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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Halde Rheinpreußen.

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

The Industrial Heritage Trail – Visitor Centres, Anchor Points, Theme Routes

Visitor centres and anchor points	German Inland Waterways Museum Duisburg Inner Harbour Oberhausen Industrial Museum Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Gasometer Oberhausen Aquarius-Wassermuseum Villa Hügel Nordsternpark World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein Marl-Chemiepark Power Station Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum Henrichshütte Jahrhunderthalle Bochum Umspannwerk Recklinghausen Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Zeche Nachtigall Henrichenburg boat lift DASA Kokerei Hansa Zeche Zollern II/IV Hohenhof Hagen Open-air Museum Lindenbrauerei Unna Maximilianpark Hamm Halde Rheinpreußen

Theme routes	Duisburg: Town and Harbour Industrielle Kulturlandschaft Zollverein Duisburg: Industriekultur am Rhein Oberhausen: Industrie macht Stadt Krupp und die Stadt Essen Dortmund: Dreiklang Kohle, Stahl und Bier Industriekultur an der Lippe Erzbahn-Emscherbruch Industriekultur an Volme und Ennepe Sole, Dampf und Kohle Frühe Industrialisierung Geschichte und Gegenwart der Ruhr Auf dem Weg zur blauen Emscher Kanäle und Schifffahrt Bahnen im Revier Westfälische Bergbauroute Rheinische Bergbauroute Chemie, Glas und Energie Arbeitersiedlungen Unternehmervillen Brot, Korn und Bier Mythos Ruhrgebiet Historische Parks und Gärten Industrienatur Landmarken-Kunst

Coordinates: 51°28′42.68″N 6°39′0.81″E / 51.4785222°N 6.6502250°E / 51.4785222; 6.6502250

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