Pleßbachweg
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.
- Schelle and Haberbank collieries
- Steel hammer mill Krüner am Pleßbach
- United Adolar colliery and Glückauf Barmen colliery
- Route of the Kleinbahn Bossel – Blankenstein
- Colliery harmony
- Glückauf-Hegermann colliery
- Elisabethenglück colliery
- Tinsbank colliery
- Grinding bowls Nippus
- Mine old grudges
- Machine shaft Caroline, location of the first steam engine in Sprockhövel (1826)
- 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