Ensdorfer tunnel
The Ensdorf tunnel is an abandoned mine tunnel in the Saarland municipality of Ensdorf . It was dug in 1833 as a connecting tunnel between the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm mine in Schwalbach and the ship loading point on the right bank of the Saar , and mining began on October 30, 1842. The total length of the tunnel is 2350 meters.
history
The tunnel was built in the early days of mining on the Saar . After the Saar area was annexed to Prussia in 1815, Ensdorf changed from an agricultural village to a mining town within a short period of time.
During the excavation of the tunnel in 1836, mine-separating measurements were carried out for the first time in Saarland with the help of a theodolite . Initially, horses were used to transport the coal, pulling the carts through the tunnel. In the course of extensive mechanization measures, they were replaced in 1895 by a conveyor system with rope and chain hoists. The tunnel was closed in 1910.
During the Second World War , in the last days of the war, the citizens of Ensdorf found protection from the Allies' air raids in the tunnel. In the following years it deteriorated noticeably. In 1987 the mouth hole was restored as a testimony to pioneering mining work.
literature
- Ralf Banken: The industrialization of the Saar region 1815-1914, volume 1. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07324-8 .
- Anton Haßlacher: The coal mining of the Prussian state in the area of Saarbrücken . Springer Verlag, Berlin 1904.
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 33 ″ N , 6 ° 46 ′ 58 ″ E