Recarbo-Kohle cycle path

Short Description

18-kilometer cycle path between Zeitz and Hohenmölsen brings industrial history around lignite to life.

Description

Coal is by far the largest fossil energy source on Earth. It has evolved over many millions of years from plants that were subjected to high pressures and temperatures in deep layers of the Earth. This process is called coalification and occurs in several stages. First, peat is formed, then lignite, then hard coal, and finally anthracite. The lignite mining areas in the southeast of the Burgenland district belong to the Zeitz-Weißenfels lignite mining area. This area is characterized by the long tradition of mining, which began here over 300 years ago. After coal was initially mined underground through tunnels in deep mining, open-cast mining followed from the 1970s. Around the turn of the century, mining developed into a dominant industry for the region with landscape-defining large deep mining pits and open-cast mines. In parallel, a broad industry of coal processing and refining emerged, from briquette factories to coking plants to coal liquefaction facilities. Each technical epoch of the lignite industry leaves its unmistakable traces. The landscape between Zeitz, Teuchern, Hohenmölsen, and the border to Saxony is shaped by mining with its various effects in the form of open-cast mining fields, heaps, residual pits, spoil tips, deep mining spoil fields, and the remnants of industrial facilities. Embark on a search for traces in an area that has changed and developed like few others in recent decades. Discover the witnesses of the industrialization of Central Germany and actively experience the mining history of the recarbo EXPERIENCE REGION!

Route: Zeitz – Grana – Kretzschau – Luckenau – Trebnitz – Deuben – Naundorf – Erholungspark Mondsee

Route Description

The cycle path is signposted accordingly

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More Information: https://www.recarbo.de/

More Information: https://www.recarbo.de/kulturstiftung-hohenmoelsen/