 It is located near Wenden (Sauerland) and open to visitors.The birth of a small scale iron processing industry in the district of Olpe, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was favoured by deposits of iron ore and heavy spar as well as an abundance of water and woods.Wendener Hütte was founded in 1728 close to the village of the same name near Wenden at a stream of the name Bigge.