 The first building section of the former school was built after the monks time there from 1882 until 1883.The discovery of pitch coal as the 1600s gave rise to mining activity in the area, mostly on a small scale.State-owned mining began on May 8, 1837 with the inset of the so-called Hauptstollen (main adit) in the area of Brandach, whereby the initial sinking of the Unterbauschacht (Unterbau shaft) took place from the first of July 1889 onwards.