Tobiashammer

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Tobiashammer
Tobiashammer with forged sculpture New life
Three of the five drop hammers
Half of the steam engine with 12,000 hp

The Tobiashammer is a large water-powered forge hammer system in Ohrdruf ( Thuringia ) that dates back to 1482. The Tobiashammer has been a technical monument and museum since 1983 .

history

The first hammer forge was probably built in 1482 on the course of the Ohra . In 1592 the facility was bought by Tobias Albrecht. Since then it has been called the Tobiashammer . The hammer system originally consisted of three powerful iron hammers , which were lifted by the power of a water wheel .

Iron products such as scythes , sickles , plowshares , lances and swords were produced . Later came the Copper Processing add it wash boilers (were washtub ), timpani , brewery utensils, pots, jugs and pans made. The timpani produced in the 20th century to late were "in one piece" copper under the tail hammer expelled and set up today in relation to sound a scale.

Until 1816 the Tobiashammer was owned by the Albrecht family, who sold the system that year. After that, the owners changed more often. From the middle of the 19th century, the production facilities were expanded significantly. A sheet rolling mill and a second hammer mill were built. The office building, built in 1882, now serves as a hammer tavern .

In 1972 the old, then dilapidated hammer from private ownership was bought by what was then the Ohrdruf steel forming plant.
In 1983 the Tobiashammer was opened to the public as a display facility.

Museum, technology and art

The demonstration system includes five fully functional drop hammers , a rolling mill , punching and grinding mill, and embers. The systems are still powered by four water wheels.

Since 1988 the Tobiashammer has also housed one of the largest steam engines in Europe: a twin tandem reversing large steam engine, built in 1920, with a total mass of 305 tons and an output of 12,000 hp. It comes from the former Maxhütte Unterwellenborn and was shut down in 1985. Fully functional, it is put into operation for guided tours.

The forge symposium, which has been held annually since the opening in 1983, is a specialty. B. 2009 the "Homage to Fritz Kühn " with art blacksmiths from three continents. Over the years, many well-known blacksmiths and metal sculptors created their works here, many of which, such as For example, the gigantic forged water lily by Alfred Habermann or Rüdiger Roehl Das Face still beautify the outdoor area as a sculpture park.

literature

  • Wolfgang Schmidt, Wilfried Theile: Monuments of the production and traffic history. Part 1. VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-345-00312-0
  • Eberhard Wächtler : Tobiashammer Ohrdruf. Stahlverformungswerk Ohrdruf 1987
  • Manfred Beckert: Metal design in the Tobiashammer. 25 years of the metal designer symposium in the Tobiashammer, Steinbeis Edition 2008, ISBN 3-938062-29-0
  • Tobiashammer: an art book. Publishing house for welding and related processes, DVS-Verlag 1999

Web links

Commons : Tobiashammer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thuringia Reporter of April 29, 2012, with reference 1482 u. Blacksmith symposium. Retrieved May 13, 2013.

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 6.7 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 54.4 ″  E