Old tipping lorry with text: Glück auf!

The foto shows an old tipping lorry that was used for underground mining. It is now used as a monument to remember visitors of the long tradition of Salt mining in Staßfurt. The text on the lorry can be translated with "Good luck! Staßfurt- cradle of potash mining" The first part is a traditional miner's greeting in Germany that expresses the hope of finding rich ores and returning safely from underground. It is one of many very similar monuments in Staßfurt that are used to maintain a nostalgic connection to the past of Staßfurt and to uphold a common identity as a mining city.