Maaßener Gaipel

Local nameMaaßener Gaipel
LocationLangelsheim, Germany

The Maaßener Gaipel is a pub catering for day trippers on the northeastern hillside of the Kranichsberg at a height of 420 m above NN, situated above the mining town of Lautenthal in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The name goes back to the above-ground workings of the Maaßener Treibschacht or Maaßen Hoisting Shaft 51°51′49″N 10°17′25″E, which was located immediately east of the inn. Gaipel is a common expression in the Upper Harz for a headframe and goes back to the use of a horse whim which in German is a Pferdegöpel. Whims were used to transport men and materiel up and down mineshafts, for example using man engines, and also to operate water management equipment. Maaßen is shorthand for the name of the local pit which was the Grube Zweite, Dritte, Vierte, Fünfte und Sechste Maß nach der Sachsenzeche. Maaß, also variously spelt Maaß, Maas or Mas, is a unit of length for a pit field and in mining in the Upper Harz measured 28 Lachter or 53.8 metres.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaßener_Gaipel

Address 1 Am Maaßener Gaipel, 38685, Germany

Coordinates 51°51'49.477" N 10°17'22.658" E

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