Pit Disaster on 24 October 1963
"The Miracle of Lengede"
Sie wurden auf ihren Heimatfriedhöfen bestattet They were buried in cemeteries of their hometowns |
Herbert Heimberg, Lengede, 01.02.1932 / Erhard Dreyer, Lengede, 14.01.1935 Karl Eull, Lengede, 25.11.1918 / Bruno Scholz, Lengede, 03.04.1908 Bernhard Bürgel, Broistedt, 28.07.1909 / Paul Hollesch, Woltwiesche, 17.10.1909 Heinrich Schindler, Broistedt, 17.11.1909 / Walter Betti, Lengede, 14.11.1910 Max Franz, Lengede, 19.01.1913 / Bernhard Lernser, Salzgitter-Lesse, 10.05.1924 Walter Schleng, Woltwiesche, 22.07.1926 / Fritz Schulz, Klein Lafferde, 26.07.1928 Karl Störmer, Lengede, 30.03.1929 / Alfred Nayda, Lengede, 05.07.1929 Erich Giebel, Köchingen, 04.12.1929 / Karl Lautemann, Lengede, 02.02.1931 Hans Schnerwitzki, Steinbrueck, 06.03.1936 / Erich Klomfass, Lengede, 06.03.1937 |
Die geretteten Bergleute waren: The rescued miners were: Bernhard Wolter / Dieter Richey / Adolf Herbst Helmut Webranitz / Johannes Sitter / Heinz Kull Siegfried Ebeling / Rudolf Wiese / Hermann Lübke Fritz Bär / Helmut Kendzia |
The memorial is exactly situated at the rescue site: | |
The small tube was installed for communication purposes between the rescue team and the miners 60 m below. Via the bigger tube were the miners pulled out of their dark and dangerous prison after 14 days. |
More information on: | Wikipedia, Village of Lengede or on YouTube |
Durch eine Sprengstoff-explosion am 26.01.1968 verloren wir zwölf Kameraden. | We lost twelve comrades caused by an explosives blast on 26.01.1968. | |
Reinhard Bartels / Ernst Frank Werner Gärtner / Max Glanz Bruno Hahn / Heinrich Hausmann Heinrich Jakobs / Helmut Patzelt Konstantin Reil / Helmut Seifert Alfred Schmidt / Jimmy W. Wilson |
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