Planitz, Zwickau, Sachsen, Deutschland
In Planitz near Zwickau a coal seam burned from 1476 and was finally not extinguished before 1860. Ernst August Geitner started in 1479 a green house with tropical plants above the known Planitz fire zone and was possible the first in using energy from coal fires commercially.
References
http://www.coalfire.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12:coal-fires&catid=7:examples
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