Name: Giershagen Quarry
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Giershagen Quarry

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Location: Marsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Grube Reinhard/Lüllingshohl – Diemel River loop from Padberg

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2. Diemel River – Klus Chapel Giershagen loop from Giershagen

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3. Diemel River – Grube Reinhard/Lüllingshohl loop from Giershagen

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

August 23, 2021

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"... Early evidence of mining provides disputes about mining rights, for example in 1273 about" spelunce (caves) on the Arneslyth "(Arnstein, Rhenetal), the mine buildings of which are now largely destroyed by diabase mining von Giershagen are better preserved. In 1544, the abbot von Bredelar declared to an attack on the pits in a dispute with Waldeck that the pits had been owned by the monastery for more than 200 years (Reininghaus). Within about three km of Giershagen is a Wreath of pits, of which Wartersberg, Eckefeld and Webel in the south illustrate a deposit-oriented course of the disputed territorial border. But also between Giershagen, Borntosten and Leitmar are the Kaltenpaket, Kaltenbuche or Hüneburg, Huxholl and further north Pingenfelder am Buchholz and the Lühlingsholl mine in Giershagener Wald an der Diemel, whose mining tradition goes back to the 16th and 17th centuries h. goes back. Obviously, the Bredelar monastery favored the central settlement of Giershagen in order to promote the mining of raw materials in the surrounding area. ... "

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Location: Marsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Giershagen Quarry

1. Grube Reinhard/Lüllingshohl – Diemel River loop from Padberg

2. Diemel River – Klus Chapel Giershagen loop from Giershagen

3. Diemel River – Grube Reinhard/Lüllingshohl loop from Giershagen

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