Bergslagen Ekomuseum
The Ekomuseum Bergslagen is an open-air museum in the western part of the former mining and smelting area Bergslagen in central Sweden . The museum, consisting of around 60 places to visit, opened on a trial basis in 1986 and is now the largest of its kind in the world. The museum is a joint project of the municipalities of Ludvika , Smedjebacken , Fagersta , Norberg , Skinnskatteberg , Surahammar and Hallstahammar . Two provincial museums in Dalarna County and Västmanland County are participating in the project. In 1998 the Ekomuseum Bergslagen received the Luigi Micheletti Award as the best industrial history museum in Europe .
Goal setting
The common denominator for the Ekomuseum Bergslagen is the history of iron production in central Sweden with a special focus on the work situation of people and the technical development of mining and smelting companies.
The area
The area covers an area of approximately 750 km² and extends from Mälaren in the south to the forests of Ludvika municipality in the north, where the forest fins made charcoal for the blast furnaces . The historic waterway, the Strömsholm Canal , stretches through the area like a red thread . With 26 locks, the canal overcomes a height difference of 100 meters and enabled heavy transports from Smedjebacken to Mälaren.
Attractions
Of the once 400 blast furnaces and ironworks in Bergslagen, none are in operation today, but many are still preserved and are among the destinations to visit, such as Engelsbergs bruk , which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993 . Other sights are Klenshyttan , Flatenbergs hytta , Stollbergs gruva with Sweden's richest ore deposits and Lapphyttan near Norberg , the age of which could be dated to the 12th century with the help of the radiocarbon method.
In Ekomuseum you can also study different methods of energy transfer, such as the ancient Polhemsrad in Norberg that using a synthetic linkage drive a pumping station. A stylized artificial bike is the logo of the Bergslagen Ekomuseum. Modern energy transfer can be seen in the Trångfors hydropower station near Hallstahammar . The power plant was completed in 1899, was in operation with its original technical equipment until 1990 and is now a museum.
The work situation of the iron and mine workers as well as the charcoal burners illustrate well-preserved miner's farms and villages and the simple settlements of the forest fins. There are fully furnished museum apartments in Grängesberg and Ludvika .
The different routes of transport of the finished products, which were mainly shipped to Stockholm and the Baltic Sea area, are described by the Strömsholm Canal and the port in Smedjebacken , and later, when the canal lost importance, by various railway lines, for example the Köping – Uttersberg line –Riddarhyttan . Rolling material can be seen in the Grängesberg Railway Museum or in the Smedjebacken engine shed . Strömsholm Castle forms the southern end .
photos
Engelsbergs bruk
Klenshyttan
Flatenberg's hytta
Stollberg's gruva
Railway Museum Grängesberg
Bråfors miners' village
Strömsholm Canal
Strömsholm Castle
literature
- Lindeqvist Christina, Hägerman Britt-Marie, red (2010). Om järn ochomanniskor: Ekomuseum Bergslagen berättar i landskapet: guidebok. Ludvika: Ekomuseum Bergslagen. ISBN 978-91-633-6907-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visit "Den Södra Delen av Dalarna". ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Luigi Micheletti Award 1998.
Web links
- Website of the Ekomuseum Bergslagen. (Swedish)