Haldenrundweg
| Haldenrundweg | |
|---|---|
 Southern flank of the Grühlingstrasse mine dump |
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| Data | |
| length | 50.6 km |
| location | Germany |
| Start / finish point |
Saarbahn -Haltestelle Heinrichshaus 49 ° 16 '28.5 " N , 6 ° 57' 40.3" O |
| Type | Circular hiking trail |
| The highest point | 427 m above sea level NHN , Halde Göttelborn |
| Lowest point | 204 m above sea level NHN , Neuhauser Strasse |
| Viewpoints | Bergehalde Viktoria , Halde Göttelborn, Halde Brefeld, Bergehalde Lydia , Bergehalde Grühlingstrasse |
Map with all coordinates: The Haldenrundweg is a multi-day circular hiking trail in the Saarbrücken regional association . It leads through the Saar coal forest , to culturally significant remains of Saarland's industrial culture and to the mining dumps that are located around the forest. The hiking trail is signposted throughout.
background
Industrial mining began in Saarland in the 19th century and shaped the region until around the 1970s. Mining not only influenced the economy, but also ensured urbanization in the side valleys of the Saar in the first half of the 20th century. The rapid decline in the coal and steel industry began in the 1960s . The mining dumps in the Saarland represent one of the remaining testimonies to the mining tradition. According to Delf Slotta, there are around 70 larger mining dumps and a number of small ones in the Saarland. Around 2000, some of them were placed at the center of landscape development through the Saar Regional Park project . In order to keep some heaps visible, they have since been protected from overgrowth, whereas in the 1990s the goal was to reforest them and thus to integrate them discreetly into the landscape. As part of the Saar Regional Park project, the circular heap path was also created, which connects the heaps around the Saar coal forest.
In 2010 an old bridge on the outskirts of Quiigart had to be demolished because it was dilapidated. The hiking trail to Göttelborn led over them . In the following year, a new pedestrian bridge was built as a replacement and inaugurated. The cost of the bridge, which amounted to 12,000 euros, was borne by SaarForst and the Weiher power station . During the construction of the new bridge, the Haldenrundweg was diverted via the nearby road.
Since 2012, the RAG-Hartfüßler-Trail association has been running a run that leads over parts of the Haldenrundweg and the jungle tour . The club pays particular attention to climate neutrality and waste avoidance during the run .
In 2019, an exhibition entitled Made in Saarland took place in the Möllerhalle of the Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site . Industrial culture - photographs by Robby Lorenz to mark the farewell to General Director Meinrad Maria Grewenig . It consisted of fifteen photographs of the Saarland mine dumps, sprayed on aluminum. These photographs were taken by Robby Lorenz, the art director of the Saarbrücker Zeitung . According to Grewenig, one of the goals of the exhibition was to bring the mountain dumps as mythical places more into the Saarland's consciousness and also to link them with the Völklinger Hütte. In this sense, the opening sentence of the exhibition read: "The Ayers Rock of the Saarland is the Saar coal forest"
In the future, the Luisentahl mine dump is also to be released from mining supervision . Once this is done, it will also be integrated into the circular route.
description
The hiking trail begins at the Heinrichshaus settlement , which was created in the 18th century for rangers and forest workers . These settlements were named either after Wilhelm Heinrich or Heinrich Raubauch, who was the first inhabitant of that settlement. A Saarbahn stop has also been available here since 1920 . From there, the hiking trail leads west under the federal motorway 1 , over a Roman road to a miners' path . This path was still used by miners for their commute into the 20th century. Then you reach the former miners' settlement Von der Heydt .
The path continues into the Burbach valley and past the former Seilschacht mine to the Pfaffenkopf hunting lodge . The hiking trail continues along the southern bank of the Absinkweiher Frommersbach and then turns into the Frommersbachtal and leads past the outskirts of Altenkessel and the edge of the forest. From there the path continues to the foot of the Luisentahl heap. Then it leads further north through a section of the Püttlinger forest and back to the Absinkweihers Frommersbach.
Finally, the hiking trail enters Püttlingen . From there it leads to the Viktoria heap . Among other things, this offers a view of the nearby Köllertal . From there, the path reverses to the east and leads through the Köllertal Forest to Riegelsberg and along this municipality to just before Holz . On the way there, you also pass rocks from the Holzer conglomerate .
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Before Holz, the path turns east and also leads to the site of the former Göttelborn mine . This is where the Göttelborn dump is entered. From here you have a view of the Vosges , the Black Forest and the Hunsrück when the weather is right . The path then leads further south through the forest, past Quiigart. There is also the possibility of making a detour to the former Knappschaft's hospital , which houses today's Quierschieder Rehabilitation Clinic. This hospital was built between 1907 and 1910 for the area's miners. Otherwise the path crosses the Fischbach and continues to Brefeld . A pit was opened here in 1872. It also includes a mine dump, which is now completely overgrown compared to the other dumps. There are still ruins of the former miners' settlement in the area.
From Brefeld the path then continues towards Fischbach-Camphausen . Here the trail enters the Saar coal forest again and leads to the Lydia heap . From here you have a view of the mine there, the adjacent Dudweiler and the Göttelborn dump. This heap was opened to the public in 2006. The plateau, which extends over about 12 hectares, with its black-gray surface represents a contrast to the vegetation of the saar coal forest.
We continue along the Fischbachtalbahn in a south-west direction. The railway line is passed through an underpass. Then the Fischbach is crossed twice until it arrives at the Absinkweiher Fischbachtal, which was created in 1961 for the Jägersfreude mine . When the funding there ended in 1968, it was renatured. Further down the Fischbach is the former Fischbachbad, which was built between 1924 and 1926 and closed in 1965. The mushroom mushroom in the outdoor pool can still be seen clearly. After the path follows the course of the stream for a while, it crosses the Fischbachtalbahn again and leads with a slight incline to the Grühlingstrasse heap .
Then the hiking trail leads back down into the Fischbachtal and then after an underpass under the railway line into the forest reserve of the Steinbachtal. There the path follows one of the tributaries of the Steinbach uphill to the Nauwies . It is the former location of the Kolbenhof, which is believed to have been destroyed in the Thirty Years War . On older maps the meadow is called Neue Wiese . Today it is still looked after by the forest for its valuable fauna. Finally, a miners' path, which once connected Rußhütte with Von-der-Heydt, leads back to Heinrichshaus from a nearby intersection .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Delf Slotta : The Saarkohlenwald and the new Haldenrundweg . November 14, 2006 ( online [PDF; 2.2 MB ]).
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Morphoses - Agency for Art and New Media: Der Haldenrundweg . with hiking map. Ed .: Ministry for the Environment of Saarland. 2nd Edition. Saarbrücken August 2006 ( online [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
- ↑ Michael Kipp: Mining in Saarland: "We should just let such places live". Saarbrücker Zeitung , February 25, 2018, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Elmar Müller: A way of industrial culture. Saarbrücker Zeitung , September 29, 2008, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
- ^ Anne Allenbach: Hikers are happy about the new bridge. Saarbrücker Zeitung , May 27, 2011, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Daniel Konrad: The Hartfüßler and the Silver Star. Saarbrücker Zeitung , October 20, 2015, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Dietmar Klostermann: Grewenig heralds farewell with stockpile photos. Saarbrücker Zeitung , January 31, 2019, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Dump Lydia. Ministry of Education and Culture Saarland, accessed on February 2, 2020 .