| Sad but true |
| Written by Shantideva | ||||||||||||
| Monday, 31 May 2010 18:05 | ||||||||||||
Destruction of the relics of the past and closure of the mines leads to the end of an era here in Luxembourg. This evolution has not begun recently. For many years now our industrial patrimony is being destroyed and closed. Having lived my life in a region of Luxembourg that shaped the whole image of this country and the whole greater region, it is very sad for me to see all those relics being closed and destroyed, that gave testimony of the hard work that our ancestors have achieved for our prosperity. Many associations have fought to preserve some of these industrial monuments, but the politicians don't seem to be interested to pay homage to our grandfathers and grandmothers that worked hard for this country. Our neighboring countries are still working hard to preserve some of these souvenirs and to convert them to industrial museums as a testimonial of those years that gave us the prosperity and quality of life we enjoy to have nowadays. But exactly this prosperity has brought us to forget about those of us that worked hard and sacrificed their lives for us. But this behavior seems to be limited to the country of Luxembourg. The politicians in Luxemburg spurn these monuments and convert them to vulgar decoration objects for megalomanic developments as it has been done in Esch/Belval. Sad... but true... The latest news I got is about the closure of the iron ore mine called "Flora". The last load of iron ore left this huge underground world called the Montrouge in 1997. It was iron ore that went from the french part of this wonderful underground labyrinth. I do not want to say that it is important to keep those places accessible but it is sad to see the entrances buried under a pile of rocks and earth. Therefore I have now decided to show the pictures from inside this huge mine publicly. I didn't have done so before because I didn't want to incite unexperienced spelunkers to visit those places. The pictures (and a small captivating movie) can be found under Mine Montrouge in the Industrial Speleology section. Set as favorite Bookmark Email this Comments (6)  Gilles Glod said: |
Subscribe to this comment's feed | ... That's a nice 'definite' collection of photographs. How many visits are these images gathered from? |
Shantideva said: 
 | @Gilles I have counted at least 10 visits on the fly of this single mine in my Lightroom archive. This is only a small selection. Thank you! |
Frank said:
| Traurig traurig ..... :-( Da hast du einen schönen Text zu einer traurigen Entwicklung geschrieben. Wie du schon schreibst, so wird das Kulturgut unserer Vorväter getreten. Gruß Frank |
Shantideva said:
| @Frank Danke Frank! Ich weiss nicht ob du französisch verstehst aber die kleine Reportage über die Schliessung dieser letzten Mine in 1997 ist sehr ergreifend. |
Joël said:
| ... Da vertrittst Du genau meine Meinung! Wir hatten uns im Winter extra stundenlang bei -20°C im Schneesturm nach Esch gekämpft, um den Florastollen zu befahren. Wir sind zwar nicht weit gekommen und dennoch war es eine tolle Erfahrung. Grüße Joel |
Shantideva said:
| @Joël Hallo, Ich danke dir für dein Kommentar. Das wird wohl der gleiche Tag gewesen sein an dem ich mich vor einer anderen Mine verletzt habe. Es war eines dieser beiden sehr kalten Wochenenden. Ich hatte auch eine längere Wanderung durch den Wald hinter mir als ich vor dem Eingang der Mine gestolpert bin und mich beim hinfallen verletzt habe. Das hat mir aber nicht davon abgehalten die Mine zu begehen, vor allen da es ja richtig angenehm ist im Winter bei den Temperaturen die man Untertage hat. Schade nur dass es bald damit vorbei ist hier in Luxemburg. Grüsse, Jean-Claude |
