Langenberg lime works
The lime works Langenberg was a lime - mine southwest of the district Langenberg of the Saxon community Raschau-Markersbach in Erzgebirge .
history
The first documentary mention dates from 1778, the start of mining began earlier. In 1864 a Hofmann furnace (shaft furnace with large flame for continuous operation) was built in neighboring Raschau, which could be fired with hard coal. In 1866 47 bushels (approx. 5 m³) of lime could be obtained using 28 bushels of coal. In 1884, mining began in the tunnel.
From the middle of the 19th century to 1947 the plant was privately owned, before 1900 it was closed and used as a quarry. After 1945 the extraction work was resumed, from 1947 to 1962 the plant was publicly owned and operated as "VEB (K) Kalkwerk Langenberg". In 1962, mining was given up. The last time it was dismantled under the cooperative management of LPG Meerane until 1965.
Mining had no significant impact on the environment, and no rehabilitation was required. The quarry has been registered as a geotope since 2006 .
Dismantling
Due to the strong fissures in the upper parts of the deposit, only limited blasting work was necessary here. The dismantling was often hindered by intensive karstification, which was ultimately the reason for the discontinuation in 1962. In total, an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 tons of marble lime were mined here.
literature
- Klaus Hoth: Former Raschau-Langenberg deposit. In: Klaus Hoth, Norbert Krutský, Wolfgang Schilka: Marbles in the Erzgebirge (= mining in Saxony. Vol. 16). State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology - Oberbergamt, Freiberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812792-2-1 , pp. 36–40, ( PDF; 7.47 MB ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Hoth: Former Raschau-Langenberg deposit. In: Marbles in the Ore Mountains. 2010, pp. 36-39.
- ↑ a b cf. Hoth: Former Raschau-Langenberg deposit. In: Marbles in the Ore Mountains. 2010, pp. 36-40.
Coordinates: 50 ° 32'25.3 " N , 12 ° 49'47.2" E.