Thigh hammer
The thigh hammer at Ebnath was a hammer located at the northern exit of the village . It was driven by the water of the Fichtelnaab and still existed after the departure of the village hammer Ebnath .
history
Since the beginning of the 17th century, two hammers have been mentioned at Ebnath, one of which is the hammer in the village and the other the "Überen Hammer", later called the "Schenkelhammer". It is believed that this work was built between 1470 and 1500. In 1670, Hans Sigmund Schreyer sat here , he had to pay 2 fl 52 Kr "ordinari 2/3 land tax". On January 18, 1684, his daughter Barbara married the master carpenter and builder Johann Schenkl , son of the smelter Georg Schenkl uf der Hütten (today Warmensteinach ). Since that time the hammer has been called "Schenkelhammer".
In the vernacular it is also called Hobacht , because the traffic route from the Fichtelberg led through the courtyard of the hammer and when the hammer's stove was emptied, a journeyman ran outside and warned the cattle and drovers passing by with a loud shout "Watch out!" to avoid any fear of the animals because of the flying sparks. The factory was still in operation in 1872, then it was shut down and a mirror glass loop was installed in the building . Ultimately, this was also converted into a power station and a wood-wool planing shop was still operated here for a while .
literature
- Hans Müller-Ihl: Hofmark Ebnath. Home on the upper Fichtelnaab. Ebnath community administration, Coburg 1979.
- H. Schellein: From the iron hammers on the upper Fichtelnaab. In: Hans Müller-Ihl (1979), pp. 215-221.
- Herbert Sturm: Historical Atlas of Bavaria: Kemnath. District judge Waldeck-Kemnath with sub-office Pressath. Munich 1975, in: Hans Müller-Ihl (1979), pp. 47-122.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Altbayern Series I, issue 40: Kemnath. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1975, p. 326.
Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '12.2 " N , 11 ° 56" 20.1 " E