Eiserfelder Hut
The Eiserfelder Hütte was one of two ironworks in the local area of Eiserfeld in the Siegen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
In 1444, four huts were named "uff der Ysern", ie located on the Eisernbach , in a pension bill for the county of Nassau . The first written mention of the Eiserfelder Hütte, however, only dates back to 1463.
In 1847 the hut was completely rebuilt, it received a modern cylinder blower. A steam blower was bought as early as 1856. Ten years later the hut was completely modernized and expanded. The Güthing & Co. union built a new blast furnace with hot air coils, a steam boiler and a blower machine. Due to the continuous operation of the hut, there was soon a lack of space to unload the slag. The works of the hut therefore leased a large piece of Hauberg across from the hut and transported the slag there. This heap is still clearly visible today. There was a strong revival in the ironworks after the construction of the Eisern-Siegen Railway and the connection of the ironworks to it in 1883.
In 1913 it was converted into a stock company. On July 1, 1918, the Kölsch-Flözer-Werke bought the smelter in Siegen. Between 1923 and 1937 the hut could not be operated due to a lack of sales. Despite the standstill, further investments were made, a turbo blower was installed in 1925/26. In 1935 the hut was transferred to the Siegen company Gontermann-Peipers AG . Repair work began on January 18, 1937, and the furnace was blown again on June 3 of the same year. The first blast furnace tapping could take place around 9 p.m.
After the Second World War, the ironworks came to a standstill again. It was not until 1948 that the furnace could be blown again. Two years later the Eiserfelder Hütte GmbH was founded, which from 1951 leased the Hainer Hütte and helped to operate it. The first casting machine for Siegerland special pig iron was built there in 1954/55. In 1957 the company was transferred to the Klüser brothers from Wuppertal. At that time, the plants in Eiserfeld and Hain had around 240 employees. In 1958 and 1959 the hut was rebuilt and modernized. For this purpose, the hut was completely shut down. The most modern ironworks in Europe at the time emerged from the renovation.
In 1962 the furnace could be blown again. The Hainer Hütte has since been completely shut down. After the last mine in Siegerland was shut down in 1965, there was no decline in production at the Eiserfelder Hütte. After trials, tried and tested ore procured from the Ruhr area and mined in the Lahn-Dill area continued to be smelted. After modernizing the systems, the daily output could be increased from 60 to approx. 120–150 tons with a total of 42 employees. In 1972, the increased freight costs and the suspension of operations on the rails of the former Eisern-Siegen Railway forced the smelter to cease. The hut, which last had 38 employees, was shut down on February 23, 1972. It had two dams in the Eisernbach and its own hut pond.
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegerländer Heimat- und Geschichtsverein (Ed.): In the land of ore mines, ironworks and Hauberge - on the way with the photographer Peter Weller ; Vorländer publishing house, Siegen; 2011; P. 68.
literature
- Horst G. Koch (Hrsg.): Eiserfeld in the green wreath of the mountains. Koch, Siegen 1992, ISBN 3-928343-02-5
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 45.5 ″ N , 8 ° 0 ′ 6.4 ″ E