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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Bergisches Land

Büngershammer and Bettelknabe Statue

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Bergisches Land

Büngershammer and Bettelknabe Statue

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Büngershammer and Bettelknabe Statue

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Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

February 18, 2021

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Since the heyday of the Bergisch iron trade between 1750 and 1800, 25 hammers and Kotten have been lined up along the Gelpe and Saalbach rivers. The Büngershammer stood the test of time and was not shut down until 1973. Since then, nature has recaptured the Gelpe Valley and there are only a few traces of the industrial past.

Hammerwerk Gelpetal: Büngershammer ground monument
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Schrenki

November 18, 2022

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One of the few surviving hammers in the Gelpe and Saalbachtal watercourse system, which bears witness to early industrialization in the Bergisches Land.

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Andrea C

April 22, 2025

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Hammer (former blacksmith's shop) idyllically situated in the forest with a pond and a "beggar boy".

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