Mining trail Muttental

Al:

The slopes of the Ruhr are quite steep and potholed - like a Swiss cheese! Especially along the Mutte, this lively little stream here. You have to have a look at that! Everywhere it goes in and down into the mountain, on the tracks of the miners and carters. Doesn't that sound familiar to you, Luise?

The "Steel Time Travelers" Luise & Alfred: Muttental Mining Trail


Visitor information

Address/Starting point:
Nachtigallstr.
58452 Witten
www.ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de >Bergbauwanderweg Dahlhausen

299195 LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Nachtigall
LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Nachtigall




Bergbau 5 Zechenachtigall

Early Ruhr mining starts with farmers and day labourers: they dig level galleries into hillsides and mine hard coal to supply their own needs. Later, peasants become miners, galleries turn into shafts and plank roads into rail tracks to carry the coal to the Sauerland ironworks. The Muttental reveals this story under a microscope: 300 years of mining history at your fingertips! …

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322817 Mining trail Muttental
Mining trail Muttental




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The slopes of the Ruhr are quite steep and potholed - like a Swiss cheese! Especially along the Mutte, this lively little stream here. You have to have a look at that! Everywhere it goes in and down into the mountain, on the traces of the miners and carters. Doesn't that sound familiar to you, Luise?

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322818 Burg Hardenstein
Burg Hardenstein




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Really romantic here, why was this beautiful castle abandoned? There is even a railroad station, and the ferryman crosses to the other bank of the Ruhr. A picnic in the shade of the walls or by the water? Let's breathe the breath of history and enjoy the beautiful Ruhr nature!

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