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Carl was influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment. He was interested in culture and science. He studied metallurgy and metal casting. He had a particular soft spot for alchemy. Thus, until the end of his life, he endeavoured to extract gold from an alloy of base metals. This passion could also have been a motive for his support of the Carlshütte. Irrespective of this, however, Carl von Hessen was regarded as an avid promoter of business and new industrial ventures.
Carl von Hessen, governor of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and promoter of the Carlshütte.
Frederick VI, the King of Denmark, also supported the Carlshütte, the first ironworks of the Danish state.
