Ready for tapping!

Sayner Hütte

For 150 years, the “Sayner Hütte” in Bendorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, produced pig iron and processed it into cast iron. As a unique industrial monument, the ironworks site is an authentic location that needs to be presented as a whole.

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The visitor center provides an overview of the site, its history and the position of Sayner Hütte: visitors can get a spatial impression of the site by means of a model. On a tour of the exhibition, historical exhibits and the presentation of key figures in contemporary history tell of a network at the heart of which Sayner Hütte stood during its operation.

Client

Stadt Bendorf

Location

Bendorf, Germany

Year

04/2019

Photography

Melvin Raschke

In the unique cast iron building, visitors can experience how raw iron and cast iron were produced at Sayner Hütte. Along the "Path of Raw Materials", a detailed model of the plant and historical production exhibits provide insight into the iron smelting process. Several augmented reality steles allow visitors to see parts of the plant that no longer exist.

The highlight is the tapping of molten pig iron at the blast furnace. The central process of iron smelting is brought to life with an emotional light and sound production: Water wheels turn, machines whistle, workers gather in front of the blast furnace and prepare to tap - until the pig iron appears to flow red-hot into the ingot bed.