List of mines in the Harz
Encyclopedia
This list contains an overview of the mines
in the Harz Mountains of central Germany
, formerly one of the most productive mining regions in the world.
Bad Harzburg
Goslar
Sankt Andreasberg
Schulenberg
including Festenburg im Harz
Sieber
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
in the Harz Mountains of central Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, formerly one of the most productive mining regions in the world.
Bad HarzburgBad HarzburgBad Harzburg is a town in central Germany, in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony. It lies on the northern edge of the Harz mountains and is a recognised saltwater spa and climatic health resort.- Location :...
- Hansa Iron Ore Mine Pit, Göttingerode
- Friederike Iron Ore Mine Pit
Hahnenklee Field
- August Gallery
- Aufcontainingtigkeit Pit, 1741 - 1761, 42 m depth, probably silver ore
- Pit Beständigkeit Pit, 1739 - 1816 (1828), 90 m depth, silver-containing galena
- Herzogin Philipina Charlotte Pit, 1745 - 1802, probably silver-containing galena
- Johann Georg Pit, 1748 - 1754, probably silver-containing galena
- Morgenröte Pit, 1679 - 1684, probably silver ore
- St. Edmund Pit (upper and lower), 1620 - 1739 (1828), 70 m depth, probably silver ore
- Pit Theodora, ab 1816 Theodora and Beständigkeit, 1741 - 1828, 90 m depth, silver-containing galena
- Lautenthaler Hoffnungsstollen, built 1745 - 1799, length 4 km, 158 m deep in the Theodora Shaft, today a drinking water reservoir
Bockswiese Field
- Alter Gesellschafter Shaft
- Alter Treibschacht
- Christiane Sophie, Pinge
- Erbtiefster Shaft
- Brauner Hirsch Pit , 1690 - 1755, 70 m depth, silver and copper ores
- Grüne Linde Pit , 1693 - 1724, probably silver ore
- Grüne Tanne and Kahlebergsglück Pit
- Elisabeth Julians Pit
- Haus Hannover Pit , 1718 - 1721, probably silver ore
- Haus Wolfenbüttel Pit , 1718 - 1760, 60 m depth, probably silver ore
- Hermann Pit , 1681 - 1696, probably silver ore
- Herzog Anton Ulcontaining Pit , 1673 - 1807, 210 m depth, silver-containing galena
- Herzog August Wilhelm Pit , 1672 - 1738, probably silver ore
- Herzog August Pit, 1663 - 1681 (1931), 75 m depth, silver-containing galena
- Herzog August and Johann Friedcontaining Pit, 1681 - 1931, 430 m depth, silver-containing galena
- Johann Friedcontaining Pit, 1670 - 1681 (1931), 40 m depth, silver-containing galena
- Herzog Georg Wilhelm Pit , 1664 - 1718, probably silver ore
- Landes Herrn Pit
- Neue Gesellschaft Pit , 1670 - 1745, 135 m depth, probably silver ore
- Neuer Edmund Pit , 1718 - 1755, kein Erzfund
- Neues Zellerfeld Pit , 1703 - 1745, 110 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
- Prinzen Pit , 1691 - 1705, 40 m depth, probably silver ore
- Silberner Bock Pit
- Silberner Georg Pit , 1692 - 1696, probably silver ore
- Stadt Braunschweig Pit , 1673 - 1686, probably silver ore
- Zellerfelder Hoffnung Pit, 1716 - 1866, 40 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
- Grumbacher Gallery, built 1719 - 1730, length 1.8 km
- Kahlenberg Shaft, 1922 - 1929, prospecting shaft
- 1st Lichtloch Shaft
- 3rd Lichtloch Shaft
- Drei Bäre Shaft
- Haus Braunschweig Shaft
- Kahlenbergsglück Shaft
- Neues Lichtloch Shaft
Burgstätte Field
- Caroline Pit
- Dorothea Pit
- Englische Treue Pit
- Kaiser Wilhelm Shaft
- Königin Marien Shaft
Zellerfeld Field
- Ring and Silberschnur Pit
- Silberne Schreibfeder Pit
- Neuer Johanneser Shaft
Rosenhof Field
- Rosenhof Pit
- Turmhof Pit
- Ottiliae Shaft
- Silbersegener Shaft
GoslarGoslarGoslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...
- Rammelsberg Ore Mine
- Glockenberg Pit
- Großfürstin Alexandra Pit
- Nordberg Pit
- Ratsschiefer Pit
Sankt AndreasbergSankt AndreasbergSankt Andreasberg is a town and a former municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it is part of the town Braunlage. It is situated in the Harz, approximately 7 km west of Braunlage proper, and 20 km east of Osterode am Harz.- History :Sankt...
- Roter Bär PitRoter Bär PitThe Roter Bär Pit in Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz is an iron ore mine that was worked from about 1800 until the 1860s. Today it is operated as a show mine under the name of Roter Bär Pit Educational Mine by the Sankt Andreasberg Society for History and Archaeology...
Educational Mine - Samson PitSamson PitThe Samson Pit or Samson Mine is an historic silver mine in Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz region of central Germany.The pit has one of the oldest man engines in the world still working and it can be seen in operation during guided tours. The man engine, installed in the Samson Pit in 1837,...
- Wennsglückt Pit
SchulenbergSchulenberg im OberharzSchulenberg im Oberharz is a municipality in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany....
im Harz (Upper and Middle Schulenberg)
including Festenburg im HarzBockswiese Field (eastern section), formerly Bockswiese-Schulenberg-Festenburg Field
- Altenauer Hoffnung Gallery
- Festenburg Gallery, mentioned in 1720
- Gelbe Lilie Pit / Neue Gelbe Lilie Pit , 1669 - 1817, 250 m depth, silver ore, chalcopyrite
- Glücksrad Pit, 1666 - 1824, 250 m depth, silver ore, chalcopyrite
- Gnade Gottes Pit , 1673 - 1769, 270 m depth, probably silver ore, chalcopyrite
- Haus Kronenburg Pit, 1691 - 1705 (1795), 145 m depth, probably silver ore
- Herzog August Wilhelm Pit, 1703 - 1754, 125 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
- Juliane Sophia Pit, 1776 - 1904, 400 m depth, silver-containing galena
- König Karl Pit, 1711 -1716, probably silver-containing galena
- Kronenburgs Glück Pit, 1705 - 1795, 292 m depth, silver-containing galena
- Kron Festenburg Pit
- Königin Elisabeth Pit, 1713 - 1803, probably silver-containing galena
- Neue Gelbe Lilie Pit , siehe Gelbe Lilie
- Neuer Engel Pit , 1710 - 1736, probably silver-containing galena
- Neues Schulenbergs Glück Pit , see St. Martins Mine
- Prinzen Pit , 1705 - 1737, 190 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
- Schulenbergs Glück Pit , 1690 - 1705 (1795), silver-containing galena
- St. Anna am Schulenberge Pit
- St. Urban Pit , 1692 - 1814, 253 m depth, silver-containing galena, chalcopyrite
- Unvergängliche Gabe and Reiche Gesellschaft am Schulenberge Pit
- Weißer Schwan Pit, 1691 - 1799, 290 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
- Kleine Mertens Zeche, 1691 - 1738 (1803), probably silver ore
- Caroline Shaft
- Grüne Tanne Shaft
- Schulenberger Gallery
- St. Martins Mine (Mertens Mine), 1697 -1791, probably silver-containing galena
- Tiefer Schulenberger Gallery, built vor 1600 - 1745, length 2,9 km
- Kaiser Heinreich Mine
- St. Johannes über Kaiser Heincontaining am Schulenberge Mine
SieberSieber (river)The Sieber is a 35 km long, right hand tributary of the Oder in the Harz mountains of Germany.It rises at 760 m on the Bruchberg massif and flows through Herzberg before discharging at Hattorf into the Oder which, in turn, flows into the Rhume...
Valley
- Aurora Pit in the Sieber valley (1900–1922; baryte)
Straßberg-Neudorfer Field
- Glasebach PitGlasebach PitThe Glasebach Pit is a mining museum and former pit in the Harz fluorspar mining area near Straßberg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is run by the East Harz Mining Society...
- Glücksstern
- Frohe Zukunft
- Getreuer Bergmann (1712-1733)
- Tiefer- or Hütten Gallery
- Richt Shaft
- Glückauf Pit (1712-1744)
- Kreuz Pit (1747-1758)
- Maria Anna Pit
- Teufels Pit