The Morassina is a former Vitriol mine in forging field (light valley) in (Thuringia).

Today is a looking mine with many Tropfsteinen of impressive color splendour and form variety the 1996 due to its uniqueness even into the Guinnessbuch of the records died here.

History

For the first time the pit was mentioned in connection with the production of alum, iron and Kupfervitriol as well as sulfur and color ground connection in the year 1683. 1717 was a first change of ownership. The buyer Johann Leonard Morassi bought the mine and called it "“Morassina"”. A second change of ownership 1750 carried out to purchase and trading firm the Frege from Leipzig. One compared the Frege of its possession wegens with join gladly in Augsburg and the Rothschilds in Frankfurt/Main). Frege developed it to the market leader in the Thuringian and in the Frankish area. With the gained capital affairs of state in Prussia and Saxonia were along-financed. The Frege paid among other things the war loads for Saxonia and Prussia Napoleon 1806 raised and redeemed that the Saxonian public treasury robbed by it 1816 from Amsterdam. The Frege house in Leipzig is to be still visited today and a part of the Kleinodien robbed at that time can one today in the "“country " Dresdens of the lock admire. After one could produce around 1850 alum and Vitriolprodukte on chemical way more cheaply, Fregi the mines came fast to to succumb. 1863 delivered the Vitriolwerk "“Morassina"” the last products to the customers.

The entrances to the Hohlraumsysthem like the entire mine came into oblivion. After that 1951 miners of the SDAG at that time bismuth on the search for uranium the entrances to the Hohlraumsysthem found them no fissile material for it however dripping in and sinter formations, which searched far and broadly their same and were classified already at that time as a special miracle of nature. Unfortunately the GDR authorities prevented the preparation of a part of the cavities as a looking mine due to the border proximity to the Federal Republic at that time. Only 1989 came from the advice of the district Suhl department of geology green light. 1993 were opened the looking mine "“Morassina"”. It applies today together with its Untertage sanatorium "“sink Barbara"” welfare-mad and its mining industry museum as a conglomerate of education, research, relaxation and recovery.

If there was in former times important personalities, like the researcher Alexander of Humboldt, the geologist August Friedrich broad head or the publisher of the first Koservationslexikons Josef Meier from Hildburghausen for the call of the forging fields mining industry region ensured in such a way, there is today the scientists Professor Dr. Dr. Manfred wolf, Professor Dr. Dieter wolf, Professor Dr. G. Walter, Professor Dr. Bernd Ullrich, and Professor Dr. Reinhard Gaupp, which furnished new scientific realizations in the purchase to the looking mine "“Morassina"”.

Related links

• http://www.morassina.de
• http://www.morassinagrotten.de

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