Königswart mine
The Königswart mine (Johann Friedrich Fundgrube) is a former mine in Schönegründ (municipality of Baiersbronn ) in the northern Black Forest. The pit is located below the Königswart ruins . The first mention is in 1488, when the Margrave Christopher of Baden, the mining law of Schwaz and Sterzing awarded . It is likely, however, that the pit is much older. From 1595 the mine belonged to Württemberg.
Mined mainly were silver-bearing ores . Together with Neubulach and Christophstal ( Freudenstadt ), it was the most important mining site for silver on Württemberg territory. All three deposits mainly contain pale ores . The ores also contained iron that was smelted in the hammer mills and blast furnaces in Christophstal.
literature
- Sönke Lorenz: Silver Copper Cobalt - Mining in the Black Forest . In: Gregor Markl, Sönke Lorenz (Hrsg.): Series of publications of the Mineral Museum Oberwolfach . tape 1 . Markstein Verlag, Filderstadt 2004, ISBN 3-935129-10-6 , Tübingen im Silberglanz: The Tübinger Pfennig and the rise of the city, p. 159-191 .
- Mathilde Schnürlen: History of the Württemberg copper and silver ore mining . Verlag von W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1921, p. 43-47 ( archive.org ).
Individual evidence
Web links
- Königswart mine. In: Mineralienatlas Lexikon. Stefan Schorn u. a.
- Locations of Königswart mine at mindat.org
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 31 ″ N , 8 ° 24 ′ 3 ″ E