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Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

View from Beilfels

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Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Landkreis Birkenfeld

Abentheuer

View from Beilfels

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View from Beilfels

Name: View from Beilfels
Rating: 2

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Nationalpark Hunsrück-Hochwald

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Location: Abentheuer, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Krummkehrfelsen – View from Beilfels loop from Abentheuer

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2. View from Beilfels – Krummkehrfelsen loop from Achtelsbach

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3. View from Beilfels – Krummkehrfelsen loop from Brücken

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July 5, 2021

Beilfels and iron ore

Judging by the findings of so-called racing furnaces (the racing furnace is a primitive clay or stone furnace for extracting iron from iron ore) and iron objects in the local area, iron ore was processed here even before the turn of the century. Iron ores - created from fresh water deposits - occur at Schwarzenbacltr. The town of Eisen also rightly bears its name: here ores of the “Siegerland” type occur close to the surface. Finally, another type of iron ore was temporarily extracted from Buhlenberg. Below the “Beilfels” lookout point, the Erzweg runs between the northern Saarland and the village of Abentheuer, through which the Traun flows. Here on the Übergarg from the slate mountains to the lower foreland, the power of the water was developed by the Hammer and Hüttengesellschaft Stumm and, most recently, by the company v. Böcking used for ore processing. Ore smelting has been carried out since ancient times with the help of charcoal, which was produced in charcoal piles in the forests of the Hunsrück until the 19th century. Charcoal was also produced in the town of Brücken until the post-war period by DEGUSSA on an industrial scale. After all, up into the 20th century, “Hujets Sawmill” produced wood products for local needs. Hydropower was also used to operate a fulling mill (wool processing). To this day, wood is still sawn with the power of the water on the Traun and recently also regenerative energy is generated. Source: Text information board

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July 5, 2021

Hydropower powered a number of mills.
On the Traun there were 2 sawmills, a fulling mill and various mills for oilseeds (beechnuts) and grain. The ore processing in stamping works (= crushing works) and the hammers for processing the metal were also carried out using water power. Here the fluctuating water level was compensated for by pond systems. For the first documented ore processing, charcoal from the surrounding forests was already used by the Celts and Romans. The last charring was carried out by the Degussa company until the early 1970s.

Under the sponsorship of the Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld, in cooperation with the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park, the geological trail of the Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld was created. ‘The project was financially supported by the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

Information on the other nature trail stations is available from:

Tourist information of the Birkenfelder Land Oldenburger Straße 2
55765 Birkenfeld
Tel .: 06782 / 990-20
info@vgv-birkenfeld.de
birkenfelder-land.de

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June 24, 2019

Rock formation in the national park Hunsrück-Hochwald with view over Abentheuer, bridges, Buhlenberg, Birkenfeld and Gollenberg. Accessible from Abentheuer.

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Location: Abentheuer, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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