Tarnowskie Góry Silver Mine

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Tarnowskie Góry lead-silver-zinc mine and its underground water management system
UNESCO world heritage UNESCO World Heritage Emblem
Wylot sztolni czarnego pstraga pl.jpg
Drainage drain
National territory: PolandPoland Poland
Type: Culture
Criteria : i, ii, iv
Surface: 1,672.76 hectares
Buffer zone: 2,774.35 hectares
Reference No .: 1539
UNESCO region : Europe and North America
History of enrollment
Enrollment: 2017  ( session 41 )

The historic silver mine (Zabytkowa Kopalnia Srebra) in the southern Polish city of Tarnowskie Góry ( Tarnowitz in German  ) was a lead , silver and zinc mine in the mining region of Upper Silesia . Since 2017 it is a UNESCO - World Heritage Site . The world heritage extends over an area of ​​1672.76 hectares with a buffer zone of 2774 hectares and includes the entire underground mine with tunnels, shafts, galleries and the drainage system .

The mine is one of the most important cultural monuments in Upper Silesia. It is the anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Culture (ERIH) and is one of the industrial monuments of the Route of Technical Monuments in the Silesian Voivodeship (Szlak Zabytków Techniki Województwa Śląskiego).

history

The city of Tarnowitz goes back to the discovery of silver deposits in the area and their exploitation. In 1526 Tarnowitz received mountain freedom from Duke Johann II and Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach in Opole . The mining law (a special form of town law) dates from the same year.

In 1784 the Friedrichsgrube was built in the city , its lead ores were smelted in the Friedrichshütte . A conveyor of the mine was Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden , director of the Silesian Upper Mountain Office . Reden set up the mountain school in Tarnowitz to train qualified climbers . In Tarnowitz the first steam engine of the Kingdom of Prussia (the third on the European mainland) was put into operation on January 19, 1788 . It drove the drainage system of the ore mines. From 1803 to 1807 Count Reden served as the Prussian Mining Minister.

Lead ore mining ceased in 1912. Parts of the mine have been used for tourism since 1957. The historic silver mine opened in 1976.

investment

A 1740 meter long, barrier-free circular path at a depth of 40 m is currently open in the silver mine; 270 m are covered by boat. The “Sztolnia Czarnego Pstrąga” ( black trout tunnel ) was the first to be used for tourism. It belongs to the Tiefen Friedrichstollen . 600 meter long boat trips have been possible there since 1957.

There is an open-air museum above ground (Skansen Maszyn Parowych) with steam engines of various manufacturers and years of construction and a narrow-gauge railway . These include the parts of the 19th century steam pumping station of the mine drainage system.

gallery

  • In the mine

  • Black trout tunnel

  • Steam conveyor machine of the open-air museum

Web links

Commons : Historic Silver Mine  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 33.2 ″  N , 18 ° 50 ′ 59.3 ″  E