Eisenhammer Edlhausen

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The Eisenhammer Edlhausen was an iron hammer on the Schwarzen Laber in the district of the same name Edlhausen (today district Eisenhammer) of the Upper Palatinate community of Laaber . It was founded as Unterer Fürstenhammer , later it became the Edlmühle .

history

In the years 1605/1606, by order of Duke Philipp Ludwigs, two rail hammers were erected here by workers from Styria . His son and successor Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg , who had also come to the United Duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg through his mother , brought blade smiths from his new Duchy of Solingen to Edlhausen in 1675 . For the blade production was steel needed to the pig iron obtained had a fresh fire with oxygen purged of unwanted impurities, and the carbon content are reduced. The pig iron was obtained from the Hammer Philippsburg in Sulzbach . To carry out this process, additional bellows were installed in the Edlhausen hammer mill. Two iron dolls weighing 5 quintals and 40 pounds and 4 quintals and 80 pounds were brought in from Philippsburg . This was forged into steel in Edlhausen, producing 62 pounds of forged and 82 pounds of unforged steel.

However, despite the retrofitting of the blast furnace and evidence that it was possible to manufacture high-quality steel from the iron from Philippsburg, the blade was not produced. The Solingen blade forge retreated to Solingen on December 29, 1675. Although a cost calculation turned out to be favorable, a larger steel production did not start. The steel production facilities were stored in Laaber Castle and the project was forgotten.

The official name Edelhauser Hammer still exists in 1836 . In the 19th century the factory was converted into a glass loop and a polishing facility . In 1874 Johann Frischmann moved here from Dietersdorf , who brought it to the owner of the hammer lock.

literature

  • Götschmann, Dirk: Upper Palatinate iron. Mining and iron industry in the 16th and 17th centuries. Edited by the Association of Friends and Supporters of the Mining and Industry Museum East Bavaria (= Volume 5 of the series of publications by the Mining and Industry Museum East Bavaria), Theuern 1985, therein a project for the establishment of Solingen blade smiths in the Burglengenfeld office. Pp. 172-174, ISBN 3-924350-05-1 .
  • Jakob Hellinger: Iron ore extraction and processing in the late Middle Ages and early modern times along the Laber and Naab. Die Oberpfalz , 2017, 105th year, pp. 5-14.
  • Rappel, Joseph: Frauenberg in the past and present. Michael Lassleben Publishing House , Kallmünz 1963.
  • Voith, Ignaz Edler from: The royal mining and steelworks office Bodenwöhr . Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, 1840, pp. 17–422.

Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 39.9 ″  N , 11 ° 53 ′ 55 ″  E