Ostrava Halda Ema

The Ostrava dump Ema is an artificial conical hill, created by hauling in approx. 28 million cubic meters of tailings and with its current height of 315 masl is the third highest place in Ostrava.
The epithet current is appropriate, because since the end of tailings from the surrounding shafts around 1960, the heap has been subtly sinking due to the natural pressure of the rocks, and its decreasing height (about 8 meters) is also influenced by the fact that...