Hammer forge (Burghausen)

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Hammer forge from the east

The hammer forge in Burghausen is the oldest still operating hammer forge in Europe. It was used for the manufacture of armor and weapons, in peacetime the manufacture of implements and tools.

history

  • Mentioned in 1465 as an armory for the dukes ( George the Rich always saw the fire from the castle)
  • 16th century: Granting of citizenship and permission to practice the craft of "blacksmithing on the brook"
  • On July 24, 1516, Martin Gumpelsberger, winch maker and citizen, received the right of inheritance to the grinding mill from Duke Wilhelm IV for perpetuity (the document is in the State Archives in Munich).
  • In 1621 Georg Händl received citizenship as a blade smith.
  • In 1762, Georg Schweiger, hacking smith, is recorded as the owner of the electoral hacking smithy. This belongs to the jurisdiction of the Rent Office .
  • 1785 The Schweiger family is the owner.
  • 1801 Xaver Hager is the owner.
  • In 1809 the property is "inheritable for rent office".
  • In 1841 the real hammer and gunsmith " Gerechtsame " is recorded for house 301 .
  • On January 26, 1844, Franz X. Strasser, single, acquired the property from Anna Hager for 9,000 guilders with blacksmith rights. Coming from Furth near Tittmoning, he had received citizenship in Burghausen on December 29, 1843.
  • After Franz Xaver Strasser, his son Josef Strasser takes over the forge.
  • Successor Maximilian Strasser, master hammer smith (1901–1994)
  • Successor Maximilian Strasser, master hammer smith (1933–1997), single and childless
  • Since 1997, nephew Frank Wagenhofer and his wife Gerlinde Wagenhofer have been living in the hammer mill with Sebastian and Elena as the 6th generation. Since then, the buildings have been renovated in order to preserve them and not let the oldest crafts die out.
  • 2004 Renovation of the hammer forge and grinding shop
  • 2005 renovation of the "G'sell'nhaus"

building

Red marble portal with door leaf from 1799

The main building of the listed building complex is a two-story gable roof construction on the edge of a small reservoir. The round arched red marble portal is from 1763, the door leaf with classical decor from 1799. The gable is marked with the year 1465. This includes the single-storey grinding shop with a gable roof and a small shed with wooden cladding.

All about the forge

The reservoir (mentioned in the document from 1516) prompted the millers who were lying on the adjoining stream to repeatedly raise objections and lawsuits. Due to the unequal condescension of water, the millers have a "very bad picture and therefore there is a bad infirmity and thus a bad beer".

Until a few years ago, the water flow was around 100 l / s. The rapid decline in the amount of water has not yet been clarified. The water flowing through feeds the subsequent Wöhrbach or Wöhrsee with fresh water.

Web links

Commons : Hammerschmiede Burghausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Eder: Burghausen: Europe's oldest hammer smithy celebrates its anniversary . In: Burghausen - News - Newspaper - Burghauser Anzeiger . ( pnp.de [accessed June 2, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Monuments Burghausen. Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, November 9, 2017, accessed on June 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Volker songs: Baualtersplan urban renovation Burghausen . In: City of Burghausen (ed.): Burghauser Geschichtsblätter . tape 34 . Burghausen 1978.

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 19.4 "  N , 12 ° 48 ′ 50.8"  E