Aachen colliery

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Aachen colliery
General information about the mine
Information about the mining company
End of operation 1929
Successor use Humboldt colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of lead
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 51 '33.4 "  N , 7 ° 25' 57.6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '33.4 "  N , 7 ° 25' 57.6"  E
Aachen colliery (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Aachen colliery
Location Aachen colliery
Location Much
local community Much
District ( NUTS3 ) Rhein-Sieg district
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany

The Aachen colliery was a mine for glaze lead with its own lead smelting facility in Werschbachtal , which existed until 1929, in what is now the municipality of Much in the Rhein-Sieg district , North Rhine-Westphalia . The local part there has also had the same name since around 1860; previously it was called Pielsiefen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Günter Benz: Mining - an almost forgotten branch of industry in the municipality of Much. (PDF; 531 kB) Bergischer Geschichtsverein, accessed on February 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Zeche Aachen on: much.de (PDF file; 551 kB) from December 31, 2010