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Lerbach Iron Ore Mines

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Lerbach Iron Ore Mines

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    March 20, 2022

    There are numerous tunnels along the mining trail, most of which are closed off with iron gates, how I would like to say go in .

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      The iron ore mines were operated by private individuals who were enfeoffed with these mines. Since iron was originally part of the "regalia", no one except the sovereign had the right to mine and extract metals, unless he had been "enfeoffed" with the right to do so by the sovereign.

      The self-employed miners (or proper self-loaners) worked under the following conditions: They had the mining official grant them the right to create a mine at a location they had found themselves. They then claimed a mine. Every year on St. George's Day, this claim had to be renewed, otherwise the rights expired. Although the registration fees were only a few pennies, the renewal was sometimes neglected, the mine was re-claimed to someone else, and then there was dispute.

      In the Lerbach district, where iron ore occurs in veins and deposits, a length of 42 fathoms (1 fathom « 1.92 metres) and a width of seven fathoms is considered to be a

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        October 21, 2018

        The iron ore mines in Lerbach are a historical monument to ore mining.
        Here you can see the entrances to the tunnels
        Weintraube - Juliuszeche - Blauer Busch and Kleeberg

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          Location: Osterode, Osterode am Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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