Muldsberg clay pit
| Muldsberg clay pit | ||
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| Muldsberg clay pit | ||
| Geographical location | Steinburg district , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | |
| Drain | over the Krammbek brook to the Bekau | |
| Places on the shore | Mehlbek | |
| Location close to the shore | Itzehoe | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 59 ′ 41 " N , 9 ° 25 ′ 22" E | |
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| surface | 33 ha | |
| scope | 3.85 km | |
The Muldsberg clay pit in Mehlbek is an opencast mine that was created through clay mining.
history
In the pit in the Muldsberg district, clay was extracted from 1936 to 1996 for cement production by the Breitenburger Portland-Cement-Fabrik, Alsen and Holcim companies .
The mining in the open pit was carried out with a bucket chain excavator . Until 1964, the material was brought to the edge of the pit by cable car , then by conveyor belts , and from there by truck to the cement works in Lägerdorf . After the abandonment of the neighboring Alsen clay pits near Wacken, the clay was transported for a short time (1974 to 1977) with the Alsens cable car to Itzehoe . Clay mining was stopped in 1996, and all conveyor belts were dismantled by 1999.
Since the artificial dewatering was discontinued in 2004 , the pit has been filling with groundwater. The water and its surroundings are being developed as a biotope and for local recreation. There is a five-kilometer circular route with resting places around the water.
photos
View of the lake
View of the lake
Resting place
On the circular route
literature
- Karl Heinz Kuhlmann: 50 years of the Muldsberg clay pit from 1936 to 1986. In: Erwin Papke, Mehlbek community (ed.): Insten, Bauern und Barone. Noble estate and village Mehlbek. George, Itzehoe 1988, pp. 357-365.
- Otto Reese, Volker Tüxen: The clay pit Muldsberg in Mehlbek. In: Steinburger Jahrbuch 2010. Itzehoe 2009, pp. 168–177.
