Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Former nuclear waste repository exploration shaft at Gorleben in the Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg, sunk from 1986 and now in active backfilling by the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) following the definitive exclusion of the Salzstock Gorleben fro

Former nuclear waste repository exploration shaft at Gorleben, sunk from 1986 as the second shaft of the Erkundungsbergwerk Gorleben and now in active backfilling by the BGE following the exclusion of the Salzstock Gorleben from the repository siting proc

Active rock-salt mine at Grasleben in the Landkreis Helmstedt, operating continuously as a rock-salt mine since 1926, with the Schacht Grasleben headframe and Schachthalle surviving on the active surface site of the K+S Salzwerk Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

Active salt mine shaft at Bernburg, sunk 1912–13 and later deepened to 529 metres, serving today as the Material- und Seilfahrtsschacht of the K+S Steinsalzbergwerk Bernburg alongside an approximately 80-metre Förderturm.

Former kali mine shaft in the Angersdorf district of Teutschenthal, sunk 1908–10, now sealed for Verwahrung as part of the GTS Grube Teutschenthal underground backfill operation.

Former potash mine at Hambühren in the Landkreis Celle, voluntarily closed in 1926 after only a few years of operation; the surviving pithead buildings — an office, machine house, Kaue, workshop, and Fördermaschinenhaus — remained in good condition into t

Active potash mine at Philippsthal (Werra), operating since 1908 as part of the K+S Verbundbergwerk Werra, with the Schacht Hattorf headframe and processing plant as the principal hoisting and production centre of one of the world's largest potash operati

Active salt mine ventilation shaft at Heidwinkel near Grasleben, sunk in April 1912 as the first Heidwinkel shaft for the Gewerkschaft Braunschweig-Lüneburg, now serving as the second shaft exit and ventilation inlet for the Steinsalzwerk Braunschweig-Lün

Active salt mine ventilation shaft at Heidwinkel near Grasleben, sunk in 1937–1939 as a dedicated access shaft for the Heeresmunitionsanstalt Grasleben, now serving as the location of the Hauptgrubenlüfter for the Steinsalzwerk Braunschweig-Lüneburg, with

Active underground hazardous-waste repository at Heringen (Werra), operating since 1972 in the disused workings of a former potash mine, functioning as the world's largest and oldest underground facility of its kind.