Freudenthaler Sensenhammer Industrial Museum
The Freudenthaler Sensenhammer industrial museum in the Schlebusch district of Leverkusen is a historic scythe factory.
history
The first hammer mill in Freudenthal an der Dhünn was built in 1778. The merchant Derick van Hees had received sovereign permission to build a horizontal hammer. At that time no scythes were made. Rather, steel blanks were made for various purposes. In 1815 the manufacturer Caspar Lange took over the company, who among other things had the hammer building expanded. The production of sickles and scythes began in 1837 when the Kuhlmann family took over. In 1890 a boiler house with a chimney for a steam engine was built. A feed-in contract was concluded in 1906 with the Bergische Electrizitäts-Werk located in Solingen. In 1914 over 200,000 scythes and straw knives were made. In 1987 the Freudenthaler scythe hammer of the scythe factory HP Kuhlmann Söhne was shut down.
The museum has been headed by the qualified restorer Jürgen Bandsom since July 2019, succeeding Wilhelm Matthies.
Industrial museum
An industrial museum has been set up here since spring 2005. It shows the buildings and workplaces that have largely been preserved in their original state. The individual steps of scythe manufacture are explained on these. Regular blacksmithing demonstrations give you an impression of the former working world. The museum is also the venue for exhibitions, theater performances, and concerts. For example, the Leverkusen Jazz Days take place here. Private parties can then be held here. Couples can also say yes to one another in the factory halls.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Sabine Neumann: When the hammer strikes . In: VDI news . October 6, 2017, ISSN 0042-1758 , p. 28 .
- ↑ a b The Freudenthaler Sensenhammer - With heart and hammer blow, accessed on March 17, 2016
- ↑ RP online from July 23, 2019: Personnel change: New boss at the Sensenhammer Industrial Museum , accessed on July 23, 2019
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '52.3 " N , 7 ° 3' 18.5" E