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Regionalverband Saarbrücken

Püttlingen

Mathildenschacht Mining Disaster Memorial

Regionalverband Saarbrücken

Püttlingen

Mathildenschacht Mining Disaster Memorial

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Mathildenschacht Mining Disaster Memorial

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Location: Püttlingen, Regionalverband Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

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2. Völklingen Wildlife Park – Sandy Bank on the Köllerbach loop from Püttlingen

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3. View of Püttlingen – Edelweiß Hut loop from Elm

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Chris

March 5, 2021

Ideal resting place

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Markus Spurk

January 6, 2022

Monument but without h ;-)

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Wanderwuffel Doggy Akarui

April 4, 2024

In this “quiet” spot, a tragedy is remembered with a gravestone. Early in the morning on March 16, 1907, a terrible accident happened in the Mathildenschacht in Püttlingen. 22 miners from Püttlingen and the surrounding area who wanted to enter the mine lost their lives in an accident. The shaft was part of the royal hard coal mine Gerhard in Louisenthal. The wire rope from the conveyor cage simply broke on the fourth entry without warning and the cage fell 100 meters into the shaft. Not even a month before, on February 19th, the rope, which had been in place since October 2nd, 1904, was found to be good. All 22 people who were in the basket died. Because of the technology at the time, it took a while until all the bodies were finally recovered. If you want to know more, you can find out more at the following link. geocaching.com/geocache/GC5HG5M_last-seilfahrt

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Location: Püttlingen, Regionalverband Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

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Mathildenschacht Mining Disaster Memorial

1. Kreuzberghaus – Sandy Bank on the Köllerbach loop from Röchlinghöhe

2. Völklingen Wildlife Park – Sandy Bank on the Köllerbach loop from Püttlingen

3. View of Püttlingen – Edelweiß Hut loop from Elm

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