Sunday Matinee
There were once numerous mining schools in Germany. Today, only one remains: the Clausthal Mining School, now known as the Technical College for Business and Technology (FWT). This is where miners for the Rammelsberg and the Upper Harz mining operations, as well as metallurgical officials, were trained. To this day, the school continues to train skilled workers for the mining industry—now with a focus on potash mining as well as in the fields of process engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and automation.
What distinguishes a mining school from a mining academy? How has the Clausthal Mining School managed to survive for 250 years, while all other mining schools have long since become a thing of the past? This lecture will examine its development, the different founding histories of the mining schools, the evolution of their educational focuses, and demonstrate why the close integration of theory and practice remains the key to its success to this day.
Speaker: Dr . Catrin Kammer
Date: September 27
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Rammelsberg World Heritage Site
Admission is free.
What distinguishes a mining school from a mining academy? How has the Clausthal Mining School managed to survive for 250 years, while all other mining schools have long since become a thing of the past? This lecture will examine its development, the different founding histories of the mining schools, the evolution of their educational focuses, and demonstrate why the close integration of theory and practice remains the key to its success to this day.
Speaker: Dr . Catrin Kammer
Date: September 27
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Rammelsberg World Heritage Site
Admission is free.
