Silberau
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| Waters | Lahn (lower course) | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 20 '1 " N , 7 ° 42' 13" E | |
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| length | 1.2 km | |
| width | 180 m | |
| surface | 60 ha | |
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The Silberau is an island in the lower reaches of the Lahn . It belongs to the city of Bad Ems . It is located in the far west of the city, near the border with the local community of Nievern .
geography
The island is 1.2 km long and a maximum of 180 meters wide in the lower part. It can be reached via the new Remy Bridge, which spans the eastern, upstream part of the island. The island road "Auf der Silberau" branches off from here. The “Silberaustraße”, on the other hand, is the north-eastern continuation of the Remy Bridge on the right-hand side of the Lahn.
The Silberau houses the Kreishaus, the district administration of the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis , with the street address Auf der Silberau 1 . The building was rebuilt in 1983. Before that, the Oberbergamt Rhineland-Palatinate had its seat until December 13, 1967. In 1967 the island was sold by Stolberger Zink AG to the city of Bad Ems.
There are also sports facilities on the island, which were newly opened in 2010:
- Sports stadium "Auf der Silberau"
- Silberau sports hall (Silberau-Halle)
- Tennis center
history
The Silberau was created from 1852 to 1855 through the expansion of the Lahn and the construction of the 1200 meter long lock trench, which runs on the left and shortens the right bend in the river. The area was popularly known as "Hexengreen" and used to be the place of execution for witches . According to the land registry, the corridor is called "Auf'm Gründ".
In 1859, the Remy and Hofmann union bought 13 hectares of land from the city for 3,000 guilders to build a processing plant on the "Werksinsel". Until March 1945, ore mining was an important employer in Bad Ems, the Silberau central processing was also in operation until 1959, stockpiles and foreign ore were divorced.
In 1860 the old Remy Bridge (named after the Remy and Hofmann trade union) was inaugurated for the works railway and pedestrians.
The probably 2000 year old ore mining for lead, zinc, silver in Bad Ems, with the deepest known level of 680 meters, is stopped after the pits are flooded by a power failure at the end of the war in 1945. The works railway continued to run until 1952, and the processing plant on the island of Silberau continued to work until 1959. The ores came from the Mühlenbach mine near Arenberg , the Holzappel mine , the Braubach lead and silver smelter and the Gute Hope mine near Werlau . The modern facility was one of the largest of its kind in Europe.
On December 13, 1967, the Oberbergamt Rhineland-Palatinate, whose building later moved to the district administration, left the island. This old building had a kind of "rail connection" until the new construction work began. The remains of the mine train tracks are still in front of the old Remy Bridge.
Individual evidence
- ^ The island of Silberau - location of the district building in Bad Ems ( Memento from August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )