Love of god (Stolln)

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Love of God was a tunnel in the Johanngeorgenstadt mountain area in the Saxon Ore Mountains .

location

At the Fastenberg near Johanngeorgenstadt, several pits were operated in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to mine directly adjacent ore veins . The love of God Stolln was on the middle Fastenberg in the Külliggut area not far from Johanngeorgenstadt at 892  m above sea level. NHN posted. The Kirschbächel rises not far from here . The mutation of the tunnel falls in the quarter Luciae of the year 1706. The tunnel is located about 70 m northwest of the Treuefreundschaft tunnel . Between 1715 and 1722 around 18.5 kg of silver were extracted. However, by 1722 the recession had risen to 12,734 guilders. From 1737 the minefield of the tunnel was connected to the Elias tunnel . The mining was abandoned in 1772. The tunnel mouth hole is buried today.

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 ° 26 '26 "  N , 12 ° 42' 44"  E