Author archives: Coal Heritage

The preservation and management of coalmine heritage sites are gaining significant importance for the EU as we make strides toward a climate-neutral economy! Next week, the Research Center of Post-Mining (https://fzn.thga.de/forschung/coal-heritage/) will be hosting a round table workshop, bringing together various stakeholders to delve into their pivotal roles in the…

CoalHeritage (Conservation and promotion of the Coal Mining Heritage as Europe’s cultural legacy) is an RFCS Accompanying Measure European Project with the main goal of developing an interregional network for the promotion and protection of coal mining heritage in mining regions. The WP Leader meeting took place on Thursday, January…

Are you interested in learning more about Colliery Zollverein in Essen, an UNESCO World Heritage area and anchor point of European Route of Industrial Heritage? Click on the image to learn more.

Are you interested in learning more about the tradition of the jump over a leather apron in Premogovnik Velenje that goes back to the 16th century? Click on the image to learn more.

New idea for mining heritage conservation in Poland Post-Industrial Center of Zagłębie Coal Mining coming soon The Zagłebie Coal Mining Museum in Czeladź is preparing to organize a permanent exhibition dedicated to the mining industry in the Zagłębie region of Upper Silesia. It will be an extraordinary museum, whose attractiveness…

Another article in Polish media on the CoalHeritage project “From coal mining to the museum. Development of network supporting the preservation of mining heritage”, was published in the Mining Magazine It presents a few successful examples of the use of mining heritage (Guido Mine, Luiza Adit, Ignacy Shaft in Poland,…

Great News! Polish media wrote about us An article “Concern for post-mining heritage” was published in Trybuna Górnicza and at the portal www.nettg.pl – both the most popular mining media in #Poland. It refers to the starting point for the CoalHeritage project, which is the energy transition, and presents the…

Are you interested in learning more about the technological equipment and technologies that were developed through the years in Premogovnik Velenje (Velenje Coal Mine)? Click on the image to learn more.

Are you interested in hearing about the social aspects of lives of coal minners in Velenje from the mouth of the well-known poet Anton Aškerc? Click on the image to learn more.