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Reviving the Hungarian iron industry of the Middle Ages can be a special attraction of various programmes. My shows can be divided into three categories, Medieval Bloomery shows, Medieval Smith shows and Iron Smelting Workshops.
Iron Smelting Workshop
The participants of the unique Iron Smelting Workshops can take part in the reviving of the spectacular and interesting ancient iron smelting and processing technology. You can get to know the hard and laborious work through which we will get from the bog iron ore to the iron product.
Iron Smelting Workshop video
Iron Smelting Workshop 2023
Place: Somogyfajsz
Meeting point is the Somogyfajsz castle. GPS coordinate: 46.503842, 17.568629
Date: 7-11th July, 2023. Please arrive to Somogyfajsz up to 12:00 for the afternoon program of the 7th July.
Fee: EUR 180.00
Payment can be done by cash in the spot.
More information
The program of the workshop starts at 13:00 of 7th July (Friday) and ends in the morning of 11th July (Tuesday) after breakfast. Accommodation is possible for the first 25 registered participants in the Kund hunting castle of Somogyfajsz. Most of the participants usually sleep in their tents in the camp site (ca. 1,5m far from Somogyfajsz). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided for each day of the camp. If you have any questions feel free to contact me per e-mail thiele.adam@gmail.com, or per mobile +36-30-374-0671.
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Registration form: Download
Previous Iron Smelting Workshops:
9-13 July 2021: 13th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
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Report about the exparimental results (in hungarian): Download
10-14 July 2020: 12th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
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5-10 July 2019: 11th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
M5 News report: Watch here
6-11 July 2018: 10th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
1-5 July 2017: 9th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
2-6 July 2016: 8th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
M1 live interviev: Watch here
KaposTV interviev: Watch here
1-5 July 2015: 7th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
Video and interview by the KaposTV: Watch here
16-20 July 2014: 6th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
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15-19 July 2013: 5th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
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28 July-1 August 2012: 4th Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
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25 July-5 August 2011: 3rd Iron Smelting Workshop, Somogyfajsz, Hungary
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3 July-14 July 2011: 2nd Iron Smelting Camp, Nagyvisnyó, Hungary
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2 August-6 August 2010: 1st Iron Smelting Camp, Újmassa, Hungary
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Bloomery Show
During the course of the medieval bloomery shows we revive the medieval iron smelting trade. Using authentic tools and methods we show how the iron was produced in the medieval times.
Medieval Bloomery Shows previously:
2015.07.20-25. - Feté du Fer, Neuves-Maisons, France
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2015.07.8-11. - Iron Smelting Show in Barót, Transylvania
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2015.05.20-22. - Historic and Prehistoric Iron Smeling and Processing 2015, Adamov, Czech Republic
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07-10 July 2014: Iron Smelting Show in Barót, Transylvania
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10-16 Sept 2012: Archaeological excavation and smelting experiments in Zamárdi, Hungary, Download report
9-11 May 2012: Historic and Prehistoric Iron Smelting and Processing, Adamov, Czech Republic
10-14 August 2011: 8th Iron Smelting Symposium, Lille, France, Download report
3-6 May 2011: Historic and Prehistoric Iron Smelting and Processing, Adamov, Czech Republic, Download report
13-17 October 2010: 7th Iron Smelting Symposium, Alphen aan den Rijn,the Netherlands, Download report
19-21 May 2010. Historic and Prehistoric Iron Smelting and Processing, Adamov, Czech Republic, Download report
Bloomery Show video
Medieval Smith Show
During the course of the smith shows I revive the medieval iron forging trade. I forge different artefacts (axes, arrowheads, knives, etc.) from the period using authentic tools and methods (leather bellows, a forge-hearth dug into the ground, beak-iron, etc.), involving the spectators as well.
Medieval Smith Show video