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Elisenthal Powder Mill Ruins

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Windeck

Elisenthal Powder Mill Ruins

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Elisenthal Powder Mill Ruins

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Location: Windeck, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Pulverfabrik Elisenthal Ruins – Pulvermühle Elisenthal Ruins loop from Bladersbach

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2. View from Windeck Castle – Burg Windeck Ruins loop from Bladersbach

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3. Elisenthal Powder Mill Ruins – Pulverfabrik Elisenthal Ruins loop from Dattenfeld (Sieg)

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Michael 🍁

October 5, 2020

The Elisenthal powder mill is one of the numerous production facilities in the Bergisches Land in which black powder was produced. In 1871 the production facility was founded by the Cologne manufacturer Everhard Schülgen. The factory owner merged with numerous small powder factories as early as 1873. In 1890 the company became part of the United Cologne-Rottweiler Pulverfabriken AG, a powder cartel. Around 30 people were employed in the powder mill.

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Achim

July 10, 2022

Very nice way, only some undergrowth would have to be removed so that you can see everything better again.

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Uwe Mannuß

July 29, 2022

There is a marked circular route (partly on wooden planks) that leads through the ruins of the former powder factory. The ruins of the factory, which operated until 1918, are mysterious and give an idea of how dangerous work was here 100 years ago. In fact, there were 2x major explosions here, in 1913 and 1915, in which 10 workers lost their lives. When I was here on July 29th the paths had been cleared and the undergrowth cut back so that the view was unobstructed.

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Location: Windeck, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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