Mining area south of Leipzig

The mining area south of Leipzig is one of the natural areas in Saxony and is located in the south of the Leipzig lowland bay . The natural area borders on the Leipziger Land to the south . In the center is the city of Borna . The extent of the area is identical to the Borna Revier (also called Northwest Saxon Revier ), which belongs to the Central German coal and steel region.

description

The Bornaer Revier was operated as an industrial mountain area since the middle of the 19th century, at that time mainly in civil engineering and with small-scale effects. In addition to the agricultural sector (mainly vegetable growing), the region was characterized by a diversified and small-scale economic structure. At the beginning of the 20th century, lignite mining in the Borna district had already reached economically significant dimensions, but rural trade and agriculture remained characteristic of the district until the First World War.

Mining entrepreneurs from the Borna district were among the founding members of the Central German Brown Coal Syndicate in 1909 . The large-scale mining in open pit mining operation was carried out from the mid-1920s and was constantly expanded. At that time, the mining district was still officially known as the North-West Saxon Revier . From 1930 onwards, the name Bornaer Revier emerged because mining was only carried out there.

As part of the Central German lignite mining area , this designation continues to apply, as mining continues to be carried out in the Borna area, particularly with the United Schleenhain opencast mine .

With the closure of numerous open-cast mines in the 1990s, the recultivation of the post-mining landscape in the southern area of Leipzig began . For these purposes, the Borna Revier has also been known as a natural area since 2001, the mining area south of Leipzig . The natural space has been heavily redesigned anthropogenic and thus a “technogenic natural space unit”. It contains opencast mines in various stages; there are phases of development , full operation and restoration of cultivated landscapes .

The mining area characterizes the southern area of Leipzig as an old industrial region in structural change. Characteristic are heaps, dumps, open pit lakes and already recultivated post-mining landscapes. Among other things, the Leipziger Neuseenland is emerging in the region , which is intended to enhance the comparatively unattractive area around Leipzig for tourists. As a natural area, the mining area southern Leipzig with an area of 500 square kilometers is one of the largest recultivation projects in Europe after the Lusatian Lake District.

Opencast mines

Panorama of in operation that are available United pit Schleenhain in Borna by Heuer village seen from

literature

Saxon State Office for Environment and Geology / Sächsisches Oberbergamt [Hrsg.]: The lignite mining in the southern area of Leipzig. Dresden, 2004.
Tillmann Scholbach: Opportunities for sustainable regional development in old industrial regions taking into account the concept of the regional life cycle - the example of the southern Leipzig area . Dissertation, Environmental Research Center Leipzig-Halle, 1997.
Ursula Bischoff: The influence of mining traditions and large-scale industrial developments on the social structure and mobility of the lignite workers in Borna. Dissertation, Humboldt University Berlin, 2000.

Web links

Cultural area of the Leipzig area - Museum Borna

Individual evidence

↑ Irene Ring: Sustainable Development in Industrial and Mining Regions - An Opportunity for the Southern Area of Leipzig? Springer-Verlag, 2013, p. 20.
↑ Irene Ring: Sustainable Development in Industrial and Mining Regions - An Opportunity for the Southern Area of Leipzig? Springer-Verlag, 2013, p. 20 f.
↑ Ursula Bischoff: The influence of mining traditions and large-scale industrial developments on the social structure and mobility of the lignite workers in Borna. Dissertation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2000, p. 72. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, accessed on September 11, 2019.
↑ Good luck! Museum Borna, accessed on September 11, 2019.

[1] Irene Ring: Sustainable Development in Industrial and Mining Regions - An Opportunity for the Southern Area of Leipzig? Springer-Verlag, 2013, p. 20.

[2] Irene Ring: Sustainable Development in Industrial and Mining Regions - An Opportunity for the Southern Area of Leipzig? Springer-Verlag, 2013, p. 20 f.

[3] Ursula Bischoff: The influence of mining traditions and large-scale industrial developments on the social structure and mobility of the lignite workers in Borna. Dissertation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2000, p. 72. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, accessed on September 11, 2019.

[4] Good luck! Museum Borna, accessed on September 11, 2019.