Zaucker or Kunstschacht

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The Zauckeroder Kunstschacht was a dewatering shaft in the coal field of the Döhlen basin in the area of ​​the city of Freital in Saxony . It was used to drain the pit on the left of the Weißeritz , which belonged to the Zauckerode Royal Coal Works .

history

After Alexander Christoph von Schönberg had bought the approx. 1300 meter long Burkhard tunnel and coal mining rights 42 meters left and right of the tunnel in the corridors of Potschappel and Zauckerode from Johann Christian Burkhardt on July 25, 1773 , one dug between the 11th and 12th light hole Art shaft. At 185  m above sea level. NN chipped shaft reached a Saigere depth of about 48 meters. It was connected to the first Gezeug route at 138 m above sea level. It was the only tonnlägige shaft of Döhlener basin. The artifact was powered by an overshot artificial wheel with a diameter of 18 cubits (10.20 meters). The water was raised up to the Burkhardt tunnel. The impact water was brought in from the Zauckeroder artificial pond via an artificial ditch. The low water supply in the artificial pond caused frequent failure of the artificial objects. Even in rainy weather it was out of order, as the Burkhardtstolln, which was partially broken and silted up, was unable to drain away the elevated water. As a result, the artificial bike was not in use for an average of a third of the year. Often pump servants had to lift the water from the pit with hand pumps or by pulling with buckets. Due to the strongly fluctuating water level, routes were often broken and dismantled. The shaft was obviously also used to drive the crew, because it is also referred to as the daily route in the literature. Coal production through the shaft is not known. After the death of his father in 1801, August Friedrich Christoph von Schönberg took over the mines. On December 26, 1804 he offered the pit fields and the manors Döhlen and Zauckerode to Elector Friedrich August III. to buy. On January 1, 1806, the mining fields and manors for the sum of 425,000 thalers became the property of the elector.

On April 7, 1808, a flood of the Wiederitz flooded the mine workings. In addition to the rupture of the Zauckeroder artificial pond, which led to the sinking of the Zauckeroder Baue, the water from the Wiederitz plunged into the poorly filled open day quarries of the Potschappl coal works that occurred in 1807. These were located directly on the streambed in the Rabicht. As a result, the Döhlen buildings of the Zauckeroder works and the buildings of the Potschappel coal works were flooded. Nine miners were killed in this flood. Due to the poor condition of the artifacts, it was not possible to swamp the mine workings. As an alternative, small shafts were dug in order to remove remaining areas above the water level. In order to be able to keep the mine workings free of water down to the deeper levels, the sinking of the New Zaucker or Art Shaft began at the beginning of June 1809 .

literature

  • Yearbook for mining and metallurgy in the Kingdom of Saxony. 1906, pp. 14-23
  • Eberhard Gürtler, Klaus Gürtler: The coal mining in the Döhlen basin part 2 - shafts on the left of the Weißeritz . House of Homeland Freital, 1984
  • Wolfgang Reichel: History of the Royal Coal Works in Plauenschen Grund in Sächsische Heimatblätter 33rd volume, issue 4/1987 pp. 184–192
  • Saxon State Office for Environment and Geology / Sächsisches Oberbergamt (Hrsg.): The Döhlener basin near Dresden . Geology and Mining (=  mining in Saxony . Volume 12 ). Freiberg 2007, ISBN 3-9811421-0-1 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 4.2 "  N , 13 ° 38 ′ 29.5"  E