Lengefeld Lime Works

The only element of economic value is dolomitic marble, which is categorized lithostratigraphically as part of the Raschau Formation within the Keilberg Group.

The material immediately surrounding the deposit comprises Lower Cambrian rock of the Raschau sequence, about 530 to 540 million years old.

This was a result of lease agreements or was a fiscal deed produced under the direction of the Royal Saxon Forestry Offices.

Lime from Lengefeld was used inter alia by the architect (Baumeister), Hans Irmisch, for the construction of Freudenstein Castle in Freiberg.

[3] In the final years of the 17th century, the Scheibenberg pastor and chronicler, Christian Lehmann, praised the production of lime around Lengefeld: In 2016, the company Geomin closed the mine, because the deposits are exhausted.

View of the historic open pit facilities of the lime works
View of the historic open pit facilities of the lime works in winter
View into the open quarry (end of 1945) – part of the collection of the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden was stored in the stopes of the second level ( 2. Sohle ) during the Second World War
Gallery entrance in the bottom of the open quarry (end of 1945)
Weather vane on the restaurant, Gaststätte Kalkwerk , with the years "1551" and "1983" and the mining symbol of the hammer and pick