In the past, clay kilns, or in other words tar kilns, were a widespread and efficient device for the production of universally useful products. Bulk furnaces were usually found on the outskirts of larger forest units and cities. The column furnace here dates from about the middle of the 18th century and is definitely the most well-preserved furnace of its kind in the Czech Republic. A collapsing pee is located on Sigmond's path and is one of the points.
This column furnace and its facilities are an important protected technical monument. Information about tar production in Central Europe dates back to the period of the Old Slavs. The oldest finds proving the use of wood tar are known from Germany, from the early Stone Age. As early as the beginning of the 19th century, new log furnaces were being built, as evidenced by a project by a master mason from Rakovnick, which is exhibited in the forestry department of the Agricultural Museum right at the Ohrada u Hluboká castle. In 1820, there were eight furnaces in the Pilsen region. With the development of industrial tar production around the second half of the 19th century, traditional production completely disappeared.
The basic principle of tar production was the dry distillation of wood, i.e. the effect of gradually increasing temperature on wood and resin with little access to air. This originally simple procedure aimed at obtaining tar has developed over the centuries into an interesting technology that gave rise to other products, such as turpentine oil, cooper's and shoemaker's pitch, or rosin. However, tar remained the main product, and the final products were, for example, coal ash and a smaller amount of charcoal, which is still used today.
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Accommodation in the vicinity - Pilsen
Accommodation in the area - Pilsen region
Accommodation in the area - Western Bohemia
Berounka River - 5,1 Km
Bolevecké ponds - 2,8 Km
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