Henneberger Erbstolln

The Henneberger Erbstolln was an important tin and iron ore mine in the Johanngeorgenstadt mountain area in the Saxon Ore Mountains .

location

Not far from today's district of Henneberg von Johanngeorgenstadt, several pits were operated in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to mine directly adjacent ore veins . This includes an important tunnel, the Henneberger Erbstolln , which was most likely resumed in 1680 in the upper Lehmergrund . In 1706, the tunnel drove to the profitable tin mine Weinkrug. The breakthrough in the iron stone mine Sechs Brüder Einigkeit took place in 1730. The tunnel 800 m south of the Henneberg area, which represents the layer boundary to the granite, was approached. The granite emerging here has sunk by 150 m in the lying part of the corridor. The tunnel set at 835 m above sea level brings the Henneberg shaft sunk on the cross of the Henneberg Flachen with the Six Brothers Unity Flachen to a depth of 85 m. In 1784 the mine was run as a publishing house. Tin mining finally came to a standstill at the end of 1818. From this point on, the Henneberger Erbstolln is only shown as an iron stone pit. Frequent impact water shortage leads to a heavy cost burden for the mine. As a result, the artifacts for civil engineering were protected in 1826 and the 866 m long field rods and the artifacts were demolished in 1827. A dismantling was now only possible above the tunnel sole. In 1828 he is provisionally mentioned for the last time with a tithing decree. The continuous production of iron stone since 1793 comes to a standstill from 1855 and finally ends completely in 1882 after very irregular extraction. From 1879 the mine was on time. In 1883 the pit went into the open.

In 1841/42 a 2500 m long rose was built from the mouth of the tunnel to the Roman eagle artificial ditch . The water served to operate the new water cap on the Schaarschacht.

Almost the entire dump of the tunnel was removed in the years around 1890 for road construction in the Lehmergrund. In the years 1956/57 geological investigations of the Henneberger Gangzug were carried out again.

literature

• Otfried Wagenbreth et al .: Mining in the Ore Mountains. Technical monuments and history . Ed .: Otfried Wagenbreth, Eberhard Wächtler . 1st edition. German publishing house for basic industry, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-342-00509-2 , p. 293 .
• Frank Teller : Mining and mining town Johanngeorgenstadt . Förderverein Pferdegöpel Johanngeorgenstadt eV, Johanngeorgenstadt 2001.

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 2.4 ″  N , 12 ° 41 ′ 41 ″  E