Loud soap

Lauterseifen , also Lauterseiffen , was a mining area near the 935.6  m nm high Hirschberg ( location ) in the Ore Mountains . The mining of the tin deposit began at the beginning of the 16th century at the latest. The Harz counts of Mansfeld can be traced as mining operators there as early as 1519, i.e. before the mining town of Platten was founded .

Pewter- rich layers were found from the debris deposits below the Plattenberg , which were then processed in various ways. In the Plattner district, the alluvial deposits in the river beds and on the banks of all local streams were used, as Georgius Agricola describes. In addition, the Zinnseifner channeled the water from trenches into a series of parallel, gradual downhill troughs (in the mineralized suspension) in the secondary deposit, such as in Lauterseifen.

The name was given in the Erzgebirge dialect and means lots of (= loud ) soap [mines].

Web links

• The Plattner Graben (Blatenský příkop) Retrieved on July 25, 2015 (detailed description with complete illustrations; click on “Plattner Graben” in the navigation bar). 
• Jelení hora - důlní díla. In: velebil.net. Retrieved July 25, 2015 (Czech). 

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 42.6 "  N , 12 ° 44 ′ 40.3"  E