Lengefeld Lime Works

The Lengefeld Lime Works was a limestone mine southwest of Lengefeld in the Saxon town of Pockau-Lengefeld in the Ore Mountains. In 2016, the mine was closed.

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Type: Museum
Description: underground limestone quarry
Also known as: “Museum Kalkwerk Lengefeld”
Address: Kalkwerk 4A, Pockau-Lengefeld, 09514
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kgl.-sächs. Postmeilenstein Kalkwerk and Adlerstein.

Kgl.-sächs. Postmeilenstein Kalkwerk

Historic site

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Kgl.-sächs. Postmeilenstein Kalkwerk is a historic site.

Adlerstein

Peak

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The Adlerstein is a 676-metre-high summit in the Saxon Ore Mountains near Lengefeld. At the top there is a historic triangulation station which was part of the Royal Saxon triangulation network.

Station 87 Adlerstein

Historic site

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Station 87 Adlerstein is a historic site, which is situated 1 km west of Lengefeld Lime Works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lengefeld and Pockau.

Lengefeld

Town

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Lengefeld is a town and a former municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, 23 km southeast of Chemnitz.

Pockau

Village

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Pockau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2014 it was merged with the town Lengefeld to form the town Pockau-Lengefeld. Pockau is on the Silver Road. Pockau is situated 3½ km east of Lengefeld Lime Works.