Oberscheibe lime works

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View into the preserved Oberscheibe limestone quarry
Buildings at the limestone quarry
Buildings at the limestone quarry

The lime works Oberscheibe was a lime - mine south of the Saxon town of Scheibenberg in the Erzgebirge .

history

Dismantling

The first documentary mention dates from 1630 with the mention of a lime kiln. According to the Scheibenberg pastor and chronicler Christian Lehmann , at the end of the 17th century it was not possible to mine lime due to a lack of wood:

"In the black water and its incursions 2 Kalck breaks, the one about the origin and source of Marckers-Bach auff the upper Scheibner, but which only a lie strand is from Crotendörffer main course, and lay there for lack of Holtzes, aims to Marble be saved "

Above ground mining increased from 1770 onwards. In 1778 quicklime production is called, in 1853 also clay mining and brick kilns. In addition, the iron hammer mills in the area such. B. the Obermittweidaer Hammer is supplied with lime as a flossing agent. According to August Schumann , over 1000 barrels of lime were extracted here every year in the first third of the 19th century.

In the Scheibenberg Chronicle by Carl Benjamin Dietrich , this lime deposit was honored as follows in 1855:

“At the Scheibenberg there is a mighty limestone deposit, which is already mentioned in the oldest documents, currently owned by the widowed Madame Gottschald all here, which is operated by mining. The marble-like stone, broken here, is burned to lime in 2 ovens. The house of the burner, the warehouse and an oven are d. Z. new. This limestone store runs from Brünnlaß south through the Scheibenberg forest, between Oberscheibe and the Scheibenberg up the west side of Crottendorf, then turns to the Zschopau and Sehma Thale to Neudorf , Rothsehma and extends to Bärenslohe near Wiesenthal , where limestone quarries and everywhere Lime distilleries are. This stone is also artificially processed in Crottendorf . "

In 1857 a Rüdersdorfer furnace was built. In the same year, the plant became the property of the Saxon state. In 1867 a water solution tunnel was excavated , in 1884 the shaft was started and two years later an 8 HP steam engine was installed to lift the water. In 1926, the 38-meter-deep "Andreas Schacht" was the sloping tunnel to day break geteuft , built in 1931, a cement lime plant. In 1938 the “Wilhelmschacht” was sunk to raise water. The first cable crane system was installed in 1941/42, but it was dismantled again in 1945 as a reparation payment. In 1944 a large fire raged in the facilities. In 1964 the plant was publicly owned and in the same year open-cast mining was discontinued, and at the same time mining on the third level was increased. In 1965 the factory employed 45 workers. In 1973 the lime burning was stopped and a new split and terrazzo plant was put into operation.

According to an assessment made in 1990, the heterogeneity of the deposit and its low degree of whiteness left no prospect of a salable end product for the Central European market at that time or in the near future, after which the closure took place despite the abundant marble stocks.

In August 1990 the extraction work was finally stopped, in October the processing was closed.
From 1990 to 1992 the plant operated as "Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH", since 1992 it has belonged to "GEOMIN Erzgebirgische Kalkwerke GmbH" based in Lengefeld .

Redevelopment

Since around 1930, the deposit has suffered several slope slides and karst breakthroughs to the surface of the earth. An uncontrolled rise in water in the mine site, which has been closed since 1990, would have led to extensive and uncontrolled environmental damage. Therefore, in accordance with the Federal Mining Act, extensive storage work was carried out starting in 1995.

In 1996 the 5th level was flooded. In 2003, the renovations on the 4th level were completed, followed by flooding. For this purpose, the karst cavities of the deposit were closed off with a backing of lignite filter ash from the Chemnitz thermal power station, paper ash and water. The on-site mixed backfill was pumped into the cavities through a pipeline. In 2004, two of the five civil engineering levels had already been flooded and the offset work on the fourth level was continued. Preparatory measures for backfilling the quarry were taken in 2005. In 2006, the introduction of backfill on the 3rd level was completed and the partial backfilling of the quarry began. In 2007, the custody of the underground pit rooms was completed; the backfilling work on the 2nd and 1st level was completed beforehand. Subsequently, the flooding took place starting from the 3rd level, which continued until 2009 and when the natural calm water level was reached at 662  m above sea level. NN was continued.

After the renovation work has been completed, the partially filled open quarry can develop as a post-mining landscape into a biotope for lime-loving flora and fauna. In analogy to the Lengefeld lime works , remains of the quarry are to be preserved as a geotope and remain accessible. The only remaining hoisting machine house of the Andreas shaft from 1926 after the daytime building was torn down completes the ensemble of industrial monuments.

Delivery rate and products

Until 1974, quicklime was mainly produced for construction and fertilization purposes, and raw stone was also sold to iron and steel works and the pulp industry. From 1974 the production of carbonate chippings and terrazzo followed .
Around 1820, the delivery rate is given as around 1000 barrels of lime. The usable production amounted to approx. 3,700 tons in 1898, approx. 25,000 tons in 1944 and approx. 66,000 tons in 1975. It is estimated that the total production from this deposit was 2.9 million tons.

literature

  • Wolfgang Schilka: Oberscheibe lime works: a decommissioned mine just before the completion of the renovation. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter . Vol. 28, Issue 5, 2006, ISSN  0232-6078 , pp. 7-11.
  • Klaus Hoth: Former Oberscheibe 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. 57-66, ( PDF; 7.47 MB ).

Web links

Commons : Kalkwerk Oberscheibe  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Lehmann : Historical scene of their natural peculiarities in the Meißnischen Ober-Ertzgebirge. Lankisch, Leipzig 1699, p. 446, ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Upper pane . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 7th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1820, p. 658 f.
  3. ^ AG Heimatgeschichte Scheibenberg and Roland Hailer (eds.): Carl Benjamin Dietrich. His life, his works. Revised, given a new form, expanded. AG Heimatgeschichte, Scheibenberg 2005, p. 141, (extended reprint of the chronicle from 1839/1855).
  4. ↑ a b c cf. Klaus Hoth: Former Oberscheibe deposit. In: Marbles in the Ore Mountains. 2010, pp. 57, 65.
  5. ↑ a b cf. Klaus Hoth: Former Oberscheibe deposit. In: Marbles in the Ore Mountains. 2010, p. 64.
  6. ↑ Marble in the Ore Mountains: Geology, Extraction, Post-Mining Landscapes - 14th Meeting of the Post-Mining Landscapes Working Group, May 16 and 17, 2003 ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 30, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bergbaufolgen.de
  7. ↑ Der Bergbau in Sachsen , report of the Sächsischen Oberbergamt for the year 2004, p. 14  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.1 MB), accessed on March 31, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.smwa.sachsen.de  
  8. ↑ Der Bergbau in Sachsen , report of the Saxon Mining Office for the year 2005, p. 12  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB), accessed on March 31, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.smwa.sachsen.de  
  9. ↑ Der Bergbau in Sachsen , report of the Saxon Mining Office for the year 2006, p. 20  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.6 MB), accessed on March 31, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.smwa.sachsen.de  
  10. ↑ Der Bergbau in Sachsen , report of the Saxon Mining Office and the State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology - Raw Material Geology Unit - for the year 2007, p. 29 (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on March 31, 2011
  11. ↑ Der Bergbau in Sachsen , report by the Saxon Mining Office and the State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology - Raw Material Geology Unit - for the year 2008, p. 19  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 4.1 MB), accessed on March 31, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.smwa.sachsen.de  
  12. ↑ Der Bergbau in Sachsen , report of the Saxon Mining Office and the State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology - Raw Material Geology Department - for the year 2009, p. 17  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 16.6 MB), accessed on March 31, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.smwa.sachsen.de  
  13. ↑ cf. Klaus Hoth: Former Oberscheibe deposit. In: Marbles in the Ore Mountains. 2010, p. 65.
  14. ↑ cf. Klaus Hoth: Former Oberscheibe deposit. In: Marbles in the Ore Mountains. 2010, pp. 57, 64.

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 56 "  N , 12 ° 54 ′ 44.1"  E