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Demonstration charcoal kiln in the Huschelbach Valley

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Demonstration charcoal kiln in the Huschelbach Valley

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Demonstration charcoal kiln in the Huschelbach Valley

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Location: Nideggen, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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July 10, 2024

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Traditional charcoal kiln as a cutaway model to illustrate how energy was provided for the smelting furnaces of the Eifel steelworks in pre-industrial times.

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August 6, 2023

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Charcoal burning is an ancient craft that is almost extinct today, but in the past it was a decisive factor in the industrialization of entire regions: the blast furnaces of the iron and steel industry, for example, depended on charcoal to reach the operating temperature required for ore smelting. As a result, however, whole areas were once completely deforested by charcoal burning and it is only thanks to later reforestation that forests have emerged again and nature can be seen.

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August 4, 2019

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For iron processing enormous amounts of charcoal were needed. Especially red and hornbeam were charred in such kilns for the blast furnaces. Today, all charcoal burners have died - as a reminder, this 32 -meter-high kiln was built. It is designed so that its internal structure is recognizable.

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