Glücksburg mine
| Glücksburg mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Eschweiler Society | ||
| Start of operation | before 1838 | ||
| End of operation | 1884 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Zinc ore / lead ore / limonite / coal | ||
| Greatest depth | 92 m | ||
| Degradation of | Lead ore | ||
| Degradation of | Limonite | ||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 48 '37.8 " N , 6 ° 12' 46" E | ||
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| Location | southwest of Eschweiler- Röhe , at Propsteier forest | ||
| local community | Eschweiler | ||
| City region ( NUTS3 ) | Aachen | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Aachen district | ||
The Glücksburg mine was an ore mine southwest of Eschweiler- Röhe in the Propsteier forest . Its special feature was the so-called "black crust", a erzimprägnierte on the border of carbon slate Latvians layer . In 1838 their concession on zinc ore , lead ore and brown iron stone was acquired by the "Eschweiler Metallurgische Gesellschaft" and leased further. In 1865, the Eschweiler company took over the mine operations after a lead ore deposit was discovered. The deep excavation was slow due to the strong water flow, and the ores were only of medium to poor quality. In 1884 the mine was shut down at a depth of 92 m. A former Steiger then leased the mine, but hardly extracted any ore.
In some parts of the overburden of the former pit, there are representatives of the so-called calamine flora , such as the calamine fescue (Viola calaminaria) or the calamine fescue ( Festuca aquisgranensis ).
Today, the Camp Astrid industrial area is located near and immediately next to the Aachener Land service area in Eschweiler .
Web links
- Description on stolberg-abc.de
- Friedhelm Ebbecke-Bückendorf: Idyllic nature and "Black Crust" , newspaper clipping on the pages of the Eschweiler History Association