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537 – Zeche Heinrich — Schacht 3
Former mine site - active water-management shaft
Former hard coal colliery at Essen-Überruhr, closed in 1968, with the steel headframe over Schacht 3 listed as a Denkmal in March 2022 and operating as an active pumping station for the RAG Zentrale Wasserhaltung, preventing groundwater flooding of the Ob
619 – Vereinigtfeld — Helene-Schacht
Mine core
Former hard coal mine shaft at Hohndorf, one of the Ida and Helene Schächte of the Vereinigtfeld and Steinkohlenbauverein Hohndorf operations, abandoned 1932 and filled, with the former Heleneschacht area now part of the settled landscape of Hohndorf.
617 – Vereinigtfeld — Ida-Schacht
Mine core
Former hard coal shaft site in Hohndorf near Oelsnitz, one of the Ida and Helene Schächte of the Steinkohlen-AG Vereinigtfeld active from the 1870s, closed 1920/31, with the Idaschacht area now a residential neighbourhood retaining its street-name heritag
610 – Grube Itzenplitz
Extensive mine site - headframes and extensive buildings
Former hard coal mine in Schiffweiler-Heiligenwald, closed 1958 as an independent mine, whose 1886 Fachwerk headframe over Schacht III — the oldest surviving headframe in the Saarland — is a listed monument at the centre of the Naherholungsgebiet Itzenpli
86 – Erzbergwerk Clausthal — Schacht Kaiser Wilhelm II
Museum site - headframe and associated buildings
Former silver, lead and zinc ore shaft at Clausthal-Zellerfeld, closed 1930, now a UNESCO World Heritage monument with surviving headframe, maschinenhaus, and water-power exhibition on the Harzwasserwerke site.
589 – Kleinzeche Egbert
Partial mine site - headframe and associated buildings
Fully preserved hard coal Kleinzeche near Witten-Herbede, the last of its kind in the Ruhr, with surviving headframe, compressor house, and track visible within the Bergbauwanderweg Muttental.
109 – Erzbergwerk Grund — Knesebeckschacht
Museum site - headframe and associated buildings
Former lead-zinc ore shaft at Bad Grund, now a listed mining museum centred on a unique 47-metre hydro-compressor tower and preserved colliery buildings.
502 – Salzbergwerk Bad Friedrichshall
Museum site
Active rock-salt mine and visitor experience at Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf, operating since 1899, with the historic König Wilhelm II headframe surviving above the shaft and a memorial exhibition to KZ Kochendorf below.
118 – Zeche Lohberg
Repurposed site - headframe and associated buildings
Former Thyssen hard coal mine closed 2005, with a surviving listed headframe and workshop complex now operating as a creative quarter and park.
110 – Erzbergwerk Grund — Schacht Meding
Museum site - headframes and associated buildings
Former lead-zinc ore mine at Bad Grund, the last metal ore mine in Germany, with surviving headframes at three shaft sites and the Knesebeckschacht museum.