Germany
Bavaria
Upper Franconia
Landkreis Kulmbach
Presseck
Waffenhammer Steinachklamm
Germany
Bavaria
Upper Franconia
Landkreis Kulmbach
Presseck
Waffenhammer Steinachklamm
Waffenhammer Steinachklamm
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 214 out of 233 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Frankenwald
Location: Presseck, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Tips
Armor, swords, sabers, rifles - all of these were made in hammer mills that used water-powered bellows to forge iron. Such "weapon hammers" only appeared towards the end of the Middle Ages. The diabase rock of the Steinachtal contained mineable red iron ores that were suitable for further processing in weapon hammers. A hammer forge was documented here as early as 1348.
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•September 9, 2023
This wasteland is near the Steinachklamm. The property served as a restaurant and was a Till Eulenspiegel Museum until 2017, which can still be recognized by the oversized Till Eulenspiegel in the garden.
translated by•January 6, 2022
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