Spörken (municipality of Gresten)
Spörken is part of the market town of Gresten in Lower Austria .
Spörken is directly attached to the south of Gresten and extends to just before Stiebar Castle . In the 18th century, Spörken was a center of the iron processing industry; A large scythe forge, a Gschmeidler, three locksmiths, a needler, a pan smith and two nail smiths were located here on a very small area.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wenzel Carl Wolfgang Blumenbach : Latest regional studies of Austria under the Ens , Volume 2, Verlag Carl Reichard, Güns 1835. P. 338.