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Erzweg Central
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11.3km
90m
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On the Erzweg Mitte, starting at Mücke train station and circling the town, you can still see the relics of the mining that took place until the 1960s. Remains of the former operating facilities, such as the loading tower between Merlau and Nieder-Ohmen, loading ramps, cable car foundations and mud ponds, are reminders of the iron ore mining that has been going on for around a hundred years.
Twelve information boards along the path explain the mines, the working conditions, the mining techniques and the geology in a concise and descriptive manner. Along the Ils to the half-filled Ilsdorf mine, passing the Wadenhäuser mill, where the path turns onto the large mud pond at the former Luse ore washery, the path continues on meadow and forest paths with beautiful views over the valley floor to Flensungen and then back to the starting point.
Last updated: September 5, 2024
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687 m
Old Cableway Route (Erzweg Mitte, Mücke)
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Ore Trail: Former Ilsdorf Mine
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This was perhaps one of the reasons why exploratory shafts were sunk west and east of Ilsdorf in the years from 1868 onwards. The mighty brown iron deposits identified were each several hundred meters long and up to 150 m wide. Lumpy ore was laboriously mined by hand through these shafts.
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Grube Ludwigsegen
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It was not until 1935 that systematic ore mining began in large-scale open-cast mining. Mining ended in 1957 when the deposit was exhausted.
In the final phase of ore mining in Mücke, a large part of the Ludwigssegen pit could no longer be completely backfilled because no new overburden was available. Today it is used as a foundation pond for the municipality of Mücke.
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5.93 km
2.50 km
1.89 km
659 m
188 m
107 m
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5.35 km
3.50 km
1.18 km
1.17 km
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Hike is nice... apart from a longer piece of asphalt 😌
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I would have wished for a few more benches, because the best times were behind them.
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For almost a hundred years, the landscape in the lower Vogelsberg was characterized by large opencast iron ore mines. In addition to agriculture and forestry, mining was one of the most important sources of income for the population until the late …
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August 29, 2024
On the Erzweg Mitte, starting at Mücke train station and circling the town, you can still see the relics of the mining that took place until the 1960s. Remains of the former operating facilities, such as the loading tower between Merlau and Nieder-Ohmen, loading ramps, cable car foundations and mud ponds
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