Heinrichshütte (Hamm)

The Heinrichshütte was an ironworks near Hamm (Sieg) in the Westerwald, Altenkirchen district . It existed from 1650 to 1927. The owners were, among others, the Prussian state , the Siegen entrepreneur Dresler and the “Wissener Bergwerks- und Hütten-AG”.

Ores from the “ Huth ”, “ Hohegrete ”, “ Petersbach ” and “Pfaffenseifen” mines from the area were processed in the hut . There was a rail connection to Au (Sieg) .

The “Heinrichs Hütte” settlement was built around the hut, west of Hamm, before there were two windmills. In 1831 the settlement had three houses.

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• Ute Bosbach: Searching for traces in Eisenland - On the way on ore roads and miners ' paths, amadeusmedien, November 2006. ISBN 3-9808936-8-5
• Association community Hamm / Sieg - Höfe

Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 1.6 ″  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 47 ″  E