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Maaßener Gaipel

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Wanderung zum maa ener gaipel oberhalb lautenthal


The Maaßener Gaipel is a pub catering for day trippers on the northeastern hillside of the Kranichsberg at a height of 420 m above NN, situated above the mining town of Lautenthal in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The name goes back to the above-ground workings 51°51′49″N 10°17′25″E, which was located immediately east of the pub. Gaipel is a common expression in the Upper Harz for a headframe (Schachtgebäude or Treibehaus) and goes back to the use of a horse whim which in German is a Pferdegöpel. Whims were used to transport men and materiel up and down mineshafts, for example using man engines, and also to operate water management equipment.

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Literature

  • Christoph Bartels (1992) (in German), Vom frühneuzeitlichen Montangewerbe bis zur Bergbauindustrie, Bochum: Deutsches Bergbaumuseum, ISBN 3-921533-53-8 
  • Torsten Schröpfer (2000) (in German), Fundgrube: Wissenswertes über den Westharzer Bergbau und das Hüttenwesen (1. ed.), Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Pieper, ISBN 3-923605-08-0 
  • Klaus Stedingk (2002) (in German), Lautenthal: Bergstadt im Oberharz; Bergbau- und Hüttengeschichte, Lautenthal: Bergwerks- und Geschichtsverein Bergstadt Lautenthal von 1976, ISBN 3-00-009504-7 

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