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St Barbara's Day in tunnelling: Blessing of the patron saint in the Lahntalbahn tunnel renovation project

/ Tunneling / News / Press Release

4 December is St Barbara's Day. On this day, miners and tunnellers commemorate their patron saint, Saint Barbara, and stop work for a moment. So do our tunnelling experts in the "Lahntalbahn tunnel renovation" project. As part of "St Barbara's Day", PORR, the consortium partners FELDHAUS Bergbau GmbH & Co. KG and Heinz Schnorpfeil Bau GmbH, representatives of the client Deutsche Bahn as well as the tunnel patrons at the Fachinger Tunnel honoured Saint Barbara.

An aerial view of the Barbara celebration at the Fachinger Tunnel; a crowd of people stands at the entrance to the tunnel; railway tracks lead into the tunnel on the right of the picture; it is snowing
© ARGE PORR / Feldhaus Bergbau / Heinz Schnorpfeil Bau | Jürgen Stresius
<p>St Barbara's Day in the Lahntalbahn tunnel renovation project.</p>

Every year on 4 December, the patron saint is blessed to pray for her protection from accidents, from tunnel excavation to tunnel breakthrough. This has a long tradition in tunnelling, as everyday working life underground harbours challenges and dangers. Camaraderie, concentration and expertise are just as important as the protection of the patron saint.

"Saint Barbara is once again at our side to protect us during tunnelling and we are confident that we will complete the expansion of the Fachingen and Cramberg tunnels safely and successfully," says Folker Popp, project manager for the "Lahntalbahn tunnel renovation" project.

An aerial view of the Barbara celebration at the Fachinger Tunnel; a crowd of people stands at the entrance to the tunnel; railway tracks lead into the tunnel on the right of the picture; it is snowing
A crowd of people stand at the entrance to the tunnel and pray; a priest stands in front of the construction workers and holds his arms up in blessing.
The picture shows the typical paraphernalia of a Barbara celebration; mallets and iron stand next to two statues of Barbara on a gallery

If you have any questions, please contact:

Sarah Render

Unternehmenskommunikation / Deutschland
+49 89 71001-475
presse@porr.de