Opencast mine Borna-West
| Opencast mine Borna-West | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Open pit | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1910 | ||
| End of operation | 1970 | ||
| Successor use | Backfilling to the Borna reservoir (southern part), Lobstädt reservoir (in the northern part) | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Brown coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 6 '51.7 " N , 12 ° 27' 9.1" E | ||
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| local community | Borna , Neukieritzsch | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Leipzig | ||
| country | Free State of Saxony | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Central German lignite district | ||
The Borna-West opencast mine was an open - cast mine in the central German lignite district consisting of the two open-cast mines Borna-Nord (1910–1942) and Borna-Süd (1939–1970) . It was used to extract lignite and was located south of Leipzig and west of Borna . After the closure, the Borna reservoir was built in the southern part .
Geographical location
The two former fields of the Borna-West opencast mine are located in the Leipzig lowland bay west of Borna. The area belongs to the natural mining area south of Leipzig and lies in the area of the municipalities of Borna and Neukieritzsch in the Saxon district of Leipzig . The original Pleiße river bed was in the mining area .
The Borna-Nord opencast mine was bounded in the northwest by the local corridor of Lobstädt , in the north by the Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz railway line , in the east by the Borna urban area and in the south by the later Borna-Süd opencast mine. To the west of the opencast mine was the Deutzen opencast mine (Kraft II), which was operated between 1910 and 1963.
The Borna-Süd opencast mine was bordered in the north by the Borna-Nord opencast mine. In the east there was also the urban area of Borna, to the southeast the federal road 93 (formerly: F93) formed the border. The southern tip almost reached the Altenburger Land . The mining fields of the Regis opencast mine (mining from 1909 to after 1948) and the Deutzen opencast mine followed in the west.
After the renaturation of the area, the Borna reservoir in the south and the Lobstädt reservoir in the north were built in the area of the former Borna-West opencast mine . The area belongs to the Leipziger Neuseenland .
history
In the area west of Borna several opencast mines were opened around 1910. In addition to the Borna-Nord opencast mine between Borna and Lobstädt, these were the Deutzen opencast mine in the west and the Witznitz I, Victoria and Dora-Helene I opencast mines in the north of the Borna-West opencast mine. The Borna-West opencast mine was opened in 1910 at the foot of today's Borna heap. Mining was then carried out clockwise in a westerly and northwestern direction. In 1942 the production in the north field was stopped.
In 1939, in the Borna-Süd opencast mine, the exploration began in front of today's high tip in the north construction field. The coal was initially mined in the south and southwest. The overburden was removed using an inside dump in the open pit. The first place that had to give way to the opencast mine was Blumroda . The village was dredged over except for a few houses from 1952 to 1957. In the period that followed, the opencast mine moved north. In 1958 the Pleiße was relocated to the west. So far it has formed the natural border between Görnitz and Deutzen. During this time, Hartmannsdorf (1957–1960) and shortly afterwards Görnitz (1961–1963), to which Hartmannsdorf belonged as a district, was already being excavated. Around 1963, the Deutzen opencast mine (Kraft II) to the west was closed due to repeated landslides. The residents of Deutzen , whose first houses were demolished in 1961, were relocated in 1965 to a renatured area of this opencast mine north of the Röthigen water tower (referred to as Neu-Deutzen). The last houses in Alt-Deutzen with the church had to give way to the excavator in 1966/67. In 1970 the Borna-West opencast mine was closed.
In the area of the Borna-West opencast mine, two storage basins were created which serve to protect against flooding. In the southern area this is the Borna reservoir (built 1964–1980), in which the old locations of Blumroda, Görnitz, Hartmannsdorf and Alt-Deutzen disappeared. The Lobstädt reservoir in the northern area was built before 1958.
| Open pit | Start of operating time | End of operating time |
|---|---|---|
| Borna North | 1910 | 1942 |
| Borna South | 1939 | 1970 |
Relocated places
| Relocation site | Residents | Dismantling year |
|---|---|---|
| Blumroda | 560 | 1952-1957 |
| Hartmannsdorf | 230 | 1957-1960 |
| Görnitz | 320 | 1961-1963 |
| Old Deutzen (share) | 370 | 1961 (part) and 1966/1967 (rest of town with church) |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration of the Borna-Nord opencast mine in the description of the Witznitz II opencast mine
- ↑ Illustration of the Borna-Süd opencast mine in the description of the Haselbach opencast mine
- ^ Online document from the Saxon Mining Authority from 2011
- ↑ Chronicle of Deutzen on www.deutzen.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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.
- ^ Description of the Lobstädt storage basin
- ↑ File on the Central German Lake District
