Buschhauser hammer

Buschhauser hammer City of Halver Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 50 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 53 ″  E
Height :	317 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	58553
Area code :	02355
Location of Buschhauser Hammer in Halver

The Buschhauser Hammer is an old hammer mill and a current district of Halver in the Märkisches Kreis in the administrative district of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

The Buschhauser Hammer is located at 317 meters above sea ​​level in the northwest of the Halveran urban area in the Ennepe valley . The neighboring towns are Osenberg , Ober- and Niederbuschhausen , Ahe , Burbach , Hartmecke and Kreisch .

The place can be reached via a road that branches off the federal road 229 at Niederennepe and connects the villages in the Ennepetal. The Nesselberg is located to the south-west of the town, 381 meters above sea level.

history

The Buschhauser Hammer was first mentioned in a document in 1830 and was probably built before 1790 as a split from Niederbuschhausen. According to other information, the hammer mill has been in operation since 1786, and it was not until 1961 that its use as a water drive ended. A medium- sized and two overshot water wheels were driven through a pond and an upper ditch that branched off from the Ennepe.

After they were no longer used, some of the buildings fell into disrepair, but from 2001 they were restored by private hands together with the technical and hydraulic systems. Today, after initial bureaucratic obstacles - as a condition for operation, u. a. The construction of a fish ladder required - a hydropower plant operated in Buschhauser Hammer that has been producing 10-12 kWh of electricity for 2,520 hours a year under full load and 3,360 hours a year under partial load since January 2006 . The resistance to the bureaucratic hurdles was awarded the Werner Bonhoff Prize.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alfred Jung: Halver and Schalksmühle. Investigation and thoughts on the settlement history of the Halver Office, an old parish in the Saxon-Franconian border area. Friends of Altena Castle, Altena 1978 ( Altenaer contributions. Works on the history and local history of the former county Mark 13, ISSN  0516-8260 ).
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