Have a look inside and
be taken back to the beginning of the 17th century. In here
in the old blacksmith's workshop you can see what went on
in such a place at that time.
The workshop is from around
the 1840'ties. Originally it stood at a big farm by the
name Skovlyst. The farm stood at Hallingskovvej. A tale
says that the farmer got cross when he one day found the
blacksmith drinking a beer with some other chaps while relaxing.
The farmer didn't want to have any drinking in his forge.
The smithy then said that it was his forge but the farmer
thought that because it stood on his proporty he could decide.
The blacksmith moved his forge to a piece of land owned
by the famlily Weber in Christiansminde by the gate house
not far from the farm.
In 1993 it had to be torn down to give space for a bigger
road nearby. The forge was thanks to Svendborg Metal reerected
stone by stone where it is now. The forge is moved to the
present place under management of architect Jes Heine Andersen,
Svendborg and reerected in collaboration with students and
teachers from Svendborg technical school. The project was
financed by Dansk Metal.
