Kryštofovy Hamry

Kryštofovy Hamry ( German Christoph Hammer) is a municipality with a population of 85 in the Czech Republic. It is situated in 680 m asl in the Ore Mountains below the dam at the Preßnitz Preßnitz. The place is located right on the German border at Schmalzgrube and belongs to the Okres Chomutov on. Two kilometers south-east lies the 993 m high Jelení hora ( Haßberg ), the highest mountain in the area.

History

At the beginning of the 15th century 26 hammer mills were around Preßnitz outlets, including even one in the village, which was destroyed during the Hussite Wars. Only the chief mining of Jachymov, Christoph Graf von Grünberg, 1621 was again a factory built, the hammer of Saint Christopher. This included a blast furnace, two forges, mill, sawmill and a pond. His successor built the hammer mill into a brass hammer mill and supplied customers to Prague.

1660 brick plant was built in the then -defunct village. Only 1720 records exist, that speak again from a village with a steel hammer mill, later created a blue color work. Middle of the 18th century, the ironworks were closed due to unprofitability, the works were converted to wire works. End of the 18th century, more plants were added, there were spoons, nails and bayonet made ​​in 1820 and a mine for silver mining and cobalt opened, but closed again due to disputes among the owners soon.

Mid-19th century, a knitting factory was built, which employed about one hundred and twenty people, more textile plants existed until 1948. The area remained poor in spite of everything and many people sought work in Saxony. On the other side of the place was often visited by day-trippers, especially from Saxony. The population grew until 1943 to 714, but fell after the expulsion of 224

After the expulsion of most of the works were closed. The population migrated and today Kryštofovy Hamry is a quiet place.

The municipality has two hiking boundary transitions, one of which is along the Preßnitz leads to Schmalzgrube. In Černý Potok in the valley of the black water, there is another transition after Jöhstadt.

Blue colors work

The blue colors work Christoph Hammer was born in 1750 under Maria Theresa by the conversion of an imperial hammer mill. The conversion was probably done within 10 years. For the construction of such a work location Christoph Hammer offered good conditions: addition of hydropower potash, quartz and cobalt were abundant. However, it turned out quickly that the products delivered from Jachymov Cobalt ores were too inferior for the blue color production, so that the work unprofitable worked and was auctioned in 1789 for an estimated value of 4,303 florins to the Leipzig merchants Gauh and slam. End of the 18th century witnessed the work under Wilhelmine Schlemm the production peak, as was found in Jachymov quality Cobalt ores and plates. At this time produced Christoph Hammer about 2,000 quintals of blue paint per year. 1806 Anna Berger earned a businessman and former master of the color blue colors work Niederpfannenstiel the work for 20,000 guilders. Shortly afterwards, again quality problems with the supplied cobalt ores presented a. The work was not allowed to import, although the operator had offered up to a 75 % higher price than normal quality Saxon ore. This has favored the smuggling and the theft of Saxon Cobalt ores by Christoph Hammer, especially from the Markus - Röhling trove at Annaberg. With high probability, Karl Stülpner was involved in the smuggling routes for Christoph Hammer: he lived from autumn 1807 in the place. Beginning of the 19th century presented the work esp. smalt, an intermediate of dye production, ago. 1874, the production was finally abandoned.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Kryštofovy Hamry Černý Potok ( Pleil ) Kryštofovy Hamry (Christoph Hammer), Mezilesí ( Orpus ), and Rusová ( Reisch village). Basic settlement units are Černý Potok, Dolina ( Dörnsdorf ) Kryštofovy Hamry, Mezilesí, Přísečnice ( Preßnitz ) and Rusová to Kryštofovy Hamry also includes the settlement Sorgenthal.

The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Černý Potok, Dolina, Kryštofovy Hamry, Přísečnice and Rusová.

Personalities

• Ferdinand master (1813-1880), Bohemian- Austrian writer, journalist and politician.