Friederike Pit (Bündheim)
| Friederike pit | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1860 | ||
| End of operation | 1963 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 424 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 53 '0 " N , 10 ° 32' 34.9" E | ||
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| Location | Bündheim | ||
| local community | Bad Harzburg | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Goslar | ||
| country | State of Lower Saxony | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Friederike iron ore mine , or Friederike mine for short, is a former iron ore mine in the Bündheim district in the Lower Saxony town of Bad Harzburg .
Location and geology
The mining area was located on the immediate northern edge of the Harz, west of Bad Harzburg city center. Geologically, the mining area was characterized by marine-sedimentary oolithic iron ores, along with other minerals such as goethite and limonite .
history
After the mining engineer Wilhelm Castendyck found profitable ore deposits in the Harzburg area at the end of the 1850s, the Friederike mine was founded shortly thereafter. The production initially took place in open-cast mining and was later expanded to include civil engineering . The mine was closed in 1963.
Todays use
After the abandonment, the old dumps were leveled and the mine buildings demolished. A game reserve was set up on the site and the Mann + Hummel company established itself on the northern edge. A hunt was set up reminiscent of the Friederike mine.
literature
- Ernst-Rüdiger Look: Geology and Mining in the Braunschweiger Land . North. Harz foreland, Asse, Elm-Lappwald, Peine-Salzgitter, Allertal. In: Geological Yearbook (= series A ). tape 78 . Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1984, p. 426 .
- Hans Schmidt: The operating history of the “Friederike”, “Hansa” and “Hermann” mines, as well as the “Mathildenhütte” . A contribution to the history of iron ore mining and iron production in the former Harzburg office. Bad Harzburg 1979.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mineralienatlas Lexikon: Eisenerzgrube Friederike on mineralienatlas.de , accessed on May 14, 2018.
- ↑ pit Friederike on outdooractive.com , accessed on May 14, 2018th