The Zündhütle is the rest of an old ammunition factory built in 1897. The drop tower was only built in 1953. Liquid lead was poured into it, which solidified into balls in a water basin standing on the ground.
Production ceased in 1973.

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Scout Jens

August 3, 2019

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Former scrap tower of the munitions factory Gustav Genschow & Co. AG. He is 40 meters high and is a listed building. See sign: "Here was shot produced by pouring down lead." Definitely a nice industrial monument.

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Andi

March 6, 2021

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Anyone who passed Wolfartsweier in a horse-drawn cart on the country road in the 18th century sometimes made the acquaintance of death. Because on the local Galgenberg, above the Zündhütles, …

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