Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Former French hard coal mine at Großrosseln-St. Nikolaus, the only colliery on German soil never transferred to German ownership, closed 2004 with its 1949 headframe, Fördermaschinenhaus, and HBL Grubenbahn ensemble surviving as an unprotected but recogni

Former kali and rock salt shaft at Morsleben, now the principal shaft of the Endlager für radioaktive Abfälle Morsleben (ERAM), currently in the formal decommissioning approval process.

Active potash mine at Neuhof, operating as the principal hoisting shaft of the Kaliwerk Neuhof-Ellers since 1910, deepened to 602 metres in 1953–1954 and continuing to raise approximately 12,500 tonnes of potash raw salt daily.

Former kali mine ventilation shaft at Bernburg, sunk 1912–14, sealed in 1924 and today serving as an ausziehender Wetterschacht for the active Steinsalzbergwerk Bernburg.

Active potash mine personnel shaft at Philippsthal (Werra), serving as the principal access point for underground workers at the Verbundbergwerk Werra, with the steel headframe of the Schachtanlage Heimboldshausen-Ransbach (HeRa) operating continuously.

Active UNESCO World Heritage silver mine in Freiberg, operated as the Lehr- und Forschungsbergwerk Himmelfahrt Fundgrube by TU Bergakademie Freiberg since 1919, with a 1953 steel headframe and listed 1898 machine house open to visitors.

Former kali mine at Lossa in the Finne, sunk 1909–11, which extracted only approximately 100,000 tonnes of Carnallitit before closure in 1921, its shaft sealed with a concrete cap in 1926 and the surface plant demolished.

Former potash and rock-salt mine at Hänigsen near Uetze, closed in 1997 as the world's deepest potash mine at 1,525 metres, with the Schacht Riedel headframe surviving as the principal landmark of the site, which is subject to a current LBEG review of flo

Unfinished former potash shaft site at Rockensußra near Ebeleben, where planned sinking reached only a trial depth before the mine closed, leaving the site largely cleared.

Former kali mine shaft at Teutschenthal, closed in 1982 after 80 years of kali and Steinsalz extraction, now undergoing formal Verwahrung as part of the GTS Grube Teutschenthal Sicherungs-GmbH underground backfill operation.