n modern society, blacksmithing, having changed in content and form, in fact has lost its dominant role. But yet in the beginning of the twentieth century, almost every village in Transcarpathia had a forge where people produced agricultural tools, shoed horses, etc. Nowadays only a few of them left.
Among the few centers of traditional blacksmithing stands out the village of Lysychovo, where operates a unique forge – Hamora. There are three versions of its name origin: from the word hamor, which in German means hammer; by the name of Austrian businessman Hamor; from the word hamir (big noise), for the work of forge was always accompanied by big noise.
The exact date of Hamora foundation is unknown. But historians say that in the XVIII century a powerful paper mill of earl Teleky operated here. It used the water of the local river Lysychanka to provide the movement of eight shafts. And from the middle of the XIX century a water forge started operating, where Slovakian settlers worked. Therefore it is clear why the design of Hamora is similar to the forges in Germany and Slovakia, which were obviously typical for Austria-Hungary of that time.
Over time the forge began to work at full capacity, producing goods not only for locals but also for residents of Romania, Hungary and former Yugoslavia, until the dam was destroyed by flood in 1998. Then the forge stopped for a while …