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Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Dommershausen

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine)

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    December 18, 2019

    Like most of the numerous former mining tunnels in the Hunsrück, it is barred for safety reasons and to protect the bat population.

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      March 4, 2021

      In the past, several roof slate pits were operated in the Baybachtal, below the Schmausemühle you can still find spoil heaps and tunnel entrances that were driven a few hundred meters into the mountain. Up to 40 workers were employed there in 1921. The mighty slate slabs can still be seen in the earth outcrops.

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        March 4, 2021

        They are former ore mines, of which there are quite a number in the valley. Bats prefer to stay in the caves.

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          Location: Dommershausen, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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