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Coal mining started around 1540 at the Reinsdorfer Flur. After only a few sporadic excavations and diggings in the 17th century coal became a sought-after solid fuel in the 18th/19th century.
The shaft tower of the Morgensternschacht II as witness of the coal mining in Reinsdorf is well visible. The Heimatverein, founded on the 3rd of July 1997 made it his goal to protect the cultural heritage of the village. The shaft tower has been rebuilt as a local and mining museum.
The tower itself shows on four floors exhibitions on mining, village history and agriculture.
At the pit bank typical miner's tools are being exhibited.
The miner's most important companion is his pit lamp. A range of typical mining lamps is being exhibited at the 1st floor.
On the 19th of April 1882 the Bergrat Prof. Kreischer in Freiberg hands over a fossil to Herr Geinitz in Dresden, which is part of the rarest and most interesting ever occurrences in the area of coal formations.
This fossil was found from in cross-cut in a depth of 600m of the Morgensternschacht II (museum). The visitor will find more detailed documentation about this "pseudo scorpion" at the fossil exhibition in the museum.