The ancient iron furnace - Miskolc-Lillafured

The only metallurgical monument of the whole country, the ancient iron furnace in Omassa was preserved between the west part of the Hámori Lake and Ujmassa in the picturesque valley of Garadna.
Fazola Henrik, who moved from Würtzburg to Eger, built an iron furnace in Omassa to process iron found in the northern part of the Bukk because the water power of the Garadna brook could be put to the best possible use there. He used the limestone found in the area as slag forming material and the trees of the woods to heat the furnaces, which worked with charcoal. The melting furnace was built by the son of the founder of the smithy Fazola Frigyes in 1813. The raw iron was made here for half a century. It was transported for further processing to Hamor.
The decaying furnace was converted into a museum with help of the town in 1952. The model of the old furnace and foundry can be seen together with the early writings and seals of the old founders as well as the artistic block-work which made the founder Fazola family famous all over the world.