Bergische Eisenstrasse
The Bergische Eisenstraße is a historical transport route of great importance for the pig iron to be processed in forging and hammering in the Cronenberg , Remscheider and Solingen areas, which had to be imported from the Sauerland and Siegerland in the 16th to 18th centuries . The route was mentioned in 1715 as "Yser-Stras" by the regional cartographer Erich Philipp Ploennies in his Topographia Ducatus Montani .
The starting point of the Bergische Eisenstraße was on the one hand the Siegerland mine Stahlberg in Müsen , which was already mentioned in a document in the Middle Ages , another arm of the Eisenstraße came from Siegen via Freudenberg. Both routes merged at the turning point. It then continued via Iseringhausen , Gelsingen near Drolshagen, Eckenhagen , Derschlag , Gummersbach , Marienheide , Kempershöhe , Dohrgaul , Wipperfürth , Fürweg , Kleineichen , Tannenbaum , Hückeswagen , Höhsiepen , Goldenbergshammer , Forsten , Engelsburg , Remscheid and Wuppertal .
In 1791, according to a Remscheid memorandum, more than 6,075 tons of iron and steel were transported on Bergische Eisenstrasse on a total of 12,150 carts.
With the construction of paved roads, the Bergische Eisenstraße lost its importance from 1780. As the remainder of this transport route, a ravine between the Goldenbergshammer and Hückeswagen can still be seen today . This section has been under protection as a ground monument since July 29, 1990 .
literature
- Harry Böseke: The Bergische Eisenstrasse , ISBN 3-923495-71-4
- Erich Philipp Ploennies : Topographia Ducatus Montani (1715) , two volumes consisting of a book, ISBN 3-87707-073-6 and maps, ISBN 3-87707-074-4
