Stained glass windows tell Berga mining history

 The stained glass windows telling the history of mining.
Close: mining tradition ensures bismuth association with information plaque on the former night sanatorium in Berga for special notepad in the historical memory of the people.
Berga. A night sanatorium - what is that? Especially younger ones should such a health care institution in the hill on which was active in the region miners built, but also in heavy industry have been common, is not to be familiar. In the magpie city is dominated by the former health facility, which was launched in October 1956 by the bismuth in operation since 1975 and used until the turn as a holiday home in the now landmarked since 1996 bismuth settlement.

In the past, many artists also met for Plenair here. Of the 3,500 works of art in bismuth property caused over 200 here know how Klaus Hinke and Frederick W. Thie of bismuth-traditional club. The men see themselves as guardians of historical documents that tell of the surface mining history. Yesterday they had obtained on stormy wet-to Berga pre christmas wheather to inaugurate the night sanatorium an information board.

And make like a special treasure in the building carefully. As Klaus Hinke, Chairman of the Association for the promotion, preservation and study of the traditions of the Saxon / Thuringian uranium mining reports, "with the night sanatorium a beautiful stained glass window with mining themes emerged in the stairwell, the motives are related to the silver, ore and coal mining .

In addition to the town hall of the mountain town of Freiberg (silver mining) are representations of the shaft support and the cable ride from the Agricola-time - 1556 - Year of "De Re Metallica" and "modern" mining 400 years later (1956) to see. Seemingly unknown or forgotten were the creators of stained glass window. At least the people I interviewed in Berga, Greiz or at the bismuth could give no answer. In the end I found the name yet, you have to bend down to him to discover at the bottom edge - PINX: Lisa Beyer Jatzlau. Finish: stained glass A. Lange, Plauen.

In Plauen, I could not find it, but with the painter Lisa Beyer Jatzlau, living in Ulm, I could speak. She was born in 1923, was in 1956 ie 33 years old. She has left the GDR in 1957, so it's no wonder that her name not known. "

Klaus Hinke sent photos of the artist, and she responded: ".. I'm glad to get that glass windows remained and will continue to be protected, and even more are listed stained glass windows, except one in a church, I have not worked" Ms. Beyer-Jatzlau is 88 years old. Only in July, she exhibited in the Künstlerhaus Ulm.

Of course, the stained glass window by arrangement with Helmut Müller can, Managing Director of the Housing Corporation, which has its headquarters here, will be visited. Spacious 41 apartments created where once some 80 guest rooms for tourists as well as swimming pool, sauna, bowling alley and dance hall were ready. Mayor Stephan Büttner (Free Voters) is happy that the big house is used again and welcomes the work of the mining tradition of the association. Berga is incidentally one of seven night lodges.


Partial whole brigades were sent to the non-working shifts for two weeks. The screening consisted mainly of physical therapy activities outside working hours. In addition, there were opportunities for athletic or artistic activity. Brigades used the residence in order to "fast-jacking" or similar high-power projects, the brigade members for defined periods to accommodate concentrated.

Margitta and Klaus Maruszczak from Berga pleased with the information board at night sanatorium. "It's very nice that such witnesses will remain at the mining history. Finally, later generations will learn why this settlement was built here," are convinced the couple. While it was long active in the night sanatorium, her husband worked in the pit, twelve years of it underground.

Time testimony concept of the traditional club
First Street culture of the mining industry with over 30 time stations report on mining and remediation history, including seven stations, which are reminiscent of the partially or completely vanished villages.

Second Exhibition on the history of uranium mining - bismuth object 90 / New Landscape Ronneburg

Third Mine on the bow tie and Technical monument Hall / technology park slot 407 in Ronneburg

4th Walk-map "Schmirchauer height", the tailings above the Lichtenberg surface mining, is built on the present, a 20-meter high "Grub narrow light." The first five meters are already visible.