Gun hammer (Presseck)

Gun hammer Presseck market Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 36 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 19 ″  E
Height :	402 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	0  (1987)
Postal code :	95355
Area code :	09222

Waffenhammer main building

Waffenhammer is a district of the Presseck market in the Upper Franconian district of Kulmbach .

The single settlement is located in the valley of the Lower Steinach immediately next to the Steinachklamm . It is connected to the neighboring village of Wildenstein via a country road and to Neumühle via a hiking trail .

As a weapon hammer , a special form of hammer mill , the property was part of Wildenstein Castle . The former district of Wildenstein was incorporated in 1974 in the course of the municipal reform together with its main town to Presseck.

The former stable house with a gable roof is a listed building . The property served as a restaurant and was a Till Eulenspiegel Museum until 2017 . Gerhard Marek exhibited 300 to 400 exhibits related to Till Eulenspiegel, many of the exhibits were made of bronze.

Eulenspiegel figure at the entrance

literature

• Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Stadtsteinach district . In: Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern , Kurzinventare, XX. Band . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1964, p. 114

Web links

Commons : Waffenhammer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.stadtsteinach.de/226.html
2. ↑ Frankenpost of May 27, 2017: Till Eulenspiegel leaves the Steinachtal