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Upper Franconia

Landkreis Kulmbach

⚙️ Saw Mill at the Hochofen

Upper Franconia

Landkreis Kulmbach

⚙️ Saw Mill at the Hochofen

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⚙️ Saw Mill at the Hochofen

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Location: Stadtsteinach, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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May 25, 2015

Hiking

At the beginning of the Steinach valley is the "cutting mill at the blast furnace". Since 1868 it has been used to cut beams or boards from so-called "blocks". "Blöcher" are unprocessed trunks that come from the densely wooded Franconian Forest. The small sawmill was built because a hurricane in the Franconian Forest cut down countless giant trees. In 1982, students and professors at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences began to renovate the saw so that it is fully functional again today and is available for tours with its original equipment.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

November 21, 2025

Hiking

There used to be up to 150 sawmills along the streams in the Franconian Forest valleys. The sawmill at the blast furnace in the Steinach Valley ceased operation in 1980.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

September 9, 2023

Hiking

In the Franconian Forest valleys, water power was not only used to drive hammer mills and grain mills. Like pearls on a string, up to 150 sawmills once lined the streams. The old sawmill at the blast furnace in the Steinach Valley ceased operation in 1980.

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