Pochwerk Schneeberg

Fantastic Experience

We visited the Pochwerk in Schneeberg where rocks that had been mined were hammered into smaller pieces and finally sand to separate the minerals (ore), in this case cobalt, from the rocks. This Pockw...

Fantastic Experience

We visited the Pochwerk in Schneeberg where rocks that had been mined were hammered into smaller pieces and finally sand to separate the minerals (ore), in this case cobalt, from the rocks. This Pockw...

Very interesting lecture on the extraction and production of Cobalt Blue Color

Original Text

As a North German we could not imagine anything under a pochwerk. We had the pleasure to participate in a very informative lecture on the degradation of cobalt, silver and wismut.

Very interesting lecture on the extraction and production of Cobalt Blue Color

Original Text

As a North German we could not imagine anything under a pochwerk. We had the pleasure to participate in a very informative lecture on the degradation of cobalt, silver and wismut.

Historically valuable

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In the pochwerk Lindenau, the way the mine was prepared is shown very illustratively. The large mine pieces are made with wood stamps driven by hydropower zerk ...