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Haltern am See, Sythen, Quarzwerke, Werkzeughalle -- 2014 -- 4050-4
Taken on 15 November 2014, 11:13
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Material (flanges) in the tool shed, Quarzwerke, Sythen, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The Haltern quartz sands were formed during the Cretaceous period as marine deposits. Until 1951, sand was extracted from the so-called Vorratsteich (also known as Silbersee IV) right next to the plant. After the dam burst, mining in the Vorratsteich was discontinued. The quartz works relocated extraction to Silbersee III. Silbersee I was also opened up in the early 1950s, but by a different company. It was not until the 1980s that mining operations were taken over by the quartz works. Silbersee II was probably opened up in the 1920s by the Heinrich Jung KG company. In the 1960s, Quarzwerke also took over quartz extraction here. In 2005, a bathing beach known far beyond the city limits was opened at Silbersee II. Silbersee III is located closest to the Haltern am See quartz works. It was released from mining supervision in 1995 and handed over to the public. Since then, it has been reserved for quiet recreation and has become a water and landscape conservation area. Since 2022, the Quarzwerke’s floating photovoltaic system has been floating on Silbersee III.
