim of this school was to give the daughters of the workers in the iron and steel works an education in housekeeping. The school cost the iron and steel works 100,000 francs a year. The school was later run by the Countess von Francken-Sierstorpff. During the First World War 1914–1918 the building was used as a military hospital. The hut archive was later housed there.

Silent monument

The silent monument erected in 1902 shows Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg (1836–1901). The larger than life bronze statue, moved to Stummstrasse on Stummplatz at the end of the 20th century, shows Stumm as an entrepreneur with symbols of the coal and steel industry ( luppet pincers and mold ). The well-known Berlin sculptor Fritz Schaper created it, the bronze casting was done in the Aktiengesellschaft vorm. Hermann Gladenbeck u. Son in Berlin-Friedrichshagen . After the Second World War, the memorial showed a minor war wound from a shrapnel on the thigh, which was "healed" at the end of the 20th century. In the last few decades the monument has had a new place every now and then due to various renovation measures in the city.

Christ Church

The Christ Church was a donation from Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg to the Protestant community. It was built in the neo-Gothic style in the years 1867-69. Damaged in the Second World War, the church was rebuilt in a modified form in 1949. Behind the Christ Church is the Karl-Ferdinand-Haus, founded in 1904 by the Stumm family. Built for old people and orphans, it is now an old people's home for around 60 people. At times it also served as a maternity hospital.

Todays use

In the core area of ​​the old hut area, around the blast furnaces and the water tower, several restaurants and a cinema (the halls of which are located in the water tank of the water tower) have been established. The blower hall and the Stumm'sche riding hall are used as event halls. Large parts of the former ironworks park and the location of the gasometer, which was blown up in 2020, will in future be used to build a consumer market for the Globus Group .

Photo gallery

See also

Web links

Commons : Former ironworks  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Neunkirchen (Saar), Sinnerthaler Weg, inscriptions attached to the cemetery stele.
  2. ^ Neunkirchen (Saar), Lindenallee, inscriptions attached to the memorial stele.
  3. Report of the SR on the demolition of the Neunkirchen gasometer on June 26, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  4. Neunkirchen (Saar), Stummplatz, inscriptions on the base of the monument.

Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 52 ″  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 15 ″  E