Lard pit (Bergisch Gladbach)
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Lard pit
City of Bergisch Gladbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 53 ″ N , 7 ° 9 ′ 32 ″ E
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Location of Schmalzgrube in Bergisch Gladbach |
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 Former manor house Schmalzgrube
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Schmalzgrube is a district in the Sand district of Bergisch Gladbach .
history
Schmalzgrube is an early modern settlement that arose as a lease from the knight's seat in Lerbach . It is recorded in the original cadastre in the municipality of Bensberg-Freiheit . The basic word pit indicates that mining has been carried out in the area . The defining word melting characterizes the subsequent process of melting ores ( iron , lead and also silver ).
Mining
In the area around Schmalzgrube there were many pits, some of which were superimposed. The mines Grube Blücher , Grube Bertha , Grube Britannia and Grube Selma should be mentioned .
Individual evidence
- ^ Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, p. 181, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5