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North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Muttentalbahn Mining Cart Memorial

North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Muttentalbahn Mining Cart Memorial

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Muttentalbahn Mining Cart Memorial

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Location: Witten, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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October 28, 2017

Hiking

The Muttentalbahn was a good six-kilometer-long railroad, with the coal was transported in the 19th century from the mines in the Muttental in the southeast of the Ruhr to the coal defeats and the loading stations. It is considered one of the oldest horse trolleys on the European continent. The Muttentalbahn was at the beginning of the 19th century in addition to the Prince Wilhelm Railway and the Schlebusch-Harkorter coal railway one of the most important railway lines.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

August 2, 2018

Hiking

The Muttentalbahn goes back to the efforts of the mines Frielinghaus, Turteltaube, Louisenglück, Morgenstern im Osten, Eleonora and Nachtigall to create a better connection to the Wittener Hauptkohlenstraße. The mines …

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Flitzpiepe aus Wengern

March 5, 2023

Hiking

The Muttentalbahn was a railway that was a good six kilometers long and was used in the 19th century to transport coal from the mines in the Muttental in the south-east of the Ruhr area to the coal dumps and the loading stations. It is considered to be one of the oldest horse tramways on the European continent.

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Elevation 160 m

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