Engelsberg Ironworks
Engelsberg Ironworks (Swedish: Engelsbergs bruk) is an ironworks in Ängelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It was built in 1681 by Per Larsson Gyllenhöök (1645-1706) and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700–1800. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.
Name
Engelsberg Ironworks is named after Englika. Englika, who was born in Germany, began producing iron in Engelsberg in the 14th century.[1]
History
The history of iron production in the region dates back to at least 13th century. The local peasants both mined the ore and produced the iron using primitive furnaces.[2]
In the end of the 16th century more modern production methods were introduced in Engelsberg and production volumes increased substantially in the following decades.[2]
The mill, which historically belonged to the Västervåla parish and Norberg, was built in 1681[3] by the county sheriff Per Larsson Höök (1645–1706). By then, ironworking had already been carried out on the site for a long time by miners.[4]
Description
The preserved buildings include a manor house, the inspector's house and the smelting house with a blast furnace.[2]
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Engelsberg Ironworks is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was added to the list in 1993.[5] The UNESCO comments were:
Sweden's production of superior grades of iron made it a leader in this field in the 17th and 18th centuries. This site is the best-preserved and most complete example of this type of Swedish ironworks.
Gallery
- Conference center
- A road at Engelsberg iron works
- The mansion with wings
- The two slag stone towers
- The west wing
- The forge
- The mansion from the garden side
- Kitchen and pleasure garden
- The old office
- The archives of Axel Johnson Group
- The old barn
- The new office
- The dam and blast-furnace
- Rope railway for charcoal to the blast furnace
- Casting house, blast furnace and air duct for preheated combustion air
References
External links
- UNESCO description
- Official website
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- Birka and Hovgården
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Royal Domain of Drottningholm
- Skogskyrkogården
- 1 Shared with Finland
- 2 Shared with nine other countries
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