A walk through Bad Bleiberg
Monika Hausmann walks through her Bad Bleiberg, through the history of the former mining town and its man-made landscape. She tells legends, but also brings the tradition of the miner’s stand emotionally close. A gap between buildings, reminiscent of the avalanche accident in 1879, is the center. The medieval town center and the old church fell victim to the “Lahn”, which is why Bleiberg still looks strangely incomplete today. Nevertheless, Bad Bleiberg has a wealth of historical buildings and industrial monuments. Examples of the stately dwellings of mine owners (tradesmen) and mining officials can be found in the exemplarily renovated tradesmen’s houses from the 17th century, the classicist “Baroncafè”, the municipal office, the old elementary school and much more. In the “Zum Mohren” inn opposite the baroque parish church, the miners gathered in the front parlor, while the noble “Barbarastüberl” was reserved for the commoners. The winding tower of the Rudolfschacht, built in 1869 and extended in 1910, stands in the middle of today’s spa area. The large spoil tip at its feet bears witness to the tower’s former efficiency. Today’s spa center was built on this “slag heap”.
They are juxtaposed with workers’ housing, the poverty of which once stood in sharp contrast to the manor houses.
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