--- title: Gerlham Smithy url: "https://attersee-attergau.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/400664/gerlham-smithy.html" description: Throughout 300 years, there had been a blacksmith in Gerlham. date: 2018-11-20 modified: 2025-11-05 --- # Gerlham Smithy Gerlham Smithy ================ Seewalchen am Attersee, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204168/49FC094BB73774FC16155DE99ED97B8C1DC0B01EB319DD6362D03F2D9EFA3B7B/moorschmiede.jpg) © Open copyright © Ferienergion Attersee-Salzkammergut Close copyright [ ![Moorschmiede Gerlham in Seewalchen am Attersee: The picture shows a traditional, wooden building with white façade sections and a steep roof. It is surrounded by green areas and individual trees and looks cosy and inviting.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204168/49FC094BB73774FC16155DE99ED97B8C1DC0B01EB319DD6362D03F2D9EFA3B7B/moorschmiede.jpg "© Ferienergion Attersee-Salzkammergut") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204168/49FC094BB73774FC16155DE99ED97B8C1DC0B01EB319DD6362D03F2D9EFA3B7B/moorschmiede.jpg) Gerlham 6 4863 Seewalchen am Attersee [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Gerlham%206%2C%204863%20Seewalchen%20am%20Attersee "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Gerlham%206%2C%204863%20Seewalchen%20am%20Attersee "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=47.94695&lon=13.5567&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) Throughout 300 years, there had been a blacksmith in Gerlham. At the beginning of 1997, the blacksmith in Gerlham passed away. The students of the Vöcklabruck highschool and a youth association for the conservation of Nature developed a plan for the preservation of forge, anvil and tools. "The cultural heritage should be preserved", says Herbert Weißenbacher. "We hit the nail on the head" said his students. In 1998, the twelve hectare marsh on the municipal territory of Seewalchen was bought by the association. Numerous research and preservation activities (pollen analysis, C-14 dating method, vegetation mapping, ortho logical observations, exploration of the molluscs) have since been carried out. The bog has become particularly popular for environmental learning school project weeks. What was missing was a learning center. The blacksmith shop was to become an environmental learning center: it should combine natural heritage and cultural heritage. It invites visitors to learn more about work in the rural countryside and the sustainable land use. What makes the bog in Gerlham so special are the various types of meadows, marshland, moorland, forests, orchard and the genuine rural culture in a confined space. Everything can be found in close proximity to industrial and tourist centers. In the autumn of 1997 an information pavilion was set up. The brochure "Naturschutzgebiet Gerlhamer Moor " is available from Naturschutzjugend BG-Vöcklabruck . The ÖNJ Vöcklabruck also organizes guided tours and workshops. If you want to explore you talents as a blacksmith, just call 07672-23615 (BG Vöcklabruck) [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Gerlham Smithy** Gerlham 6 4863 Seewalchen am Attersee Phone [ +43 664 5909182 ](tel:+436645909182) E-Mail [melania.jakober-hofer@naturschutzjugend.at](#mailto) Web [www.oenj.at/naturschutz/grundstueck…](http://www.oenj.at/naturschutz/grundstuecke/gerlhamer-moor "New window") Web [attersee-attergau.salzkammergut.at](https://attersee-attergau.salzkammergut.at "New window") http://www.oenj.at/naturschutz/grundstuecke/gerlhamer-moor https://attersee-attergau.salzkammergut.at --- **You can also visit us on** [ Facebook ](https://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Marktgemeinde-Seewalchen-am-Attersee/104353196329818) [ YouTube ](https://www.youtube.com/user/tvbattersee#p/a) [ Wikipedia ](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seewalchen_am_Attersee)--- **Contact person** Mr Johann Reiter --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ - by arrangement - Registration required [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- **Accessibility / arrival**Coming from Seewalchen direction Gerlham - left to Gerlham - right direction Gerlhamer Moor **Parking**- Parking space: 2 [ Equipment ](#ttgCollapseAusstattung) ---------------------------------------- **Service**- Guided tour [ Prices ](#ttgCollapsePreise) -------------------------------- **General price information**on request [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- - All weather - Suitable for groups - Suitable for schools **Season**- Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. 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