Mining Technology Park
The Bergbau-Technik-Park is an open-air museum in the Leipziger Neuseenland on the subject of lignite mining in the southern Leipzig area .
location
The Bergbau-Technik-Park is located on the overburden site of the former Espenhain opencast mine near the northern shore of Lake Störmthal and its connection to Lake Markkleeberger . The area belongs to the municipality of Großpösna . Highway 38 passes north of the park . The Cröbern central landfill is located south of the park. The road connection to the park branches off near the integration of the federal highway 95 into the federal highway 2 at Großdeuben . Cycle path connections are also available from the north.
exhibition
On an area of 5.4 hectares, the Bergbau-Technik-Park presents the entire work cycle of an open-cast lignite mine. This begins with the dismantling of the settlements and the preparation for mining, extends to the necessary lowering of the groundwater level , the movement of the overburden over the coal and its removal to the restoration of the site and its further renovation.
At the center of the exhibition are two large machines from the former Espenhain open-cast mine, the bucket wheel excavator 1547 (1,300 t, built in 1986) and the (overburden) spreader 1115 (2,400 t, built in 1985), both with powerful crawler tracks . In addition, equipment for rail and drainage technology that was used in open-cast mining is shown. Coal and overburden transport wagons as well as an associated LEW EL 2 electric locomotive are available. Elements of belt conveyor systems and the power supply in the pit are shown. However, the succession of flora and fauna after the end of mining is also made clear, as is the problem of acidic water in the subsequent landscape.
Numerous pictures remind of the villages removed by the Espenhain opencast mine. A total of 22 display boards along a circular path provide the visitor with details of the objects in the exhibition, with the boards being furnished with pictures and the explanatory texts divided for children, adults and those interested.
The bucket wheel excavator 1547
Crawler tracks of the excavator
An electric locomotive with a stripping car
Pit drainage
Simulated overburden landscape
history
In 2002, former miners founded the Bergbau-Technik-Park e. V. with the intention of keeping the memory of mining alive, having an educational effect and increasing the attractiveness of the region. Specifically, the goal was to keep the two large machines, the 1115 and 1547 diggers, and to make them the focus of a presentation of mining and mechanical engineering. In 2003, the LMBV handed over the large equipment to MIBRAG or the association, whereby MIBRAG reserved the later active use of the 1115. In 2004 the municipality of Großpösna became a member of the association and property owner of the area of the planned park. From 2005 a new concept for the park was developed and in 2006 an operator concept was created. In 2006 the association became a member of the umbrella association Mitteldeutsche Strasse der Braunkohle e. V.
After solving numerous permit and financing problems, the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the park took place on May 28, 2010 . After individual opening days, the first season began on May 6, 2012 with regular opening times.
In 2014 the Bergbau-Technik-Park was included as one of the 51 objects on the Route of Industrial Culture in Saxony .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 47.4 " N , 12 ° 25 ′ 16.3" E