Audioguide: English [EN] @museum.de

Description

The Granite Mining Museum in the Königshain Hills presents the history of industrial stone mining from 1880 to 1976, which was characterized by the noise of machines, blasting and heavy lorries during the day, while animals roamed the disused quarries and workshops at night. At that time, the companies Königshainer Granitwerke C.C. von Thaden & Co. GmbH and C. Besser & Nachfahren dominated granite mining until production ceased in 1976. Today, the museum conveys the history of the place, the workers, nature and the granite itself through a tour that also gives animals and stones a symbolic “voice”.

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Stations of this Audioguide

1: Introduction and welcome
2: The kitchen garden
3: Königshain mountains
4: Carl Adolf Gottlob von Schachmann
5: Working conditions
6: Working conditions
7: Women's work
8: From Königshain into the world
9: Introducing the paving stone. (Origin of granite)
10: Formation and components of granite
11: Weathering and different types of granite
12: Stonemason's and bossier's huts
13: Stonemason's and bossier's huts
14: Mountain garden
15: Powder bunker
16: Functional model of the cable crane system
17: Trolley
18: Show quarry
19: Tipping lorry
20: Lake
21: Engine shed
22: Braking track model
23: Insect hotel
24: Forge
25: Machine hall