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Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Züscher Hammer

Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Züsch

Züscher Hammer

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Züscher Hammer

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Location: Züsch, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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2. Nonnweiler Reservoir – View of Nonnweiler Dam loop from Neuhütten

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3. Nonnweiler Reservoir – Dollbergquelle Minibar loop from Hermeskeil

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

September 1, 2019

Züsch and the Züsch Castle are first mentioned in documents in 1222; around 1300 the smelter and stamp mill in the Allbachtal - the Züscher Hammer.

During the Thirty Years' War, the castle, village and hammer were destroyed. The rebuilding of the village and hammer began. At the end of the 17th century, the largest ironworks in the Hunsrück came into being under the rule of the Walloon immigrant Joseph Hauzeur. From then on, the Züscher hammer secured wages and bread for lumberjacks, charcoal burners, hewers, smelters and blacksmiths.

The factory was abandoned in 1852 due to unprofitable production and unfavorable sales conditions. This ended the approximately 150-year iron industry at the Züscher Hammer.

Opening times (May to October):
open again on Sundays between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from June 20, 2021!
The site with a water wheel, charcoal kiln and information boards is accessible all year round.

*** Recommended: ***
On 09/12/2021 Open Monument Day with demonstrations and supporting program!

Info: zuescher-hammer.de

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Martin

March 22, 2017

largest ironworks of the Hunsrück in the 17th century

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Wahlium

August 30, 2017

pre-industrial building. ironworks.
The largest iron works in the Hunsrück was built here at the beginning of the 17th century

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Elevation 500 m

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Location: Züsch, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Züscher Hammer

1. Züscher Hammer – View of Nonnweiler Dam loop from Neuhütten

2. Nonnweiler Reservoir – View of Nonnweiler Dam loop from Neuhütten

3. Nonnweiler Reservoir – Dollbergquelle Minibar loop from Hermeskeil

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