Hammer smithy Inzersdorf
The former hammer mill Inzersdorf is a partially preserved industrial monument in Inzersdorf in the Kremstal in the Kirchdorf an der Krems district . From 1836 it was one of the industrial companies of the scythe manufacturer Caspar Zeitlinger and later belonged to the scythe forge Blumau . The hammer mill mansion was a listed building until 2018.
location
The hammer mill is located in the center of Inzersdorf between Pettenbacher Straße (main street) and the Inslingbach, which is now run underground in this area. The former manor house and an outbuilding are currently still preserved.
history
The founding of the forge is possibly related to the neighboring Inzersdorf Castle .
The oldest surviving business letters date from 1794. The present appearance of the manor house goes back to a renovation under the hacking smith Joseph Schleifer at the beginning of the 19th century. His wife Eva Maria Schleiferin died in 1816 at the age of 58, followed in 1822 by Joseph Schleifer at the age of 59. Under the successors Ignaz and Theresia Schleifer there was an executive auction in 1836, the property was estimated at 9591 guilders .
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In 1836, the Micheldorfer scythe manufacturer Caspar Zeitlinger took over the hammer forge and ran it from then on as one of his plants. In 1852 Caspar Zeitlinger's brother Michael Zeitlinger appeared as the owner.
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On January 1, 1855, his son Michael Zeitlinger (1830–1902) took over the hammer mill for 5,000 guilders. His first three sons were born in the manor house of the hammer mill: Adam Zeitlinger (1853–1934) later became Scythe Factory, Vice Mayor and honorary citizen in Waidhofen an der Ybbs . Michael Zeitlinger (1854–1902) was also a scythe maker in Waidhofen. Franz Zeitlinger (1855–1941) became authorized signatory of the Wertheim & Schmölzer company and head of the Wasserleith scythe factory as well as mayor and honorary citizen of St. Marein near Knittelfeld . A younger son Heinrich Zeitlinger emigrated to Amsterdam and founded the scientific publishing house Swets & Zeitlinger there . On April 15, 1856, Michael Zeitlinger handed the hammer forge back to his parents in Blumau; he had already taken over Lauterbach Castle from his in-laws the year before. In 1867 he bought the Salmut’s scythe forge in Kindberg , but returned to Inzersdorf again in 1876.
As early as 1860, Michael's brother Caspar Zeitlinger had taken over the scythe factory in Blumau and thus also the hammer mill Inzersdorf from his parents and henceforth operated as Mich. Zeitlinger's son, Blumau . In 1886 the records in the books of accounts ended.
In 1902 Michael Zeitlinger died in the mansion of the hammer forge.
The manor house was used as a municipal office and registry office until 2017 and was the only listed historical building in Inzersdorf until 2018.
meaning
According to an industrial ID from 1852, Hammer-, Huf u. Hackenschmiede Inzersdorf on 2 hammers made of 450 quintals of pig iron and 400 muth charcoal, 380 quintals of hammer tools, shovels and plows worth 6000 guilders, employed 4 workers and paid 1500 guilders wages. The sales area was the immediate vicinity as far as Linz and Steyr ; it was mainly produced for domestic demand. The products were marked with the “cannon” sign from the Blumau scythe factory.
For comparison: The Blumau scythe factory produced 500-600 quintals (42,000 pieces) scythes worth 21,000 guilders on 3 hammers from 800 quintals of crude steel and 800-900 Muth charcoal, with 26 workers and 6000 guilders receiving wages. The main sales markets for the Blumauer scythes at that time were Brody , Frankfurt am Main and Geneva .
Buildings
The hammer forge ensemble originally consisted of several buildings.
Mansion
The representatively designed mansion is a free-standing, two-storey longitudinal building with a rectangular floor plan. Its gable roof is covered with plain tiles. All the windows on the upper floor have remarkable wrought iron window baskets in classicist shapes. The entire building is strictly symmetrical and has 7 window axes on the long sides and 2 window axes on the gable sides. The window baskets above the two front doors in the central axis of the long sides are more elaborately ornamented and bear the initials "JS". Various renovations in the 20th century changed the appearance of the building: the south side was smoothly plastered, the north and west sides were clad with Eternit panels. An impression of the original, classicist Biedermeier facade design with diversified grooving on the ground floor and pilaster structure on the upper floor is best provided by the east gable side.
After the monument protection was lifted in 2018, the community plans to demolish the manor house and replace it with a new building.
Outbuildings
To the north of the manor there is a small outbuilding with a beaver-tailed hipped roof. The building was used as a stable.
Wrought
The smithy was located north of the manor house and outbuildings and was operated via the neighboring castle pond with the water of the Inslingbach. The building was demolished in the first half of the 20th century.
Smithy
To the east of the forge was the so-called “Schmiedstadel”. In 1926–1927, shortly after the primary school was built, it was converted into a school chapel, which served as Inzersdorf's church until the new branch church was consecrated in 1975. The Schmiedstadel was demolished in 1975.
See also
literature
- Franz Schröckenfux: History of the Austrian scythe works and their owners . Linz - Achern, 1975
Individual evidence
- ↑ OÖLA, Kirchdorf-Micheldorfer Sensenschmieden, Sch. 73: Business letters, Hammerschmiede zu Inzersdorf 1794-1865
- ^ Parish Kirchdorf, death register IV
- ↑ ANNO, Linzer Zeitung of June 13, 1836, p. 3
- ↑ OÖLA, Kirchdorf-Micheldorfer Sensenschmieden, Hs. 32: Income and expenditure of the hammer mill in Inzersdorf 1836-1846
- ^ OÖLA, Kirchdorf-Micheldorfer Sensenschmieden, Hs. 51: Registration book for iron made in Inzersdorf 1844-1847
- ↑ Upper Austria. Scythe forge museum, Blumau copy book 1853-1856, industrial ID card 1852
- ↑ Upper Austria. Scythe forge museum, main book Hammerschmiede Inzersdorf, Strazze for Inzersdorf, M. Zeitlinger's son
- ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/kirchdorf/c-lokales/inzersdorf-eine-gemeinde-mit-zukunft_a3188346
- ↑ https://www.dioezese-linz.at/pfarre/4500/informationen/geschichtliches