Koenigsberg quarry
The Königsberg quarry is located on the Königsberg in the Harz Mountains, approx. 700 meters south of the Eckerloch, directly on the Brocken Railway . Granite was quarried there between 1899 and 1915 . The Kaiserturm near Wernigerode was built from its stone. Today the long dismantling wall and the drain tunnel under the railway can still be seen. The quarry is mostly overgrown with trees. The former demolition wall is 60 meters long and 15 meters high. Spring water is constantly seeping out of the quarry wall, which means that mosses and rare plants have settled at the bottom of the quarry.
The quarry is the highest and most difficult to reach quarry in northern Germany. The granite was only removed via the Brocken Railway. The granite has a constant light red color and is hardly penetrated by external influences.
Today you can still find some remains of the mining work in the form of foundation walls and scrap metal scattered in the forest. A reactivation of the quarry proposed by geologists at the beginning of the 1960s was rejected by the GDR government.
Guard rail between the railway and the quarry
Spring water seeps from the excavation wall
The 30 m long drain tunnel from the quarry
Moist moss meadow at the bottom of the quarry
Web links
- Information from the interest group "Harzer Schmalspurbahnen" e. V. about the Königsberg quarry ( memento from July 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 42.1 ″ N , 10 ° 37 ′ 19.2 ″ E