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Historic mine railway
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Andrea und Huskys 🐺
August 4, 2025
Hiking
In Bad Steben, the topics of mining and geology are unavoidable. Gold was panned west of the spa town, and iron ore was mined around Bad Steben until 1858. The "Geology and Mining" educational trail from Bad Steben to Blechschmidtenhammer, with 17 display panels, vividly illustrates the more than 1,000-year history of mining in the region. In 1793, Alexander von Humboldt founded the "Bergschule zu Steben" (Mining School of Steben) in Bad Steben, the world's first vocational school for miners. A mine railway in the park opposite the spa building commemorates the coal and fluorspar mining, which ended in 1968.
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•Rombea
August 28, 2020
Hiking
A mine railway opposite the state bath reminds of the coal and fluorspar mining that ended in 1968. In the Bad Steben area you cannot ignore the topics of mining and geology. Gold was panned west of the health resort, and iron ore was mined around Bad Steben until 1858. From 1792 to 1797 the natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt worked as a Prussian mountain official in Bad Steben.
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•Rombea
September 2, 2020
Mountain biking
A mine train, which is well worth seeing, opposite the state bath, reminds of the coal and fluorspar mining that ended in 1968.
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