The winding tower has been included in the list of monuments of the city of Marl since 1995. The machine house has housed a mining museum since 2005. The effect that a modern housing estate has developed directly around the tower is striking.

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March 11, 2022

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Shaft 4/5 of the former Auguste Victoria colliery is, in addition to an air shaft, the "ore shaft". In 1928 the sinking of the shaft began. The final depth was 850 m. The headframe was erected in 1931 and ore mining began in 1936. A year later, coal mining at the mine ended. Ore mining continued until 1962, but was then discontinued due to unprofitability. By the time the mountain field was shut down in 1965, more than seven million tons of raw ore, zinc and silver had been mined.

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February 22, 2025

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The mine was named after Princess Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg VA [what a name!], the wife of Wilhelm II, the last German Empress and Queen of …

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1. Alte Zechenbahn Rail Trail – Silverbach Nature Reserve loop from Marl-Hamm

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1. Alte Zechenbahn Rail Trail – Silverbach Nature Reserve loop from Marl-Hamm

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