Paint mill (pitch ovens)
The paint mill in Pechöfen was one of the first of its kind in the Bohemian Ore Mountains . It was built directly on the Pechöfener Bach below the later brickworks and was built in 1611 by the pharmacist Lorenz Berckkau from Magdeburg . It was mainly used to produce blue paint from cobalt-containing ore.
history
The Johanngeorgenstadt chronicler Johann Christian Engelschall reported about this in 1723:
“But after thinking about the Juglerische Farb-Mühle, it will not be ineffective if I also mention the first Farb-Mühle, which was built in these burgs, namely at the so-called Bachhöfer or Gräntz-Bach Böhmis. Page. The same author was Lorentz Bergkau, a pharmacist from Magdeburg, who got behind the blue-color-making on his journey and therefore went to the mountains afterwards to find Kobald-Zechen there, and especially in the Joachimsthaler Berg-Revier. Since this project was now going on successfully, he and his family turned completely here, and in 1611 they built on the place where they were intended, and would also be happy because the Schneeberg Kobalden had been willingly given to him in payment. But it wasn't long before Hanß Burckhardt, a snow-berry rich find-Grübner, who might have gotten a lot of news about blue-color-making, brought a Churfl. Order out that in the event of a high sentence no more Kobald on Bohmis. Page could be created. Since the Bergkauische Farb-Mühle sold a large one, the owner sold them out of annoyance to Martin Peßlern , who also left them to the aforementioned Hanß Burckhardten, and meanwhile had the administration, Burckhardt brought the Schlemer Farb-Mühle to the stand, and because of this the Kobalde more conveniently, the former gradually came in. "
Remarks
- ↑ The year 1644 is meant.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Christian Engelschall: Description of the exiles and mountain town Johanngeorgenstadt . Johanngeorgenstadt 1723, p. 301, books.google.de