page_title: Langenberg (Bad Harzburg)
section_title: Chalk mining
hierarchical_section_title: Langenberg (Bad Harzburg) / History / Chalk mining
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Nordwestperspektive auf den Kalksteinbruch Langenberg mit Oker + Sudmerberg/Umland im Hintergrund.
context_page_description: The Langenberg is an elongated chalk hill north of Göttingerode and south of Harlingerode in the spa town of Bad Harzburg in Goslar district, in the German state of Lower Saxony. Due to its obvious display of the Northern Harz Boundary Fault in the Langenberg chalk quarry and the discovery of the Europasaurus in 1998 in said quarry, this mountain has gained national geological relevance.
context_section_description: Industrial and large-scale chalk mining was introduced in 1871 by entrepreneur Adolph Willikens on the Kalkröse at the westernmost tip of the mountain ridge. However, the prodction didn't reach a significantally geologically noticeable amount until the time after the Second World War, where the quarry was significantally extended eastwards. Lime (material) and fertilizers were produced now and shipped by rail on the Oker–Bad Harzburg railway.
  Until the 1980s, the quarry reached a length of more than one kilometre and a width of over 100 metres. It extended from the westernmost end of the Langenberg to the local street Göttingeröder Straße, connecting Harlingerode and Göttingerode across the mountain. The mining company originally planned to extend its mine beyond this street, which would have eaten up most of the mountain irreversibly. However, the Goslar district denied these plans on July 7, 1976, leading to a lawsuit that first ended in a win for the mining company on June 29, 1982, where the Braunschweig administrative court confirmed the operator of the mine in its right to expansion. In order to hinder these plans, the Goslar district put the eastern half of the Langenberg as Östlicher Langenberg under environmental protection (Naturschutzgebiet) on May 23, 1984. The final defeat for the mining company came as the Supreme Administractive Court of Lower Saxony in Lüneburg decided that mining the eastern half of the Langenberg is illegal. In consequence, the operator closed the quarry in December 1985.
caption: Former Langenberg chalk quarry ripping up the mountain in half, 2018
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