Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

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.

Active hard coal extraction shaft at Bytom, retaining its steel headframe, operated by Zakład Górniczy EKO-PLUS under concession on the former KWK Bytom workings.

Revitalised early twentieth-century hard coal shaft complex of KWK Concordia, now a listed heritage site with restaurant, museum, and water-well function on the Silesian Industrial Monuments Route.

Backfilled shaft site of KWK Makoszowy colliery in Zabrze, with headframe demolished during post-closure liquidation works.

The operative headframe shaft of the historic Kopalnia Guido in Zabrze, with a preserved 26-metre steel trestle tower and 1927 electric winding engine, serving underground tourist routes to depths of 355 metres.

A preserved hard coal drainage shaft of Kopalni Królowa Luiza, now an industrial heritage attraction with a 31.5-metre headframe, working steam winding engine, and viewpoint platform.