Ironworks Weir on the Traunbach

Iron smelting in adventure.
On the opposite side of the path is part of the historic adventurer ironworks. The ironworks weir in the Traun was able to regulate the flow of water into the smelter site. All raw materials needed for the production of iron were found around the village of Abentheuer: the ore mines in the region offered iron ore as a starting material. In the forests around, wood could be felled for the production of coal, with which the fire in the iron smelting was kept going. The power of the water from the Traunbach drove the mill wheels of the hammer mill on the smelter site. The amount of water in the stream fluctuated with the different seasons. To prevent this from causing problems for the hut, ponds and ponds were created so that there was always enough water available in dry and frosty periods. The weir in the Traunbach was able to control the amount of water that flowed into the ingenious system of canals and ponds. The smelting of iron for adventures is already documented in the 15th century. In 1763, the Abentheurer Hütte became the property of the Stumm entrepreneurial family, who already owned other smelters and hammer mills in the region. The Asbacher Hütte, for example, was also owned by the Stumms family, and soon the Hunsrück ore deposits were no longer sufficient for production, so that from around 1770 mainly imported pig iron was being processed. In 1835 the Abentheuerer Hütte was bequeathed to the Böcking brothers. After 1870 operations were more and more restricted as a result of the transition from charcoal to coke blast furnace operations and production was discontinued in 1875. The owners moved to the Halbergerhütte on the Saar.

Ironworks weir

Iron smelting in adventure.
On the opposite side of the path is part of the historic adventurer ironworks. The ironworks weir in the Traun was able to regulate the flow of water into the smelter site. All raw materials needed for the production of iron were found around the village of Abentheuer: the ore mines in the region offered iron ore as a starting material. In the forests around, wood could be felled for the production of coal, with which the fire in the iron melt was kept going. The power of the water from the Traunbach drove the mill wheels of the hammer mill on the smelter site. The amount of water in the stream fluctuated with the different seasons. To prevent this from causing problems for the hut, ponds and ponds were created so that there was always enough water available in dry and frosty periods. The weir in the Traunbach was able to control the amount of water that flowed into the ingenious system of canals and ponds. The smelting of iron for adventures is already documented in the 15th century. In 1763, the Abentheurer Hütte became the property of the Stumm entrepreneurial family, who already owned other smelters and hammer mills in the region. The Asbacher Hütte, for example, was also owned by the Stumms family, and soon the Hunsrück ore deposits were no longer sufficient for production, so that from around 1770 mainly imported pig iron was being processed. In 1835 the Abentheuerer Hütte was bequeathed to the Böcking brothers. After 1870 operations were more and more restricted as a result of the transition from charcoal to coke blast furnace operations and production was discontinued in 1875. The owners moved to the Halbergerhütte on the Saar.

The Abentheuer ironworks was first mentioned in 1499, at which time Hans Eisenschmitt and his son Matthäus received temporal inventory to operate an ironworks.
Around 1635 the ironworks was destroyed in the 30 Years War. In 1672 Johann Hujet ran a hammer mill in Abentheuer, which his son continued to run until 1699. In 1699 Joseph Remacle de Hauzeur took over the ironworks and built a blast furnace again. His heirs run the plant until they sell it to Johann Heinrich Stumm in 1763.
The Stumm family ran the Abentheuer ironworks until they migrated to Saarland. In 1835 the Abentheuer ironworks was passed on to the Böcking family. These continue to operate until the closure in 1875, but towards the end they can no longer withstand the much cheaper and more effective ironworks in the Saar area. Parts of the family then continue to work in the Halbergerhütte near Saarbrücken.