The historic Kraftwerk Ermen & Engels (Power Plant) and also the Oelchenshammer (Forging Hammer) are the ideal destination for company and association excursions or tours with friends and relatives. We would be happy to compile an individual programme for you.
The turbine room of the water Power Plant and the steam engine of the historic cotton spinning mill give a vivid impression of how electricity was generated at the first electricity generating plant in Germany.
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Price: 50 € per group
Site: Ermen & Engels Cotton Spinning Mill
The paper maker’s children, Gertrud and Johann Berg, lived and worked in the paper mill. During a guided tour around the museum girls and boys learn how they lived and what work they had to perform in the paper mill.
Age: 4 - 11 years / Kindergarten – 3rd class
Duration: approx. 1 hour (plus paper-making time)
Price: 40 € per group
We recommend that two guided tours be booked for groups with more than 20 participants and the group be split up accordingly.
You experience the historic forging hammer in action and the work of the museum forger at the hammer and chimney. At the same time you learn fascinating facts about iron extraction and steel processing in the Bergisches Land
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Price: 70 € per group (50 € for school classes)
Site: Oelchenshammer (from April to October)
During this guided tour you experience the last functioning water-powered forging hammer in the Oberbergisches Land in a unique manner. With the idyllic mill pond, the waterwheels and hammers, the complex which is more than 200 years old presents a vivid picture of how steel was once produced using fire and water.
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Price: 50 € per group (40 € for school classes)
Site: Oelchenshammer (from April to October)
During this guided tour the children and adolescents experience one of the last functioning water-powered forging hammers in the Oberbergisches Land in a unique manner. With the idyllic mill pond, the waterwheels, hammers and chimneys, the complex which is more than 200 years old presents a lively picture of how steel was once produced using fire and water.
Age: 6 – 19 years / primary schools and secondary schools (the programme is adapted to the age of the group)
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Price: 50 € per group (40 € for school classes)
During this guided tour the children and adolescents experience one of the last functioning water-powered forging hammers in the Oberbergisches Land in a unique manner. With the idyllic mill pond, the waterwheels, hammers and chimneys, the complex which is more than 200 years old presents a lively picture of how steel was once produced using fire and water.
Age: 6 – 19 years / primary schools and secondary schools (the programme is adapted to the age of the group)
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Price: 50 € per group (40 € for school classes)
