Lüderich
The Lüderich is a mountain range that extends in the cities of Overath , Rösrath and Lohmar in the Bergisches Land in North Rhine-Westphalia . With a height of 260.2 meters above sea level, it is the highest point in Rösrath.
Former mining
The mining in Erzrevier Bensberg has on Lüderich a long history. This is discussed in detail in the article about the Lüderich mine . The Lüderich mining field moved from the Overath urban area to the Rösrath urban area over a distance of around four kilometers from north to south over the mountain with the deposits : North camp, Bleifelder deposit, spring, Bergmannsfreude, summer, hanging summer, Franziska and Franziskaquergang. In the south, in the Hopesthal district, the Bergsegen mine followed . On the western slopes, the mines were mine Anacker , pit Aurora , pit Gustav Bishop , pits Nestor and Peter , pit Schnepfenthal , pit Volta , pit Wallenstein and pit Wallenstein II . On the eastern slope was in the vicinity of the road on Heidenkeller the pit Leibnitz .
Mining memories
The headframe of the main shaft is visible from afar as a memorial at its old location, the former machine house is now the clubhouse of the Lüderich Golf Club . One of the old elevated tanks was converted into a carport. From the shaft dump of the main shaft, the stainless steel Barbara cross greets you far into the Bergisches Land . A former air raid shelter in Steinenbrück near the cross, which was used as a training room for the mine rescue team after the Second World War , now houses a Marian grotto.
At the edge of the rear Rothenbach valley, the headframe of the Franziskaschacht is also hidden in the forest as a memorial. The former Steiger's house and the wash house can be found in the lower part of the valley right next to the entrance to the Franziskastollen, which is now sealed with concrete.
Barbara Cross
A stainless steel cross was erected at the top of the tailings pile of the main shaft. On a prominent point in the area, it stands out in the area and is therefore an eye-catcher. The suggestion for the construction came from Mayor Siegfried Raimann . Then the cross was erected in August 1997 by the Catholic parish of St. Barbara. It is 15 meters high. The inauguration took place on September 6, 1997 by Auxiliary Bishop Klaus Dick .
The cross bears the following inscription:
- This cross is dedicated to the miners of the Lüderich mine in the name of their patron saint, Saint Barbara.
- It was built by the Catholic parish of St. Barbara Steinenbrück with the help of many donors. September 6, 1997 Reimund Fischer pastor
Others
Ground monument
The Lüderich mining area southeast of Untereschbach to Hoffnungsthal is entered as soil monument no. 6 in the list of soil monuments in Overath .
Golf
On the northwestern part of the Lüderich there is an 18-hole golf course with a driving range and an indoor hall with putting u. Pitching green.
Mining trail
The Bergbauweg, a 12 km long, signposted circular hiking trail from Hopesthal train station , connects memories of mining on Lüderich at ten stations.
Landfill
Above the golf course, an earth dump for excavated soil has been set up with a gradient in the direction of the former central shaft and August tunnel . Because they also wanted to deposit bottom ash from the Leverkusen waste incineration plant , there were protests among the population. The citizens' initiative “The Sülztal turns across” has published an illustrated summary of the events on the Internet.
summit
At the highest point of the Lüderich are
- The ring wall Lüderich , an Iron Age fortification, as well
- an elevated tank .
Map with all coordinates in this section: OSM
Individual evidence
- ↑ Das Barbarakreuz ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 October 16, 2011
- ↑ The Barbarakreuz on the dump of the Lüderich ore mine ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Sülztal is transverse ( memento of the original from May 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- History association Rösrath (ed.): Mining in the Bergisches Land - examples of mining traces between Sülz and Wahnbach. Rösrath 2002. ISBN 3-922413-52-8
- Gerhard Geurts , Hans Dieter Hilden, Herbert Ommer , Siegfried Raimann, Herbert Stahl (editor): The legacy of ore . Volume 4, The Lüderich. In: Series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg . tape 52 . Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 3-932326-52-0 .
- Herbert Stahl (editor): Das Erbe des Erzes, Volume 5, New news and stories about the Bensberg ore district , Bergisch Gladbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-044826-3
Web links
- Mining archive Bochum: Altenberg public limited company for mining and zinc smelting operations, Overath-Untereschbach (Rhineland)
- The Bergisches Wanderland: map and profile of the mining route
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ' N , 7 ° 13' E