Charcoal pile

A charcoal pile is a carefully arranged pile of wood, covered by turf or other layer, inside which a fire is lit in order to produce charcoal. The pile is tended by a charcoal burner. It is similar to a charcoal kiln, but the latter is usually a permanent structure made of materials such as stone.

Section through a charcoal pile
  • Heart (Kern or Quandel) of the charcoal pile on an old Meilerplatz
  • Layer of beech wood around the heart
  • Pile with various layers (wood, spruce brushwood (Fichtenreisig), grass sods)
  • Lighting of a charcoal pile by honorary guests at a Meilerfest (2014)
  • Covered with loam, ready for firing
  • Finished pile with windbreak, charcoal burner’s hut and fireplace
  • Charcoal pile in the Westphalian Open Air Museum, Hagen
  • Charcoal pile in Walpersdorf, one of the last in the Siegerland
  • Opening of the charcoal pile
  • Charcoal product
  • Charcoal burners at work (turn of the 19th/20th centuries)
  • Section of a charcoal pile

Literature
  • Karl Hasel, Ekkehard Schwartz: Forstgeschichte. Ein Grundriss für Studium und Praxis. 2., aktualisierte Auflage. Kessel, Remagen, 2002, ISBN 3-935638-26-4
  • Richard B. Hilf: Der Wald. Wald und Weidwerk in Geschichte und Gegenwart – Erster Teil [Reprint]. Aula, Wiebelsheim, 2003, ISBN 3-494-01331-4
  • Hildebrandt, H., Heuser-Hildebrandt, B. and Stumböck, M.(2001): Bestandsgeschichtliche und kulturlandschaftsgenetische Untersuchungen im Naturwaldreservat Stelzenbach, Forstamt Nassau, Revier Winden. Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, Beiheft 25, 83 S., Mainz.
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