Turmhof artificial moat

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Turmhof artificial moat
Data
location Germany
River system Elbe
Drain over Alter Tiefer Fürstenstolln  → Roter Graben  → Freiberger Mulde  → Mulde  → Elbe  → North Sea
source on the left side of the Münzbach
50 ° 52 '52 "  N , 13 ° 21' 22"  E
muzzle pit train in the region of the tower Hofer coordinates: 50 ° 54 '45 "  N , 13 ° 20' 47"  O 50 ° 54 '45 "  N , 13 ° 20' 47"  O

length 3 km

The Turmhof-Kunstgraben (also Münzbacher Hüttengraben ) was an Erzgebirge artificial ditch from the early days of Freiberg mining. It fed water from the Münzbachtal to the pits on the Turmhofer Gangzug in the Freiberg district of Christiansdorf . It is considered to be the oldest known man-made moat in the region.

course

The artificial moat branched off below the Berthelsdorf Hüttenteich from the Münzbach on its western bank and flowed through the Münzbach valley in the area of ​​the Langenrinne in the direction of Freiberg. After this junction, the water flow partially ran in a channel resting on wooden structures.

A water reservoir was located near the later railway line Dresden - Chemnitz since 1682, the Neuteich ( Kuhschacht artificial pond ), which existed until 1839 and which was connected to the Münzbach and the Turmhof artificial ditch at the same time. The Kuhschacht laundry , which drew its water from the Turmhof artificial ditch , stood a short distance from this pond .

In the east of the historic old town, the course of the artificial moat extended to the Turmhof pit, lower 3rd and 4th dimension . This pit area needed impact water for its artificial tools in order to bring the pit water to the level of the old deep Fürstenstolln by means of its elevator . From here the Kunstgraben delivered the water that had not been used up to this point as a Kuhschacht Kunstgraben via the Roßplatz, which was spanned by a wooden channel, to the Kuhschach, which has been documented since 1516, with a later built water goblet (before 1570) in the area of ​​Wernerplatz, where a Rösche took up the water. The drainage in this area finally took place via the Thurmhofer Stolln, which has been known since 1470 in the Tiefen Fürstenstolln , whose drainage rose is in the valley of the Freiberg Mulde near Tuttendorf .

Its former course in the Freiberg inner city area is marked up to the present day by the street “Hinter der Stockmühle”. The continuation of the artificial trench from the Turmhofer pit area was named as the Kuhschacht artificial trench .

history

The system known as the Alter Thurmhofer Kunstgraben was built around 1550 for the water retention systems of the Turmhof pits in Christiansdorf. Martin Planer initiated performance-enhancing improvements between 1555 and 1564. Mining slowed down here in 1618. The special significance of the artificial moat in the history of Freiberg mining is that it guaranteed the water supply for numerous technical innovations in the water-powered systems initiated by Martin Planer. Planner devoted himself in an exemplary way to the development of mechanical engineering and introduced new methods of ore extraction in the tower courtyard pits.

The artificial ponds built by Martin Planer between 1568 and 1570 above the Münzbachtal improved the water supply of the Turmhof artificial ditch via their water supply into the Berthelsdorf Hüttenteich.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Otfried Wagenbreth , Eberhard Wächtler (Ed.) A. Becke et al .: Der Freiberg mining. Technical monuments and history . Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindindustrie, Leipzig, 1986, pp. 128–129
  2. ↑ Otfried Wagenbreth, Eberhard Wächtler (Ed.) Et al., 1986, pp. 65, 144
  3. ↑ a b c Otfried Wagenbreth, Eberhard Wächtler (Ed.) Et al., 1986, p. 129
  4. ↑ Otfried Wagenbreth, Eberhard Wächtler (Ed.) Et al., 1986, p. 130
  5. ↑ a b Otfried Wagenbreth, Eberhard Wächtler (Ed.) Et al., 1986, p. 144
  6. ^ Hanns-Heinz Kasper , Eberhard Wächtler (ed.): History of the Bergstadt Freiberg . Weimar 1986, p. 96

Web links

Friedrich Ludwig Aster : Freiberg, Oberschöna, Brand-Erbisdorf, Zug, Kleinschirma. Sheet 231 from: Miles sheets of Saxony . Miles sheets of Saxony, sheets 181 - 367: Berlin copy, taken by the Saxon. Engineer Corps 1780–1806 under the direction of Friedrich Ludwig Aster. Scale 1: 12,000, dating 1786, online at www.deutschefotothek.de