Großreiflinger rake
The Großreiflinger rake was a hydraulic structure in the Enns near Großreifling in what is now the municipality of Landl in Styria . It was built by Hans von Gasteiger .
history
The wooden rake lasted almost three centuries from around 1570 to 1861. In 1861, a flood destroyed large parts of the Gasteiger rake. Some remains have been preserved to the present day and can be viewed, for example some piles protrude from the Enns.
For the iron production in Inner Austria and Styria, which was important throughout Europe in the 16th century , large amounts of wood were required to produce charcoal . A rake was planned as early as 1502 in order to improve the logging by means of wood drift from the Salza catchment area , but it was not until 1568 that Hans von Gasteiger was ordered by Archduke Charles II . commissioned with the construction of the wood rake at Großreifling. The rake went into operation between 1570 and 1575.
technology
The Gasteiger rake lay on a bend in the Enns near the mouth of the Salza and ran in a wide arc from the right to the left bank. The structure was between 571 m and 585 m long and consisted of a basic structure of 264 pilots in three parallel rows, on which the computer benches with the wooden computing teeth were attached. The logs accumulated in the rake and were pulled out of the water by means of special pulleys ( called Ganauf ).
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 1.7 ″ N , 14 ° 42 ′ 57 ″ E