Halde Rheinpreußen

General view

The Halde Rheinpreußen is a spoil tip in the German city Moers which lies 70 metres (230 ft) above its ambit. It is part of the category Panoramas of the Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail.

In 1963, the spoil tip was heaped up with materials of the pit 5/9, i.e. the mine Zeche Rheinpreußen.[1]

In autumn 1999, the artist Otto Piene, co-founder of the ZERO group, presented his idea of a mining lamp memorial called Geleucht for the first time. Between 2005 and 2006, 35 lamp poles were assembled on the spoil tip for red illumination of an area of 8,000 square centimetres (1,200 sq in). In 2007, the circa 28-metre high (92 ft) and 115-tonne (113-long-ton; 127-short-ton) heavy landmark was constructed on the Halde Rheinpreußen.[1][2]

Since the dedication of the Geleucht on 17 September 2007, the mining lamp memorial and the lamp poles are illuminated every night. The stairs to the observation deck are opened on a regular basis.

Gallery

  • Aerial photograph
    Aerial photograph
  • The mining lamp memorial at day...
    The mining lamp memorial at day...
  • ...and illuminated during the blue hour
    ...and illuminated during the blue hour

View from the spoil tip Rheinpreussen in Duisburg

References

  1. ^ a b "Geschichte". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  2. ^ "Das Geleucht". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-03-02.

External links

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  • The Halde Rheinpreußen on the website of the Industrial Heritage Trail (in German)
  • Information about the spoil tips of Moers on its website (in German)
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