Berggeschrey

Under Berggeschrey or mountain shouting refers to a rapidly spinning richer customer Erzfunde that led to the rapid development of a mining Revieres, as at the beginning of the silver ore - mining industry in the Ore Mountains. This is comparable in some respects with the gold rush in North America.

First Berggeschrey

Already in the course of the first settlement there were smaller tin, iron and copper finds.

But in 1168 rich silver discoveries in the area of ​​Freiberg were known, this sparked the first silver rush. Quick came up with the customer from silver wealth miners, traders, Köhler and vagabonds in this inhospitable area at that time. " Where do you want to search eyn Ercz, the meg do with her ​​right " had the Margrave of Meissen, owner of the mountain right to use (mountain shelf ), granted to the settlers pouring into the country. In order to locate the miners, which came mostly from the resin, they were freed from feudal dues to landlords and were thus able to devote all of their work. However, a direct tax they had to pay to the sovereign in the form of the mountain tithing.

Second or Great Berggeschrey

The Search for ore expanded over the centuries up to the ridges of the Ore Mountains. Three hundred years after the First Berggeschrey rich silver ore were discovered at Schreckenberg in today's Annaberg -Buchholz in 1470 in Schneeberg and 1491/92. From this customer 's Second Berggeschrey went out, which is known as the great silver rush. Rules mining activity and the associated influx of people from other regions stretched out on all the Erzgebirge. Early as the late 15th century, there was much more densely populated than before. During this time the mining towns Jáchymov ( Jáchymov ), Annaberg Buchholz, Schneeberg or Marienberg emerged.

Third mountain shouting

Nearly eight hundred years after the first mining rush broke out in the post-war years from 1946 to the uranium mining the Wismut once a gold rush in the Ore from. As a result of the rapid and reckless boom, the population increased in some places, such as Johann George Town, significantly again. Especially in the early days of bismuth - mining created significant impact on the environment, historic town centers and infrastructure (eg spa and facilities of the former internationally known radium bath Schlema ) were destroyed. The bismuth buddy were highly exposed to poor working conditions, exposure to radiation and toxic substances, which resulted in serious health consequences.

In addition to silver and uranium, tin, iron, copper, arsenic, lead, cobalt, nickel, bismuth, tungsten, and zinc was mined in the Erzgebirge.

Nachwendezeit

The political changes of the mining operation of the Wismut was completely discontinued after 1990. So suddenly fell off the largest employer and most important economic factor in the region. The mining operations of the lime plant in the same district Lengefelder lime works today is the last working with well production mine in Saxony on the north side of the Ore Mountains. The entire mining region Erzgebirge with their above-ground mining products, show mines, Technical monuments, mining trails and traditions of the locals are testimonies of these three formative periods of ore mining.

New Berggeschrey

Since about 2010, the term is used for Berggeschrey plans, again to promote ores in the Erzgebirge. The development of commodity prices makes some pit profitable again - luckily just in time to build on the experiences of the support of the mining tradition with the associated folklore.