Seigerhütte Wernigerode

The Seigerhütte Wernigerode was an early modern ironworks near the city of Wernigerode on the northern edge of the Harz . It mainly served the processing of the ores found within the county of Wernigerode , but also processed copper ore from Rammelsberg near Goslar .

history

In 1511, Count Botho zu Stolberg allowed the construction of a Seigerhütte at the same place or near a Schleifkote mentioned in 1413 not far from the Holtemme near Wernigerode. Heinrich Schreiber from Halberstadt , who also had the Schreiberteich built, and his partners from Braunschweig secured this right . The founding of the Seigerhütte Wernigerode is said to be due to the Portuguese demand for metals and products in Antwerp at the time . The operators of the Saigerhütte “could sell their cookware to Jakob Schütze, who set up a copper hammer near the Saigerhütte, or in Braunschweig at the copper-processing trades there.”

Contemporary witnesses

Today, the Seigerhüttenweg in Wernigerode is a reminder of the location of the old ironworks, which at the beginning of the 17th century briefly served as the residence of the ruling Count of Stolberg.

Individual evidence

^ Ekkehard Westermann : Eisleben Garkupfer and its significance for the European copper market from 1460 to 1560 . Böhlau, Cologne, Vienna 1971, ISBN 978-3-412-09571-0 , pp. 111 f . (Dissertation, University of Marburg).

51.845291 10.786819Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 43 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 12.5 ″ E

[1] Ekkehard Westermann : Eisleben Garkupfer and its significance for the European copper market from 1460 to 1560 . Böhlau, Cologne, Vienna 1971, ISBN 978-3-412-09571-0 , pp. 111 f . (Dissertation, University of Marburg).