Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Historic hard coal shaft complex with surviving early-twentieth-century pithead buildings, now in private ownership and accessible only from outside.

Former intake shaft site of the Staříč II plant of Důl Staříč, a large coking coal colliery now undergoing full surface demolition.

Disused Sardinian coal mine in the Sulcis basin, now held under concession for environmental remediation and potential redevelopment.

Landmark reinforced-concrete colliery headframe in central Chorzów, now freely accessible as part of the Sztygarka heritage and hospitality complex.

Surviving shaft complex of the former KWK Ludwik in Zabrze, originally the Konrad shaft and renamed Szyb Tadeusz after the Second World War.

Former coal mine shaft with surviving headframe, now within site occupied by Rudpol-OPA, in Ruda Śląska.

The surviving shaft and steel lattice headframe of the former Kopalnia Fiedlersglück zinc and lead ore mine in Bytom, now operating as the Centralna Pompownia Bolko and entered in the municipal heritage inventory.

A large hard coal extraction shaft of the former KWK Pstrowski in Zabrze, with a surviving headframe and winding-engine house, now operating as a drainage pumping station within the Centralny Zakład Odwadniania Kopalń.

A surviving hard coal ventilation and drainage shaft of the former KWK Siemianowice, now operating as a freshwater intake station within the Centralny Zakład Odwadniania Kopalń in Siemianowice Śląskie.

A peripheral hard coal shaft of the former Kopalnia Centrum in Bytom, with a surviving 35-metre steel headframe and associated surface buildings, transferred to municipal ownership in 2025.