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Haus Halde and the Mining History of the Hoher Meißner

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Haus Halde and the Mining History of the Hoher Meißner

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Haus Halde and the Mining History of the Hoher Meißner

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    May 13, 2021

    History of lignite mining on the Hoher Meissner

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      July 27, 2023

      The mined coal used to be settled in the Halde house and mining officials lived here.

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        April 17, 2025

        The slag heap originally consisted of three houses: the still-existing, vacant "Haus Halde" from 1755 (base renewed in 1905, timber framing renewed in 1978, roof insulated in 2012), a second house that was demolished in the 1960s, and a horse stable, of which relatively little is known. The foremen lived in these houses, who oversaw mining in the Schwalbenthaler Erbstollen and the Carlsstollen and accounted for the extracted coal. The foundations of the wooden log cabin of the Eschwege Scouts (Silver Foxes) and the horse stable are still in place; the tunnels were secured in 2002.
        Source: wiki.genealogy.net/Hoher_Mei%C3%9Fner

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          Location: Meißner, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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