Pond at the Foot of Hohe Linde Spoil Tip

Now a small biotope, a highlight in every season

The seepage water has now created a small biotope here. It is impressive to see how nature is reclaiming this stone desert bit by bit!

In 1944, Mansfeld AG began drilling the Thomas Münzer shaft. After the mined overburden had only been deposited near the shaft, a 900 m long cable car was built over the Brühltal and the Brühlberg for reasons of space. The cable car was carried by six supports that were 11.6 m to 36 m high. It consisted of the suspension cable car, a gondola transfer station from the cable car to the elevator and the tipping station on the heap. From December 22, 1955 to August 10, 1990, the cable car transported dead rock to the heap. The cable car was dismantled in the mid-1990s and since then the "Hohe Linde" has been a visible monument to the former copper slate mining in Sangerhausen.