Worm hammer

Schneckenhammer is a district of the district town of Wunsiedel in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains ( Upper Franconia ). In 2000 eight people lived in Schneckenhammer.

geography

The two properties are located 1.8 kilometers east of the core town of Wunsiedel, in the Röslau valley on the Röslauweg hiking trail of the Fichtelgebirgsverein .

history

In 1499 the “Hammer ob Wynersreut” was mentioned in the land register of the six offices, which supplied the Wunsiedler harness makers with sheet metal. In the middle of the 17th century, the hammer mill was converted into a grinding mill, which ceased operations in 1980.

literature

• Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 , p. 585-586 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Migration motif investigation in Wunsiedel ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Supreme building authority in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport, 2012, p. 7. Retrieved on May 27, 2015. 
2. ↑ Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtelgebirge, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land: Lexikon, pp. 585-586

Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′  N , 12 ° 2 ′  E