Reitzenhainer Zeuggraben
| Reitzenhainer Zeuggraben | ||
 preserved, dry section of the trench |
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| Data | ||
| location | Germany | |
| River system | Black Pockau | |
| source | Raft pond at the New World Mill 50 ° 32 ′ 48 ″ N , 13 ° 13 ′ 16 ″ E
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| length | 20 km | |
The Reitzenhainer Zeuggraben (also Reitzenhainer Kunst- und Zeuggraben ) is an artificial ditch created in the Ore Mountains in the 16th century , which used to supply the mining and stamping works of the Marienberger Revier with impact water.
description
The ditch begins as an outflow from the raft pond at the New World Mill in Reitzenhain , directly on the German-Czech border at an altitude of about 770 m above sea level. NHN . It leads east past Reitzenhain and after several kilometers reaches Gelobtland . From there it leads over Großrückerswalde and Wüstenschlette to Lauta . The total length is about 20 kilometers. At the end of the 17th century, a branch from Gelobtland over the mountains to Dörfel was created to supply the mines there.
history
For the up-and-coming mining industry in the 16th century, plans were made to build a moat to power the artificial tools and conveyor systems in the pits. The construction of the trench was ordered on June 6, 1551 and completed after five months, in October 1551. The water drove the artifacts of the pits on the Bauer Morgengang , the Kiesholz and the Elisabeth Flachen .
After the pits near Lauta were closed at the end of the 17th century, the ditch was diverted to Dörfel. Here the water hit the artificial wheel of the Rudolphschacht .
Water from the trench was also channeled through the brick barn between the mountains and the villages into the Wagenbach valley west of Pobershau in order to increase the amount of water for the pounding works in the Marterberg collieries.
present
After mining in the Marienberger Revier was discontinued, the now no longer required trench was cut up or filled in by various construction measures such as rail and road construction and is only preserved in sections today. From Reitzenhain to Gelobtland leads - with short breaks - a hiking trail along the trench.
literature
- Karl-Heinz Melzer: The Reitzenhain art and stuff pit. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter 4/2014, p. 24f., ISSN 0232-6078
Web links
- Photos in the "MontE" database of the Institute for Science and Technology History (IWTG) of the Technical University of Freiberg: 1 , 2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Falk Meyer: The Marienberger Bergbau around 1600 , proceedings, 10th International Mining History Workshop from 3. – 7. October 2007 in Dittrichshütte / Thuringia ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 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. , (PDF; 511 kB), accessed on March 11, 2014
- ↑ Der Wasserlochschacht / Rudolphschacht ( Memento from December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bergbrüderschaft Pobershau e. V., Ed .: In the footsteps of old mining - Mining historical hiking trails Pobershau , Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg, 2004, p. 75
