The name Ronneburg is only of local fame, but the name Wismut in well known in Germany and even abroad.
It has nothing to do with the metal Wismut ( bismut ), it was the code name for the East German uranium mining company.
During some decades of teh Cold War the area around Ronneburg was the economically strongest region of teh country.
www.showcaves.comDer Name Ronneburg ist kaum bekannt, doch unter dem Namen Wismut kann sich jeder etwas vorstellen.
Dabei geht es eben gerade nicht um das Metall Wismut, sondern um den Uranbergbau der DDR.
Zu Zeiten der DDR war das Gebiet um Ronneburg wohl das wirtschaftlich wichtigste Gebiet des Landes.
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