Museum und Technisches Denkmal Eisenhammer Dorfchemnitz
Water-powered medieval ironworks with tail hammers, bellows and original tools, visited on a guided tour.
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Om museet
The Eisenhammer on the Chemnitz river in Dorfchemnitz is one of the oldest craft businesses in Saxony. Its founding year is not known, but in 1365 the Hartitzsch family received the right to operate the hammer. Originally the facility served ore smelting; later, until the 20th century, iron was processed here, cast and forged. In 1615, the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I even inquired in Freiberg about the terms for buying the hammer for his brother.
The hammer works is still operated by water power today and is a testimony to centuries of mining and metallurgy in the Ore Mountains. It has been open to visitors as a technical museum since 1969. It is run today by the Förderverein Eisenhammer Dorfchemnitz (friends' association), founded in 2013.
On a guided tour, visitors can see a tail hammer and the bellows in operation, driven by two water wheels; numerous original tools show the everyday life of the hammer smiths. The grounds also include a local history room and a chair factory with original machinery, which can be visited by prior arrangement. On special days, demonstration forging takes place.
Højdepunkter
- Water-powered hammer works with tail hammers and bellows
- One of Saxony's oldest craft businesses, with the right to operate since 1365
- Demonstration forging on action days
- Local history room and chair factory with original machines (by prior arrangement)
- Circular hiking trail "Eisernes Dreieck" (7.2 km)
Permanent udstilling
- Hammerwerk und Hammerschmiede – The water-powered hammer works with tail hammers, bellows and original tools shows the life and work of a hammer smithy.
- Grundlagt
- 1969
- Ejer
- Förderverein Eisenhammer Dorfchemnitz e.V.
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 3 €Children aged 7 to 14, school students, university students, severely disabled persons |
| Børn og unge | 3 €gratis til og med 6 år · Children up to age 6 free (on request), children aged 7 to 14 reduced |
| Personer med handicap | 3 €Severely disabled persons |
| Studerende og elever | 3 €School students and university students |
| Grupper (fra 25 pers.) | –Groups of 25 or more receive a 10% discount (on request) |
| Familier | 10 €2 adults with at least 1 child |
| Admission with demonstration forging | 8 €reduced €4, family ticket €16 |
Tilgængelighed
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Børn og familie
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 6 år |
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| Familiebillet | 10 € · 2 adults with at least 1 child |
Family ticket for €10; children up to age 6 enter free on request.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Dorfchemnitz Buchleite - Eisenhammer
The bus stop "Dorfchemnitz Buchleite - Eisenhammer" is right next to the grounds.
I bil
Gratis parkering
Free parking, including for buses, right next to the Eisenhammer grounds.
The Eisenhammer is about 300 m past the village entrance coming from Mulda, on the right-hand side of the road. Some navigation devices lead to Hauptstraße 11 in the Voigtsdorf district; it is better to enter the coordinates 50.77077, 13.43043 or the address Buchleite 1 (opposite the grounds).
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 60 min. |
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| Godt at vide | The visit takes place with a one-hour guided tour, during which a tail hammer and the bellows are demonstrated in operation. The friends' association also offers blacksmithing courses for beginners; no courses are planned for 2026. |
