The ironworks was founded in 1842 by the Magdeburg merchants Wagenführ and Helmecke and the entrepreneur Kayser in Vaethen. The great importance of the hut led in 1928 to the renaming of the place Vaethen in Tangerhütte.

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Lemmi alias Schlumpf

March 30, 2025

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Without the foundry, the town of Tangerhütte would not exist – the foundry on the Tanger River. Construction of the ironworks began next to Vaethen in 1842. The "Aus einem Guss" association is currently caring for some of these historic buildings from the foundry's heyday. Together with a landscaped park, two castles, the mausoleum, the art-casting pavilion, and an artificial waterfall, this unique ensemble is to be preserved.

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Pascal Hug

July 20, 2019

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ABANDONED PLACES
Decline of an industrial culture

In the foundry halls in Tangerhütte the decay is taking over. The halls are the nucleus of the youngest town in Altmark.

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Location: Tangerhütte, Stendal, Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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