New Year Maassen

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Neujahrs Maaßen was a pit in the Johanngeorgenstadt mountain area in the Saxon Ore Mountains .

location

The location of the Neujahrs Maaßen pit is now on the Häuersteig. The pits, stamp mills, artificial trenches, heaps and driveways that existed around 1790 are shown on the Johanngeorgenstadt sheet of the miles sheets of Saxony .

history

On the middle Fastenberg , on which Johanngeorgenstadt extends, several pits were operated in the 17th century to mine directly adjacent ore veins . This also included the New Year's measures awarded in the Luciae quarter of 1678 . In the Crucis quarter of 1692 the mine struck gold and delivered 2.7 kg of silver. The next and then permanent dawn came a year later. However, the first larger amount of silver only came from Luciae in 1695. This obviously came from the full moon Spat , because here the pit was a treasure trove on July 30, 1696 , as well as the 1st to 7th upper dimensions and the 1st to 5th lower dimensions lend inheritance . By the end of 1722, 2025 kg of silver had been harvested. In addition, the mine received half of the silver produced from the mine field, which was cultivated together with the Frisch-Glück treasure trove under the name Römisch Adler . By the end of 1722 that was 1614 kg. The silver blessing apparently continued, because in the years 1774 to 1783 the mine is mentioned as a yield. Only in the year 1784 is it only free-standing. In 1821 the pit was combined with the Grace God tunnel .

Up to 1800, 7501 kg of silver were extracted from this pit.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Miles sheets of Saxony, Freiberg copy, 1: 12,000: Johanngeorgenstadt
  2. ↑ Johann Christian Engelschall : Description of the exiles and mountain town Johann Georgen city . Friedrich Lanckischen's heirs and Christoph Kircheisen, Leipzig 1723, p. 231 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 50.9 ″  N , 12 ° 41 ′ 49.2 ″  E