List of scythe factories in Austria

The list of scythe factories in Austria provides an overview of former and still producing scythe factories in Austria and the former crown lands . The list is divided into the guilds to which the scythe factories belonged. The order is based on the order used by Franz Schröckenfux in his standard work History of Austrian Scythe Works and Their Owners . Building on this, the list should be completed if possible.

Kirchdorf-Micheldorf (KM)

At the Krems

Former scythe forge at Gries (Gradnwerk) in Micheldorf , today Upper Austria. Scythe forge museum

Steinhuberhammer from the former scythe smithy Steinhub in Micheldorf

New mansion of the former scythe forge Blumau in Schlierbach

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	At the Pfuster (Pfusterschmiede)	Two cross two loafs	Micheldorf	Krems	1558 to	1904	Mentioned in a document in 1334
	Unter der Linde (Oberhaindl)	Two moonlight (cross with two crescent moons and two loafs), later also hammer and mallet	Micheldorf	Hinterburgerbach	1581	1886	before 1581 hacking forge
	Am Stein (Upper Holzinger Workshop)	Himmelkreuz (Four Cross), later King of Hungary	Micheldorf	Krems	1570	1875, at
	At the lower stone (Under the stone)		Micheldorf	Krems	1588, before	1629	united with the Schützenhub
	Schützenhub (Obere Steinhub, Untere Holzinger Werkstatt, Lindenhof)	Sun with two crescent and two stars	Micheldorf	Krems	1530 to	1904, around
	At the pinnacle (Weinmeister)	Gamskopf with three cross	Micheldorf	Krems	1569 to	1907, before
	On the hammer	Chalice , later cock	Micheldorf	Krems	1540	1641 to	united with Am Aigen
	Am Aigen (Melcherl)	Gansauge , later Emperor of Austria	Micheldorf	Krems	1587	1937, after
	Steinhub (Lower Steinhub, Faschinghub)	Wild boar , previously a factory knife	Micheldorf	Krems	1588, before	1966	today sound worlds
	Am Gries (Gradnwerk)	Chalice with host (cup), later also giraffe	Micheldorf	Krems	1550, before	1966	today Upper Austria. Scythe forge museum
	To villagers (Fellinger workshop, Kaltenbrunner)	Angle measure (turkey cross)	Micheldorf	Krems	1534	1904
	At the wind field (near the bridge, Hierzenberger)	fish bone	Micheldorf	Krems	1585	1883
	At the Haasenmühle	Fish , later wreath	Micheldorf	Krems	1576	1604, after
	The upper Absang (Saganger, Unterhaindl, Junghaindl, Edelhof)	Cross, crescent and three points , later also anchor and bass violin	Micheldorf	Krems	1595, before	1869	Sickle forge, after 1863 scythe forge
	The lower Absang (Pogner workshop)	Shamrock , later also a hat	Micheldorf	Krems	1587	1885
	Blumau	Two straw knives , later also cannon , boots and St. Wolfgang	Hausmanning ( Schlierbach )	Krems	1589, before	1952
	Astlmühle		Schlierbach	Krems	1583, before	1616 to

At the Alm

Manor house of the former scythe smithy above the Almbrücke (Geyerhammer) in Scharnstein

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	At the inner Grubbach	Arrow with Two Crosses (Simple Strall)	Grünau	Alm	1586	1914
	At the outer Grubbach (Grünau, Hierzenbergerwerk)	Kampl (comb)	Scharnstein	Alm	1587	1923
	Ob the Almbrücke (Geyerhammer, Fuxenwerkstatt)	Two crossed keys	Scharnstein	Alm	1588	1987	Geyerhammer scythe museum
	In the Schönau		Scharnstein	Alm	1585	1587	When Almbrücke rebuilt
	At the Almbrücke	Double ploughshare	Scharnstein	Alm	1587	1987	1908 with the Geyerhammer united
	Am Niederwörth (Am Moos)	A plow (between four Kreuzl and an anchor)	Scharnstein	Alm	1614	1895, after
	Redtenbacher (Hauptwerk, Paulwerk and Viktoriawerk)	Screw , chain	Scharnstein	Alm	1890	1987	rebuilt from 1890

To Teichl and Pießling

New mansion of the former scythe forge on the front Hasenberg (wine master) in Spital am Pyhrn

Former scythe forge in the Au in Spital am Pyhrn

Former scythe forge on the Schröckerherberg in Spital am Pyhrn

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	Grünau (at the rear of the Hasenberg)	key	Spital am Pyhrn	Trattenbach	1575, before
	At the front Hasenberg (Am Trattenbach, Weinmeister, Lindenhof)	Grape	Spital am Pyhrn	Trattenbach	1555	1895, at
	In the Paderau		Hinterstoder		1550 to	1659	transferred to the Radlinghof
	At the Radlinghof		Windischgarsten		1659	1668, before	transferred to the Schröckerherberg
	On the Schröckerherberg (Hierzenbergerwerk)	Wild man	Spital am Pyhrn	Teichl	1668	1961
	In the Au (Auhof)	Grobsemmel	Gleinkerau ( Spital am Pyhrn )	Teichl	1601, before	1898, after
	Roßleithen (Obere Pießling, Schröckenfux)	Scythe	Rossleithen	Pike	1594	-	still produces scythes today
	In the Moserlinggraben				1533, before	1622	on Dambach rebuilt
	Dambach	Kammrad (Brunnenradl)	Rosenau	Dambach	1622	1907	today raw
	Wire drawing	Elephant (and three arrows)	Windischgarsten	Dambach	1863	1883	before 1863 wire drawing; today museum of local history
	Kaixen (Middle Pießling)	Double roll (with two loafs and two crosses)	Rossleithen	Pike	1567, before	1906, after
	At the lower pießling (pießling)	horseshoe	Rossleithen	Pike	1527, before	1966
	Am Dürnbach (Helmlwerk)	Gutkreuz (small cross with four pots), later comet	St. Pankraz	Teichl	1569, before	1894

At the Steyr

Former scythe forge Schmiedleithen in Leonstein, today an open-air museum

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	At the Hirschenstein (Mandlbauer)	Post horn	Steyrling ( Klaus )	Traglbach	1585	1903, after
	At the Grünanger (Moserhammer)	cancer	Steyrling ( Klaus )	Traglbach	1583, before	1903, after
	On the loops (Pießlingerhammer, Zum doppelten Herrgott)	Irgen (lily)	Steyrling ( Klaus )	Traglbach	1570	1890, after
	At the hanging bridge		Steyrling ( Klaus )	Steyrling	1585 to	1627	in digging rebuilt
	In the ditch	Factory knife (transverse knife ), later Tsar of Russia	Klaus	Steyr	1627	1874
	In the Garnweit (Kollerwerk in der Ramsau, An der Palten)	Seven star	Ramsau ( Molln )	Columns	1584 to	1899
	The Agonitz	Krone , later also hoe and mower	Agonitz near Leonstein	Steyr	1860	after 1905	before 1860 Zeugstatt (sawmill)
	Strub (Fürstenhammer, Blumau near Molln)	Two fish	Breitenau ( Molln )	Crooked Steyrling	1574	1901
	Gstad	Libra	Minor	Crooked Steyrling	1780	1962	before 1780 hammer mill
	Blacksmith at the hammer		Minor	Crooked Steyrling	1864		Merged with Gstadt in 1870
	On the Furth	Three cross with two rolls (old: Fleicherbarte )	Furth near Leonstein / Obergrünburg ( Grünburg )	Schmiedleitner Bach (Rinnerbach)	1572	1871, after
	Schmiedleithen (Moserleithen)	Hammer (alternating cross, loaf / bread roll, tipfel )	Schmiedleithen near Leonstein / Obergrünburg ( Grünburg )	Schmiedleitner Bach (Rinnerbach)	1603, before	1967	today Schmiedleithen open-air museum
	Lance hammer		Priethal near Leonstein / Obergrünburg ( Grünburg )	Schmiedleitner Bach (Rinnerbach)	1603	1612, after
	Priethal	Two swords	Priethal near Leonstein / Obergrünburg ( Grünburg )	Schmiedleitner Bach (Rinnerbach)	1550	1866
	Under heaven	Two crescent moons (a star in the middle)	Unterhimmel at Christkindl ( Garsten , today Steyr )	Alte Steyr (Himmlitzer Bach, Fischerbach)	1787	1799	before 1787 copper hammer

On the lower Enns and in the Traunviertel

"Sengstschmied-Kapelle" at the former scythe smithy in Pechgraben

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	Im Pöchgraben (Pechgraben)	Hanging crescent (with three crosses)	Losenstein		1602, before	1888
	In the Rodelsbach	Three (two) hearts and three crosses	Large framing		1607, before	1870
	The new scythe hammer to Losenstein	Three hearts ; Dairymaid ; triangle	Losenstein		1875	1906	before 1875 stuffing shop
	Light mill	Angel with a scythe	Losenstein	Laussabach	1787	1999	temporarily belonged to W; today Sensenwerk Sonnleithner GmbH
	Riedmühl (To Einsiedling near Vorchdorf)	Mercury rod	Vorchdorf		1863
	To Weinbach near St. Wolfgang	St. Wolfgang in a portrait	St. Wolfgang		1782	1860 to	with MK since 1845
	To Wimsbach near Wels		Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting		1600 to	1663, after	today the Hackenschmiede open-air museum

Freistadt (F)

Manor house of the former scythe forge Riedlhammer zu Gutau

Former scythe forge Rößlhammer in Hammern ( Leopoldschlag )

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	Johanneshammer zu Pernlesdorf	John's tongue (surrounded by five stars)	Pernlesdorf near Kaplitz , Czech Republic	Maltsch (Malše)	1787	1873, after
	Theresienhammer zu Pernlesdorf	A straw knife (a heart on each side)	Pernlesdorf near Kaplitz , Czech Republic	Maltsch (Malše)	1785	1874
	Geyerhammer (German Moserhammer, Ederhammer, Eisenziehmühle)	Globe (with cross and two moon shades)	Hammering ( Leopoldschlag )	Maltsch	1590, before	1878, after
	Karpfenhammer (Bohemian Moserhammer, Herrenmühle)	carp	Zettwing (Cetviny, a district of Dolní Dvořiště , Czech Republic )	Maltsch	1590, before	1880 to
	Rößlhammer to Zettwing	Two crossed straw knives (with two points and two crosses)	Hammering ( Leopoldschlag )	Maltsch	1589 to	1893
	Saghammer in Harrachsthal	Three crowns	Harrachsthal ( Weitersfelden )	Black aist	1787	1882
	Oberhammer in Ritzenedt	A crescent moon (with a hexagonal star)	Ritzenedt ( Weitersfelden )	Black aist	1793	1900	temporarily belonged to KM
	On the Hangleithen (Hangenleithen)	Two scythes standing against each other	Florenthein ( St. Oswald )	Feistritz	1621, before	1883
	Am Aigen (Markthammer zu St. Oswald)	Lying cross (two rolls on the left and right, one heart each on top and bottom)	St. Oswald	Feistritz	1614	1886
	Hammerl (pounding hammer)	Maltese cross (three Maltese crosses with two loafs)	Herzogreith ( St. Leonhard )	Stampfenbach	1591	1894, after	temporarily belonged to KM
	Riedlhammer	Double-headed eagle (in a pearl wreath without imperial insignia)	Gutau	Waldaist	1609, before	1896, before	temporarily belonged to KM
	At the stone (Kepplingerhammer)	Right arm (in the fist a sword, right and left a star and the letter K)	Oberstiftung ( Leonfelden )	Steinbach	1824	1849

Mattighofen (MK)

Manor house "Kaltenbrunner" in Schalchen

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	Unter der Leiten (Höpfling)	Cross with four crescent moons	at Mattighofen		1601, before	1860, after
	To Unterlochen (Moser)		Punch at the lake	Kühlbach	1601, before	1952
	In the chapels near Unterlochen (top hammer)	Unicorn , formerly bear and squirrel	at Mattighofen	Matty	1601, before	1846	after 1846 pan forge
	In the Schalchen (Stegholzerschmiede, Kaltenbrunner)	heart	Bowl	Brunnbach	1601, before	1931
	To wall churches	Three hammers	Wall churches		1696, before	1847, after
	On the Edt	Slide rule (a sickle on both sides)	Lordship of Braunau		1601, before	1633, after
	Am Moos (To Oberlochen)		Lordship of Wildenau		1601, before	1633, after	Two scythe hammers
	To but		Parish Jeging		1601, before	1697, after
	To Mairwies		near Höfen ( Helpfau-Uttendorf )		1601, before	1844, after	later pan forge
	To Uttendorf (To Lohnau)		Helpfau-Uttendorf		1601, before	1843, after
	To Easter Mountain		Ranshofen ( Braunau )		1843, before	1860, after	Sickle forge
	Sieglau		Eden ( Höhnhart )		1843, before	1860, after	later hammer forge
	To Weinbach near St. Wolfgang	St. Wolfgang in a portrait	St. Wolfgang		1782	1860 to	before 1845 at KM
	To Mondsee	Curled snake , before half moon two cross three loafs	Mondsee	Zeller Ache	1656, before
	To Thalgau		Thalgau		1604	1870

Waidhofen (W)

Former sickle and scythe forge by the stream in Opponitz, today sickle museum

Manor house of the former scythe forge Streckmühle (Randegg)

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	Greisenegger-Hammer (Am Weißenbach)	Cross and four crescent moons	Waidhofen	Weissenbach
	In the great Koth (at the front Weißenbach)	Cross and four crescent moons	Waidhofen	Weissenbach	1784
		Three swords	Waidhofen
	On the back stone	cancer	Waidhofen		1593, before	1901, after
	Handel's hammer		Waidhofen
	Am Hartbüchl (Reichenauer Hammer)	horseshoe	Waidach ( Waidhofen )		1771	1832, after
	Am unter Hartriegl (In der Wirthsrotte)	Bunch of grapes , later saber (with crescent moon and sun)	Waidhofen		1717	1860, after
	On the Gaisleithen (Zeitlinger)	Ilgen (lily), later two fishing rods	Waidhofen		1601, um	1932
	At the Pöllgraben (Schwölledt)	Chalice (Cup)	Waidhofen		1724, before	1895, before
	At the lime kiln in the Sommerau	Rössl	Waidhofen		1719	1898, after
	At the Kroissenhammer (Altmannsleiner Hammer, Upper Bammerwerk)	Kampl (comb)	Waidhofen	Schwarzbach	1676, before	1890, after
	At the Altlischer Hammer in the water suburb ("Adlerhammer", Lower Bammerwerk)	Bread roll	Waidhofen		1707	1954
		Two swords	Waidhofen		1650 to	1860, after
	At the Kaltenbüchl in the water suburb	star	Waidhofen		1783	1850 to	previously hammer and knüttelschmiede
	Hammer am Bach (Pießlinger Hammer)	Acorn	Opponitz		1620	1895, after	today sickle museum
	Am Grübl (Am Griebl)	Post horn (with cross)	Opponitz		1622	1900, after	Sickle hammer
	Am Erl (Stokinger Hammer)	Rider with horse	Opponitz		1808	1893, after	Sickle hammer, previously hammer and knackler forge
	To Göstling	Coat of arms with two lilies , later a bear	Göstling on the Ybbs		1878	1930 to	before Zerrennhammer
	Krumpmühle	One star (surrounded by six loafs)	Ybbsitz		1784	1892	before Pfannhammer
	In the Sporken (Spörkenhammer, Compagniehammer)	Two hearts , earlier orb , later jug	Gresten		1630, before
	Streckmühle (Zu Randegg)	Jug	Randegg		1840, around
	Am Kühberg (Am Kienberg)	Standing lion	Altenreith ( Gaming )		1608, before	1889
	In the Boding	Vat (Boding), later anchor (on both sides of a heart)	Frankenfels		1808	1860, after
	An der Jessnitz (To St. Anton)	last elephant	St. Anton	Jessnitz	1600	1849
	To Neustift	Aar (with addition EM)	Neustift ( Scheibbs )		1829	1880, after	Sickle hammer
	At the Heuberg	pitchfork	Scheibbs		1828
	To Purgstall	unicorn	Purgstall		1780	1800 to
	To Perwart near Steinakirchen	Jug	Perwarth			1840, before	before 1840 exchanged with Streckmühle at Randegg

Hainfeld (H)

Manor house of the former scythe forge in Schildbach, Türnitz (Zeillingerhaus)

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	To goiter peat		Sankt Veit an der Gölsen		1763, at	1808, after
	Zehethofhammer	Three swords	Hainfeld		1656, before	1810, after
	Rohrhammer (Fruhwirth)	Two anchors (one star on top)	Hainfeld		1817		before pipe hammer
	In the Landsthal	A loaf, two crescents, four pits	Hainfeld
	In Bergau		Hainfeld
	Teschenhammer	Two crossed swords (a crescent moon on either side)	Hainfeld		1819
	Lehenhammer ( Mayr's scythe hammer)	Two crescents and five loafs	Hainfeld		1648	1818, after
	Oberhammer (In the Ramsau)	Two swords	Ramsau		1652, before	1880, after
	In Schildbach	Two crossed pistols	Türnitz		1826	1950
	First Steinbichler scythe hammer	pear	Türnitz		1846	1883	before wire drawing
	Second Steinbichler scythe hammer	Gazelle , later crown and globe	Türnitz		1866	1950
	In the summer mill		Türnitz
	Copper hammer		Grafendorf

Rottenmann (R)

Manor house of the former Pfeifferhammer scythe forge in St. Gallen

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	To Schladming		Schladming		1620, before	1738 at
	Weißenbach above Liezen	Deer head	Weissenbach	Schretekbach ( Enns )	1565, before	1895, before
	On the Fuxlucken (Zu Lassing)		Lassing	Döllachbach ( Enns )	1656, before	1810
	In the gorge near Rottenmann	Styrian panther , early sun	Rottenmann	Strechaubach ( Enns )	1612, before	1892
	First scythe hammer in Rottenmann	(Hungarian) crown	Rottenmann		1635 to	1848
	Second scythe hammer in Rottenmann	Rose with four crosses	Rottenmann		1635, after	1842, after	later hammer and rolling mill
	To Singstorf	Crescent moon with three cross	St. Lorenzen	Singsdorferbach ( Palten )	1602, before	1868
	On Dietmannsberg	Two swords on either side of a cross	Admont	Dietmannsbach ( Enns )	1681, before	1905, around	previously hoe smith and wire drawing
	Front scythe hammer to Admont	Cross with four crescent moons	Admont		1630, before	1876, after
	In the Mühlau (Schröckenfux)		Hall at Admont	Eßlingbach ( Enns )	1882	1906	before wire drawing
	New scythe hammer for St. Gallen (Mayer and Wildenhofer, Koller)	Flaming heart in a laurel wreath; Winged dragon with scythe	St. Gallen	Billbach ( Enns )	1883	1958	previously stuff forge
	Front scythe hammer in Spitzenbach	Chamois eye	St. Gallen	Spitzbach ( Enns )	1643, before	1903, after
	Lower scythe hammer in Spitzenbach (Pfeifferhammer)	heart	St. Gallen	Spitzbach ( Enns )	1592, before	1900, before

Judenburg (J)

Former scythe forge Wasserleith in St. Marein

Manor house of the former scythe forge in Eppenstein

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	Rothenthurm (Am Feistritzgraben)	Two cross (left a loaf, right a half moon)	Rothenthurm ( St. Peter )	Feistritzbach ( Mur )	1683	1890	before wire drawing
	Forcherhammer (rear scythe hammer in Möschitzgraben)	Fine rolls	Möschitzgraben ( St. Peter )	Möschitzbach ( Mur )	1671	1890	previously hacking forge
	Ebnerhammer (Vorderer Sensenhammer in Möschitzgraben)	Sun	Möschitzgraben ( St. Peter )	Möschitzbach ( Mur )	1660 to	1890	previously an armory
	Stögmüllerhammer in Möschitzgraben	Rössl	Möschitzgraben ( St. Peter )	Möschitzbach ( Mur )	1672	1892	before Zerrennhammer
	To Warbach (Sabathy-Hammer, Reiterer Sensenschmiede)	Three crosses	Warbach ( shelter )	Granitzenbach	1670, before	1886, around
	Hammer mill to shelter		Warbach ( shelter )	Granitzenbach	1862	1875	before hammer mill
	Pan hammer to Knittelfeld	Bell jar	Knittelfeld		1855	1870, before	before pan hammer
	Hackenschmiede in Eppenstein	Three anchors , two scimitar , crescent moon with three stars	Eppenstein		1860	1890, before	previously hacking forge
	To Eppenstein	Two standing swords (between a cross and two loafs)	Eppenstein	Granitzenbach	1677, before	1913	originally an armory
	To Hopfgarten near Weißkirchen	Two crossed swords (right a cross, left a loaf)	Weisskirchen	Feistritzbach	1630, before	1857
	In Judenburg	Cross with four pits	Judenburg		1662	1675	Transferred to the Möderbruck in 1675
	On the Möderbruck (Möderbrugg)	Maria with the child	Möderbrugg	Pusterwaldbach ( Pöls )	1675	1969
	To Pöls	Easter lamb with flag	Pöls	Pöls	1853		before hammer mill
	Passhammer above Judenburg	Two cross (with four points)	Passhammer ( Pöls )	Pöls	1654 to
	To Knittelfeld (Zeilinger)	Russian Cross (actually Spanish Cross)	Knittelfeld	Sachendorferbach ( Mur )	1660 to	1951
	Sachendorf	Cossack , stork	Sachendorf ( Spielberg )	Sachendorferbach ( Mur )	1850	1904	previously steel and stretching hammer
	In der Gall (Schattenberg-Gaal)	Two swords	Schattenberg ( Gaal )		1859	1929
	Wasserberg near Knittelfeld	Train of four , Wasserberg Castle	Gaal		1883	1885	previously steel hammers
	Wasserleith (Weinmeister, Handwerkenschlössl)	Christmas tree , later plow , locomotive	St. Marein	Feistritzbach	1716	1910	previously an armory
	To Mautern		Mautern		1860	1862	before hammer mill
	In the desert	tulip	St. Stefan near Friesach	Einöderbach	1663, before	1835, around

Kindberg (K)

Manor house of the former Kindthal scythe factory in Kindberg

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	Prince hammer	Two fishing rods, later a cross with loafs	Kindberg		1628, before	1874, after
	Schmölzer hammer	Three swords	Kindberg		1628, before	1904, after
	Hillebrand hammer	Crescent moon with three stars	Kindberg		1789, after	1893, after
	Kindthal (Reichenberg-Hammer, Trade Lock , Friedau Castle)	Three lilies	Kindberg	Mürz	1818	1870	before stretching and sheet metal hammer
	Salmut Hammer (Zeitlinger)		Kindberg		1867, before	1894, after
	Hammer in Kindberg	cups	Kindberg		1806	1808
	At the Freßnitzbach	Two crossed arrows	Freßnitz ( Krieglach )	Freßnitzbach	1646	1852, after
	On the Schwöbing (Furth)	Comb , before lying ladder (above two crescent moons, below three lines)	Krieglach		1630, before	1893
	On the Schwöbing	St. Andrew's Cross (a crescent moon below and above, a loaf on both sides)	Langenwang		1630, before	1862
	Markthammer in Mürzzuschlag	star	Mürzzuschlag		1640, before	1877 to
	At the Semmering	Tulipan (tulip), rose	Spital am Semmering		1738, before	1906
	Otterthal	Satyr , later a teapot	Otterthal		1853, before	1853, after
	Offenbach near Kirchberg	Heart (pierced by two crossed swords)	Kirchberg am Wechsel		1660 to	1895, at
	In the Breitenau (Am Rasgraben, Schafferwerk)	Rake	Breitenau		1649, at	1900
	In the gases	Crescent moon with three stars	Gases		1870, around
	Punch		Punch
	On the rats (Rettenegg, Zeilingerhammer)	A sword	Rettenegg		1697, at	1882
	To Arzberg	Man with scythe , later Five Crowns , Easter lamb , locomotive	Arzberg		1860 to	1882, after
	To Goess	Two crescent moons (a cross and a loaf)	Goess ( Leoben )		1700, before	1839
	To St. Katharein an der Laming	Two lilies	St. Katharein		1894	1907
	Kammerhof	Milanese crown (pierced from bottom to top by a sword), later bell	near Kirchberg an der Pielach		1835

Ubelbach (ÜB)

Manor house of the former Kleinthal scythe factory in Übelbach

Former Scythe factory in Deutschfeistritz

Historical photo of Sensenwerke Krenhof, Köflach, ca.1900

image	House name	character	place	Waters	Foundation (year)	Shutdown (year)	Remarks
	In the Kleinthal (first scythe hammer in Übelbach)	Seven stars	Ubelbach	Ubelbach	1597, before	1900, around
	Second scythe hammer in Übelbach	Three sabers	Ubelbach	Ubelbach	1741, before	1878, after	previously nail forge
	Third scythe hammer in Übelbach	Three wine knives	Ubelbach	Ubelbach	1805	1887, before	before pan hammer
	To Waldstein	Fox	Waldstein ( Deutschfeistritz )		1870, before		before hammer mill
	To Deutsch-Feistritz	Hungarian saber	Deutschfeistritz		1819	1984	today the Museum Sensenwerk Deutschfeistritz
	In the Kainach	Globe (above a cross)	Kainach	Kainach	1688, before	1865, before
	Krenhof	Two scythes , a dog , two anchors , later a diamond with a crown, etc.	Köflach		1860, after	1975, after	today Krenhof AG
	Mosdorfer (blade and sickle forge in Weiz)	Swords and sabers (one sword and two saber blades crossed)	Wheat		1784	1945	today the Mosdorfer factory museum
	Too lonely	Owl , jumping deer	Kapfenberg		1860, before		before hammer mill
	To Eibiswald	Barrel ladder	Eibiswald		1754, after	1836, before
	To Rottenbach	Crescent (pierced by a sword), later ox head , hand	Windischgraz , Slovenia		1792	1907, after	previously hoe and nail smiths
	St. Lorenzen ob Marburg	Diana , grouse , later parrot , crocodile , two fencers	St. Lorenzen , Slovenia		1878	1886, after

Himmelberg (HI)

• Klein- Glödnitz
• In the Gasteigen zu Himmelberg
• Ressersche Scythe Union of Himmelberg
• On the Tratten to Himmelberg
• To Feistritz (today's name: Liebenfels ) near St. Veit an der Glan
• Aubach
• City hammer in Wolfsberg
• Alluvial rats zu Wolfsberg, converted into a scythe factory in 1867, today the Johann Offner group of companies
• Upper Ferlach

Neumarktl in Krain (N)

• 5 scythe factories in Neumarktl and the surrounding area (Slovenia)
• 3 scythe factories in Neustadtl and the surrounding area (Slovenia)

Tyrol

• 2 scythe factories in Hopfgarten
• To Klein-Zell near St. Johann in the lower Inn Valley
• In the Sauwinkel near Zell in the Zillertal
• Scythe forge in Zell im Zillertal
• A scythe forge in the Zillertal
• Scythe forge Jenbach

Lombardy

• Lovere on Lake Iseo ( Italy )

Galicia

• Poronin near Neu Sandez ( Poland )

Hungary

• Vajda-Hunyad (iron market) in Transylvania ( Romania )

swell

literature

• Franz Schröckenfux: History of the Austrian scythe works and their owners. Linz / Achern 1975.
• Josef Zeitlinger: Scythes, scythe smiths and their technology. In: Yearbook of the Association for Regional Studies and Home Care in the Upper Danube Gau (= yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Year 91). Linz 1944, pp. 13–178 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Otto Kalab: The 12 Micheldorfer scythe-smith workshops. Micheldorf 1934.
• Gerhart Kriechbaum: Helmhart VIII. Jörger, the Scharnstein rule and the scythe works in the Almtal. Scharnstein 2008.
• Reinhold Jagersberger: The self-representation of the Styrian iron industry through architecture with special consideration of the residences built from the 16th to the 19th century by wheel masters, hammer lords and iron laymen. Graz 2012 ( PDF on uni-graz.at).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Jordan, SMALL TOOL MUSEUM Accessed January 7, 2012