Frohnauer Hammer

The Frohnauer Hammer is a notable sledge mill in Frohnau, a town in the region of Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains of southeast Germany. The plant is a significant observer to proto-mechanical advancement in the Ore Mountains. Of the once-various mallet processes just three others stay working in Saxony the Dorfchemnitz Iron Hammer Mill, the Grunthal Copper Hammer Mill and the Freibergsdorf Hammer Mil. In 1907 the Frohnauer Hammer Mill on the Sehma stream turned into the principal specialized landmark in Saxony.

The historical center complex incorporates the sledge plant itself, a presentation of manufactured curios, a hand fashion, a mechanical "Christmas slope". The Frohnauer Hammer returns to the 15th century when it was referenced as a corn factory with four grindstones. The iron mallet mill making the most of its operational prime in the second half of the 17th century. It formed into a significant provider to the mining business in the Annaberg locale and furnished its excavators bury alia with sledges and picks and other mining actualizes.