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Schmittenstollen Visitor Mine
DiscoverPlaces to seeCavesGermanyRhineland-PalatinateLandkreis Bad KreuznachBad KreuznachNiederhausen
Schmittenstollen Visitor Mine
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Schmittenstollen Visitor Mine
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Ulrich Welcker
October 4, 2020
Hiking
A highly informative and impressive tour through the only mercury mine in Western Europe that has been developed as a visitor mine. The mine contains passages from three different mining periods.
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•Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦
April 27, 2019
Hiking
The magnificent, spacious facility of the "Treue Zuversicht" mercury mine.
Mercury is extracted from the soft mineral mercury sulfide (cinnabar, vermillion) by roasting.
In addition to the visitor mine (tours …
Mercury is extracted from the soft mineral mercury sulfide (cinnabar, vermillion) by roasting.
In addition to the visitor mine (tours …
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•Christel55
May 31, 2016
Hiking
The Schmittenstollen is a historic mercury mine. It lies on the Lemberg in the district Niederhausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. Cinnabar ore was mined, from which mercury was extracted. Wikipedia
Address: L235, 55583 Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
Telephone: 06758 8404
Address: L235, 55583 Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
Telephone: 06758 8404
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Elevation 220 m
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