Obermartelingen

Obermartelingen ( German ) Uewermaarteleng ( lux. ) Haut-Martelange ( French ) Rambruch parish
Coordinates :	49 ° 49 '  N , 5 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '26 "  N , 5 ° 44' 55"  E
Postal code :	8823
Location of Obermartelingen in Luxembourg
Split house of the Johanna mine

Obermartelingen ( lux . : Uewermaarteleng , French : Haut-Martelange ) is a district of the municipality of Rambruch in western Luxembourg and is known for its disused slate pits . The district lies directly on the border with Belgium ; across the border is the Belgian municipality of Martelange (Martelingen).

Slate industry in Luxembourg

The slate mining in Obermartelingen can be dated back to the time before the French Revolution . With industrialization , the demand for slate increased and the first smaller pits were built , which came into the hands of financially strong German industrialists, the Rother family from Frankfurt , in the middle of the 19th century . The heyday of the Luxembourg slate industry was at the beginning of the 20th century when it employed 600 workers. A narrow-gauge railway , affectionately called Jangeli, was built to transport the slate . Due to competitive pressure from foreign slate and slate substitutes , the last Obermartelinger mine closed in 1986. Today the Uewermaarteleng Slate Museum is located there .

Web links

Commons : Obermartelingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mine train
• Musée de l'Ardoise (Uewermaarteleng Slate Museum)
• Law on the establishment of the Obermartelinger Mining Company (PDF file; 43 KB)