Schiffweiler's Overgrown Coal Shaft Islands
Abandoned place – Saarbrücken, Germany
Swallowed by rolling fields in Schiffweiler, Germany, these isolated islands of dense foliage conceal the sealed vertical shafts of a bygone coal mining era. From above, they resemble green craters, silent monuments to the subterranean industry that once fueled the Saarland region, now reclaimed by nature's quiet embrace.
Details
- Address: Saarbrücken, Germany
- GPS coordinates: 49.2319, 7.12219
- Tags: Mine, aerial, nature-reclaimed, saarland, Farm, Fields, Rural, Trees, Road