as a new type of central shaft the St. Anna shaft was to bring the last Sulzbach-Rosenberg ore deposits to the surface.Geology and ore deposits Directly in front of you, over a length of 7.5 kilometres and at a depth of up to 115 metres, the Sulzbach-Rosenberg ore deposits stretched from Neuhof be Häringlohe in […]
The historical St. Anna shaft – and the existing St. Anna shaft today.Maxhütte’s most innovative mine The ‘Schacht St. Anna’ is commonly known as the St.Anna shaft. When ‘sinking’ the shaft, new construction techniques and methods had to be used due to the poor load-bearing capacity and water-absorbant soil layers. From 1958, the headframe, in […]
Rules and tips for your visit.Instructions for using the shaft site. The north-eastern part of the site, on which the headframe stands, is completely covered by the historic concrete shaft hall floor, one third of which has been preserved. Many steel artefacts from the former production site have been preserved on and in it. Like […]