Sulfur works
Schwefelwerk is a district of Johanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge district of the Free State of Saxony. It is located in the west of the municipality on the Erzengler Mountains .
history
The district, which has only a few houses, goes back to a factory on Erzengelweg (today the lower section is called Schwefelwerkstraße ), which produced vitriol , sulfur and arsenic . The plant was built by Christoph Gündel after the electoral license was granted on July 18, 1764, and was operated until 1847. It processed ores from the nearby Trades Hope Fundgrube am Schwefelbach , which at that time was building on several sulfur and arsenic gravel deposits up to two meters thick . The name was therefore also trade-hope-sulfur and vitriol hut . In 1785 a Hungarian melting furnace and a so-called tubular melting furnace were put into operation in the sulfur works under the sulfur and vitriol master Christian Sigismund Becher (1733–1792).
In 1824 August Heinrich Gruner acquired the vitriol and sulphurous factory, Handwerken Hoffnung, in response to a demand for 4000 thalers from the merchant Friedrich Nicolai, which he resumed and operated at a great loss. In 1828 he sold it including the associated treasure trove for the same amount to his four children Amalie Augusta Priem in Wildenthal, Eduard Emil Gruner in Leipzig, Liddy Emilie Gruner and Milka Nathalia Gruner.
The following production figures are available for 1802: 85 tons of vitriol and 2.6 tons of sulfur. Annual income: approx. 3000 thalers. In 1847 0.4 t of arsenic was produced for the last time.
Subsequently, the dismantling of the Trades Hope Treasure Trove shifted to Bismut . The mine was consolidated with United Feld im Fastenberg in August 1911 .
The first sulfur hut in the area was built in 1624 on the Schwarzen Seye, where there was also a sulfur mine. This sulfur hut was only in operation for a short time and is referred to as the old sulfur hut in 1664 in the Berainung district .
Until 1937 the settlement consisted only of the buildings of the former sulfur works. In the 1950s, more houses were built by the Wismut that served as mass accommodation for the Wismut employees. After the demise of bismuth mining and the associated decline in population at the end of the 1950s, the buildings continued to be used as youth and holiday homes and, since the fall of the Wall, for tourism.
This is the end point of the ridge trail . The Erzengler Kunstgraben ran to the west of Schwefelwerk .
Individual evidence
- ^ Yearbook for mining and metallurgy in the Kingdom of Saxony. Born in 1912 (statistics from 1911). S.B50
- ↑ Meßtischblatt 5542: Johanngeorgenstadt, 1937. Retrieved on March 9, 2014 .
- ↑ J. Maier, B. Kadner, Th. Rahn: Optimization of infrastructure offers and upgrading of living conditions in regions with a sharp decline in population. Model region Western Ore Mountains. (PDF; 2.56 MB) Partial report 5: Housing industry. Analysis of sub-markets and actor constellations. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 9, 2014 ; accessed on March 9, 2014 . 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.
Web links
- Pit of the Trades Hope (Deutsche Fotothek). Retrieved March 17, 2014 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ' N , 12 ° 42' E