Eisgrubweg (Mainz)
The ice pit in the Upper Town of Mainz is located below the citadel and has been used as a natural ice cellar since 1872 . Back then, the growing city needed more cooling options. The name is made up of the words Eis and Grube ( spoken in the Mainz dialect without e ).
Soon afterwards, the problem with Carl von Linde's development of the generation of artificial cooling was resolved , and the new spacious cellars were no longer necessary. The Versailles Peace Treaty called for the closure of the Eisgrub barracks, which was only built as a defensive barracks in 1839. This made it possible that some sections of the Mainz railway tunnel could be dug up in the mid-1920s in order to allow the exhaust gases of the steam locomotives of the time to escape from the tunnel.
The mainzer Gasthausbrauerei Eisgrub-Bräu, currently the only brewery in Mainz, is located in the entrance area . The entrance area itself is faced with natural stones. A large staircase, also faced with natural stone, leads from the entrance in Weißliliengasse to Eisgrubweg.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Georg Bockenheimer : Mainz and surroundings . Published by J. Diemer, Mainz 1880, p. 141.
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 40.3 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 3.5 ″ E