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La Tène Furnaces at Schindebach

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La Tène Furnaces at Schindebach

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La Tène Furnaces at Schindebach

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    Location: Mudersbach, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    October 22, 2017

    Here were u. a. the La Tène stoves proved by a Siegerländer researcher.

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      January 1, 2020

      The Siegerland researcher was called Otto Krassa

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        March 21, 2021

        The path is varied and informative. Rather easy in terms of hiking, the path leads largely over forest roads.

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          September 13, 2020

          Here in 1930 the elementary school teacher and hobby archaeologist Otto Krasa from Gosenbach discovered a contraceptive oven from the "La Tène period" at a tributary of the Schindebach.

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            January 20, 2021

            Interesting what there is to learn about the tunnels and mining!

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              March 21, 2021

              Beautiful hiking area on the gable forest. Here is some more history.

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                May 24, 2021

                Interesting topic, however, cannot be understood in nature ...

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                  August 30, 2022

                  Through the Schindetal we reach the site where the Latène ovens were found
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                  Schinden - former cattle pasture (hunting house)

                  In the La Tène period (approx. 500 BC), Celtic ironworkers settled Siegerland from the south, apparently because they were aware of the local iron ore deposits. In addition, they must have had knowledge of the necessary smelting process that turns the iron ore into usable iron. At that time, the Celts found sufficient quantities of smeltable iron ores (including brown iron ore) at or just below the surface of the earth and they found a beech forest that could provide plenty of wood for the production of charcoal, which was needed for smelting the iron.

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                    November 6, 2023

                    Interesting background information about the ovens!

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