Saarland
Julius Buch built the Völklinger Hütte in 1873, where steel was produced until 1986.
Saarland
The Reden coal mine's coal preparation plant has partly made way for water basins that regulate the water management of the mining area.
Saarland
At the end of the last century, there seemed to be no limit on coal mining in the German Saarland. For example, the Göttelborn mine was expanded in 1994 with a ninety-meter-high headframe, then the highest in the world. Göttelborn seemed ready for the future.
Saarland
While the Krupp family ruled the roost in the German Ruhr area, the Stumm family was in charge in the Saarland. The cradle of their steel empire was in Neunkirchen.
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