Mining Museum Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge
The Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge Mining Museum is a mining museum located in the former “Karl Liebknecht” coal mine in the Oelsnitz town of Oelsnitz . The carrier is the kul (T) our company of the Erzgebirgskreis .
history
In 1967 a "conception for the construction of a technical monument with a museum character about the development of the productive forces of the hard coal mining of the GDR" was decided. From 1976 onwards, part of the daytime facilities was transformed into the “Karl-Liebknecht-Schacht” mining museum and opened to the public on July 4, 1986. In January 2018, the City Council of Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. the plans for the renovation and conversion of the museum complex were presented. These provide for the renovation of the building with the winding tower, the addition of an entrance foyer and the redesign of the entire museum tour, including the escape and rescue routes, in the coming years. A good 17 million euros are budgeted for the renovation.
Areas
The current mining museum comprises four main areas:
- the exhibition area in the former pay counter hall,
- the surface area with various large machines and systems such as Leonard converters , electric tower hoisting machine , steam conveyor system, suspended bank and the outdoor area with steam locomotive of the class 52, as well as a headframe and an electric drum hoisting machine from the hard coal / uranium deposit Freital ,
- the underground area of the mine, authentically reproduced in the former wash house . Various machines and devices from the miner's day -to-day work can be seen here - some in function.
- Initiator of the Saxon Coal Road project
BR 52 8199-3
This locomotive was reconstructed from the BR 52 3252 in November 1967 , and the manufacturer named Jung (11263/1944). Subsequent stationings were Bw Templin (December 1, 1967 - October 2, 1968), Bw Pasewalk (October 3, 1968 - October 4, 1968), Templin (October 5, 1968 - December 31, 1971), Neustrelitz (1. January 1972 - January 29, 1973) and Bw Zittau (January 30, 1973 - May 24, 1988). There she was z-posted on May 25, 1988 and retired and sold on November 3, 1992. In December 1996 the mining museum finally bought the locomotive, where it was externally refurbished in 1997/1998 and is now an example of the many coal trains.
Others
On February 27, 2015, the one millionth visitor since the museum opened. The Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge Mining Museum was originally one of the selected sites in the UNESCO World Heritage application for the Erzgebirge mining region . The museum complex has been listed as one of the associated sites since June 2017. The museum will be one of the six locations of the 4th Saxon State Exhibition 2020 under the main theme Industry-Culture-Saxony .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mining Museum gets striking extensions (accessed on January 30, 2018)
- ↑ http://www.reichsbahndampflok.de/blaetter_52_8/52_8199.html
- ↑ http://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.php?17,1165553
- ↑ Mining Museum welcomes millionth visitor. In: Free Press. Stollberger newspaper. February 28, 2015, p. 11.
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 31.4 " N , 12 ° 43 ′ 44.7" E