List of active mines in Germany

Mähringer Berg Heilbronn Clara Pit Obrigheim Stetten Vellberg Huettenheim Berchtesgaden Kropfmühl Lotharheil Rudersdorf Wintershall Neuhof-Ellers Hattorf Braunschweig-Lüneburg Breitestein Lambs Well-kept names Borth Magog slate quarry Altlay Rhine pit Margareta Pit Gypsum mine Engel waves Auersmacher mine Hammerunterwiesenthal Pit of rainfall Seilitz Bernburg Zielitz Sondershausen Unterbreizbach

Subsidizing underground mines in Germany

The list of active mines in Germany contains a complete list of the mines currently producing in Germany , i. H. underground plants for the extraction of mineral resources . Since these are usually non-mined natural resources, which the right to extract can be granted by the state independently of property ownership, the list has been expanded to include other non-mined natural resources, even if these are mined above ground. In Germany, ten are lignite - opencast mines . According to the Federal Mining Act (BBergG), all of these mines, i.e. underground mining and the exploration and extraction of non-mined mineral resources, are under mining supervision .

Companies that extract mined natural resources entirely with the help of boreholes ( crude oil , natural gas , brine , geothermal energy ) are not included, nor are systems for the extraction of stones and earth . The latter are fundamentally own mineral resources, the extraction of which belongs to the landowner. They are extracted in quarries ( natural stone ) or - in the case of loose rock - in sand , gravel or clay pits . Since 1996, mining has no longer been subject to the Federal Mining Act, but is regulated individually by the federal states.

Explanations

• Name : As far as can be determined, the name corresponds to the designation chosen by the operator.
• Start : As far as can be determined, this is the start of funding. Development work was just as little taken as the basis, as was unknown old mining in the area. Especially in older mines can be assumed that these meantime in deadlines were kept.
• Funding : The specified quantities generally relate to the raw materials obtained , not the products obtained from them (raw materials).
• Bodenschatz : The naming uses a rough classification. Special features may be listed in the Comments column .
• Notes : The specified funding periods generally result from the extrapolation of the delivery quantities on the basis of the explored raw material stocks. These terms depend on many factors. Developments in raw material prices on the world market mean that mines go into operation and have to be shut down again depending on their profitability. Other factors, such as switching to neighboring fields of deposits or improved processing methods , also have an impact on the operating time.

Underground mines

 Map with all coordinates of the section Underground Mines : OSM

Surname	state	place	Beginning	Promotion [t] / year	soil treasure	operator	Remarks	image
Mähringer Berg mine	Baden-Württemberg	Blaustein , OT Herrlingen ( location )	around 1900 (2009)	00.500,000	limestone	Märker Kalk	Drilling of the Gabriele tunnel since 2000 as a replacement for the exhausted Blaustein-Herrlingen quarry. Underground extraction in regular operation since 2009. Extraction of Ulmer Weiß , a particularly pure limestone with in parts over 99% CaCO 3 .
Heilbronn rock salt mine	Baden-Württemberg	Heilbronn ( location )	1883	05,000,000	Rock salt	SWS	Heilbronn , Franconia , Konradsberg shafts . Depth up to 230 m. Since 2006, the drilling and blasting process has been replaced by a cutting process with a continuous miner . Storage of 800,000 tons of hazardous waste per year since 1987.
Clara Pit	Baden-Württemberg	Oberwolfach ( location )	1898	00.160,000	Barite , fluorspar	Sachtleben mining	in the Black Forest (Kinzigtal)
Obrigheim gypsum mine	Baden-Württemberg	Obrigheim ( location )	1847	00.300,000	plaster	Heidelberg Cement	in the Odenwald
Stetten Salt Mine	Baden-Württemberg	Haigerloch , OT Stetten ( location )	1854	00.500,000	Rock salt	Wacker Chemie
Kreuzhalde gypsum and anhydrite mine	Baden-Württemberg	Vellberg ( location )	circa 1950		Gypsum, anhydrite	Pan cement	Inventories for approx. 25 years (until 2038)
Hüttenheim anhydrite mine	Bavaria	Hüttenheim ( location )	1957	00.200,000	Gypsum, anhydrite	Knauf plaster
Berchtesgaden salt mine	Bavaria	Berchtesgaden ( location )	1517		Rock salt	SWS	Sinkwerk -Mining
Kropfmühl graphite mine	Bavaria	Hauzenberg , OT Kropfmühl ( location )	1870	00.006,000	graphite	AMG mining	In 2012 funding was resumed
Lotharheil slate mine	Bavaria	Geroldsgrün , OT Lotharheil ( location )	1857		slate	Lotharheil slate works
Rüdersdorf limestone quarry	Brandenburg	Rüdersdorf near Berlin ( location )	13th Century		limestone	CEMEX
Wintershall potash plant	Hesse	Heringen (Werra) ( location )	1900		Potash salt	K + S	since 1997 Werra composite mine with locations in Hattorf, Wintershall, Unterbreizbach and Merkers adventure mine
Neuhof-Ellers potash plant	Hesse	Neuhof-Ellers ( location )	1913		Potash salt	K + S
Hattorf potash plant	Hesse	Philippsthal (Werra) ( location )	1908		Potash salt	K + S	since 1997 Werra composite mine with locations in Hattorf, Wintershall, Unterbreizbach and Merkers adventure mine
Lamerden pit	Hesse	Liebenau , OT Lamerden ( location )			plaster	Knauf plaster
Braunschweig-Lüneburg rock salt works	Lower Saxony	Grasleben ( location )	1911	00.513,000	Rock salt	esco	Magdeburg-Halberstädter potash district, shafts Braunschweig-Lüneburg I (Grasleben) , Braunschweig-Lüneburg II (Heidwinkel I) and Braunschweig-Lüneburg III (Heidwinkel II)
Breitestein pit	Lower Saxony	Golmbach ( location )			plaster	Knauf plaster
Magog-Gomer-Bierkeller composite mine	North Rhine-Westphalia	Schmallenberg , OT Bad Fredeburg ( location )	1853		slate	Magog	Gomer conveyor shaft, Magog weather shaft, beer cellar area closed
Well-preserved-Nammen pit	North Rhine-Westphalia	Porta Westfalica , OT Nammen ( location )	1952		Iron ore	Barbara ore mining	The ore is not smelted, but used as a building material.
Borth Salt Mine	North Rhine-Westphalia	Rheinberg ( location )	1906	02,000,000	Rock salt	esco	Additionally salt works.
Altlay pit	Rhineland-Palatinate	Altlay ( location )	1984		slate	Theis-Böger	Production at a depth of around 120 m. Roofing slate production
Rhine pit	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bacharach , OT Henschhausen ( location )	1889		slate	Bacharach slate works	Slate flour production
Margareta Pit	Rhineland-Palatinate	Polch , OT Nettesürch ( location )	15th century (1870)		slate	Rathscheck	Since 1928 shaft production from a depth of up to 220 m. In 1994 a serpentine conveyor helix was created. Access through 7 levels . Extraction of Moselle slate for roofing slate production.
Gypsum mine Engel	Rhineland-Palatinate	Ralingen ( location )	1946		plaster	Gypsum mining angel
Dolomite plant waves	Rhineland-Palatinate	Waves ( location )	around 1881		dolomite	TKDZ
Auersmacher mine	Saarland	Kleinblittersdorf ( location )	1936		limestone	Rogesa	Saar district . The limestone is extracted as an additive for iron smelting.
Hammerunterwiesenthal lime works	Saxony	Oberwiesenthal ( location )			marble	Geomin	Marble extraction in civil engineering since 2015.
Pit of rainfall	Saxony	Oberwiesenthal ( location )	2013	00.135,000	Fluorspar, barite	EFS	Youngest mining company in Germany.
Earthworks Seilitz	Saxony	Diera-Zehren , OT Seilitz ( location )	1764 (1825)	00,000.300	kaolin	State Porcelain Manufactory Meissen	The oldest and smallest kaolin mine in Europe with a 3-man workforce. Underground mining since 1825. Manual extraction. The particularly pure, white kaolin is the raw material for Meißner porcelain .
Bernburg rock salt mine	Saxony-Anhalt	Bernburg ( location )	1913	02,500,000	Rock salt	esco
Zielitz potash plant	Saxony-Anhalt	Zielitz ( location )	1973	12,000,000	Potash salt	K + S	Plaice from Calvörde . Overburden dump ("Kalimanjaro"), landmark visible from afar. Since 1995 also underground landfill.
Glückauf Sondershausen potash works	Thuringia	Sondershausen ( location )	1893	00.200,000	Rock salt	GSES	Northern Thuringian potash district. Rock salt mining since 2009, potash mining has ceased. Underground landfill. Connected is the “Glückauf” adventure mine.
Unterbreizbach potash works	Thuringia	Unterbreizbach ( location )	1910		Potash salt	K + S	Since 1997 Werra composite mine with locations in Hattorf, Wintershall, Unterbreizbach and Merkers adventure mine.

Brown coal opencast mines

• Start : At the start of a lignite open-cast mine, two times are particularly important: The start of opening (A) indicates the date on which the cover layers, which are often over 100 m thick, or overburden were excavated . The start of coal extraction (F) is then the actual start of production after the coal has been exposed.

 Map with all coordinates of the section lignite opencast mines : OSM

Surname	state	place	Beginning	Promotion [t] / year	operator	Remarks	image
Jänschwalde opencast mine	Brandenburg	Teichland , Forst , Peitz ( location )	A: 1974 F: 1976	13,000,000	LEAG	Lusatian lignite mining area . Funding until after 2050. Main buyer of the Jänschwalde power plant . Area 3165 hectares (until 2041).	more pictures
Welzow-Süd opencast mine	Brandenburg	Welzow ( location )	A: 1962 F: 1966	22,000,000	LEAG	Lusatian lignite mining area. Funding until 2042. Main customers of the Schwarze Pump power plant and the Schwarze Pump briquette factory. Area 1600 hectares (remaining hole to be flooded).	more pictures
Garzweiler II opencast mine	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bedburg , Grevenbroich , Jüchen , Erkelenz , M'gladbach ( location )	2006	35-40,000,000	RWE Power	Rhenish lignite district . Funding until approx. 2045. Buyers of power plants Neurath , Frimmersdorf , Niederaussem and Knapsacker Hügel . Area 2300 hectares. Recultivation with landscape lake planned.	more pictures
Hambach opencast mine	North Rhine-Westphalia	Niederzier , Elsdorf ( location )	A: 1978 F: 1984	40,000,000	RWE Power	Rhenish lignite district. Funding until approx. 2040. Customers such as the Garzweiler opencast mine. Area approx. 4000 hectares.	more pictures
Inden opencast mine	North Rhine-Westphalia	Inden , Aldenhoven , Jülich ( location )	A: 1957 F: 1959-1969, 1981	22,000,000	RWE Power	Rhenish lignite district. Between 1969 and 1981, deferred , 1981-1987 relocation of equipment from opencast future . Dismantling subfield Inden II. Funding until approx. 2030. Buyer of the Weisweiler power plant . Area 1100 hectares (approved: 4500). Recultivation with landscaped lake Indescher See planned.	more pictures
Nochten opencast mine	Saxony	Weißwasser / OL , Boxberg / OL ( location )	A: 1968 F: 1973	16,200,000	LEAG	Lusatian lignite mining area. Funding until approx. 2050. Main customers at the Boxberg power plant and the Schwarze Pump briquette factory. Extension 9000 hectares.	more pictures
Reichwalde opencast mine	Saxony	Boxberg / OL ( location )	A: 1985 F: 1987	09,100,000	LEAG	Lusatian lignite mining area. Deferred between 1999 and 2010, production resumed in 2010 with the completion of Unit R of the Boxberg power plant. Funding until around 2040.	more pictures
United Schleenhain opencast mine	Saxony	Groitzsch , Neukieritzsch ( location )	A: 1949 F: 1953	09,700,000	MIBRAG	Central German lignite district . Peres, Schleenhain and Groitzscher Dreieck mining fields. Funding until approx. 2040. Main buyer of the Lippendorf power plant . Area about 2500 hectares. Recultivation as Lake Peres	more pictures
Amsdorf opencast mine	Saxony-Anhalt	Sea area Mansfelder Land , OT Amsdorf ( location )	A: 1958 F: 1961	00.500,000	Romonta	Central German lignite district. Promotion until approx. 2035. Promotion of bitumen-rich lignite for the production of montan wax . Area 1000 hectares.	more pictures
Profen opencast mine	Saxony-Anhalt	Elsteraue , OT Profen ( location )	A: 1941 F: 1944	09,000,000	MIBRAG	Central German lignite district. Mining fields Profen-Süd (until 2014), Scherzau and Domsen. Funding until approx. 2035. Main customer at the Schkopau power plant . Area 1660 hectares.	more pictures

See also

• List of closed mines in Germany
• List of show mines, section Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frank Esters: The application of mining law in the stone and earth mining area . In: Communications on the geology and mining of Saxony-Anhalt . tape 17 , 2012, p. 66 ( PDF; 21.8 MB ).
2. ↑ Helmut Bock et al .: The Upper White Jura in the Ulm – Blaustein – Blaubeuren – Schelklingen – Allmendingen area: facies and raw material geology (excursion C on April 26, 2011) . In: Annual reports and communications of the Upper Rhine Geological Association, NF volume 93 , 2011, p. 228–229 ( PDF; 4.2 MB ). PDF; 4.2 MB ( Memento of the original from August 12, 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.  
3. ↑ A look at Blaustein's economic history. Retrieved September 2, 2016 . 
4. ^ Website of the Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG
5. ↑ Jürgen Lessat: Fear of the toxic waste disaster. In: KONTEXT: weekly newspaper. October 30, 2013, accessed August 12, 2014 . 
6. ^ Website of Sachtleben Bergbau GmbH & Co. KG
7. ^ Association of Saarland Mining Engineers V .: Exchange of operational experience at BV Nordbayern from May 30th. until June 2nd, 2007. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 26, 2016 ; accessed on May 26, 2016 . 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.  
8. ↑ Website of AMG Mining AG (formerly Graphit Kropfmühl AG)
9. ^ Website of the Lotharheil slate factory
10. ^ Website of CEMEX Deutschland AG
11. ↑ Werra potash works
12. ↑ Every day up to 500 tons of gypsum are broken down. In: Mitteilungsblatt Wir in Borgentreich. August 22, 2003, accessed August 14, 2014 . 
13. ↑ The mountain is reluctant to release the raw material ( memento from October 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
14. ^ Website of the Schiefergruben Magog GmbH & Co. KG
15. ^ Volker Wrede: Roofing slate mining in the Sauerland. (No longer available online.) Westphalian Slate Mining Museum Schmallenberg-Holthausen, formerly the original ; accessed on September 22, 2014 .  ( 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.    
16. ^ Website of Nikolaus Theis Nachf. Böger GmbH
17. ^ Website of the Schieferwerk Bacharach GmbH
18. ↑ Modern development with a serpentine tunnel. Retrieved August 13, 2014 . 
19. ^ Website of Gipsbergbau Engel GmbH
20. ^ Website of the Trier Kalk-, Dolomit- und Zementwerke GmbH
21. ↑ Gabi Thieme: Marble supplies in Lengefeld exhausted. Dismantling relocated. In: Free Press. Freiepresse.de, December 22, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2015 . 
22. ^ Website of the Erzgebirgische Fluss- und Schwerspatwerke GmbH
23. ↑ The white gold comes from a mini-mine. February 13, 2006, accessed August 12, 2014 . 
24. ↑ Seilitz (website of the municipality of Diera-Zehren)
25. ^ Website of the Glückauf Sondershausen Development and Security Company Ltd.
26. ↑ Jänschwalde opencast mine on Ostkohle.de
27. ↑ Welzow-Süd opencast mine on Ostkohle.de
28. ↑ Garzweiler opencast mine on the RWE Power AG website
29. ↑ Hambach opencast mine on the website of RWE Power AG
    Hambach opencast mine (PDF; 1.2 MB)
30. ↑ Inden opencast mine on the website of RWE Power AG
    Inden opencast mine at Euregio Maas-Rhein industrial museums ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 2017 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 August 12, 2016 
31. ↑ Nochten opencast mine on Ostkohle.de
32. ↑ Reichwalde opencast mine on Ostkohle.de
33. ↑ United Schleenhain opencast mine. Visitor information ( memento of the original from September 6, 2012 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. 
34. ↑ Opencast mine United Schleenhain on Ostkohle.de
35. ↑ Amsdorf opencast mine on Ostkohle.de
36. ↑ Profen opencast mine. Visitor information ( memento of the original from September 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
37. ↑ Profen opencast mine on Ostkohle.de

Web links

• German mining: the dead live longer. Deutsche Welle, September 12, 2013, accessed on August 10, 2014 .