Pleßbachweg

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The Pleßbachweg is a mining trail in the valley of the Pleßbach (also known as Hammertal ) in the Sprockhövel district of Niedersprockhövel . The hiking trail connects various historical mining sites from the early days of coal mining in the Ruhr area . Since the coal seams reached to the surface in the Sprockhövel area, some of the oldest evidence of the history of the Ruhr mining industry can be found here .

description

The approximately 8.5 km long circular hiking trail was created by the Association of Mining Historic Sites Ruhrrevier e. V .; Working group Sprockhövel in cooperation with the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Sprockhövel e. V. created. The cross-section of a Vignol rail was chosen as a sign on the basis of the Bossel – Blankenstein coal railway that used to run through the Hammertal . The Pleßbachweg is thematically combined with four other mining hiking trails to form the “Coal Trace” theme route .

Attractions

The mining hiking trail leads to several sites and objects from mining history, some of which are explained on site with informative display boards.

  1. Schelle and Haberbank collieries
  2. Steel hammer mill Krüner am Pleßbach
  3. United Adolar colliery and Glückauf Barmen colliery
  4. Route of the Kleinbahn Bossel – Blankenstein
  5. Colliery harmony
  6. Glückauf-Hegermann colliery
  7. Elisabethenglück colliery
  8. Tinsbank colliery
  9. Grinding bowls Nippus
  10. Mine old grudges
  11. Machine shaft Caroline, location of the first steam engine in Sprockhövel (1826)
  12. Henriette Göpelschacht

literature

  • Ed .: Förderverein Bergbauhistorischer Stätte Ruhrrevier eV, Working Group Sprockhövel, supported by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Sprockhövel eV: The trace of coal: The Pleßbachweg - hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and map , 2006, 24 pp.

Web links

  • Mining trails. Sprockhövel working group of FBSR eV, accessed on January 9, 2013 .
  • Hiking guide with map of the Pleßbachweg (last accessed on November 21, 2012)

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 20 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 53 ″  E