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Natural Monuments

Gießen District

Handstein Mine

Natural Monuments

Gießen District

Handstein Mine

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Handstein Mine

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Naturpark Lahn-Dill-Bergland

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Location: Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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1. View of the Schelderwald – Gleichenhäuschen Viewpoint loop from Oberscheld

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2. Nesselhofer Pond – Nesselhofer Weiher loop from Oberscheld

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3. Handstein Mine – Müllen Natural Spring loop from Seelbach

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310m

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April 6, 2018

The Handstein pit lies on the western parts of the mining area Eisernehand east of Oberscheld. In the late 19th century, it was one of the most productive pits in the area for years, even allowing it to compete with the Königszug mine. It first belonged to the company Franksche Eisenwerke, before it passed in 1926 by purchase to the company J. C. Green.
The mining of the ironstone camp was carried out from the outset initially in the open pit, including through the Handsteinstollen, the 30 m depth introducing Amalienstollen and the other 48 m lower located Georgstollen. The civil engineering went underneath through a blind shaft of the Georgstollensohle; At 30 m, 55 m, 95 m and 175 m civil engineering floors were used.

In addition to a former coal-mine building, above all, a mighty concrete wall of the loading facility with openings in the filling shafts and the entrance to the tunnel of the Georgsstollen (?) With a mouth hole have been preserved.
(Source: industriekultur-mittelhessen.de/orte-und-objekte/dillenburg-teil-2/oberscheld-grube-handstein/)

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Elevation 430 m

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Location: Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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Handstein Mine

1. View of the Schelderwald – Gleichenhäuschen Viewpoint loop from Oberscheld

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3. Handstein Mine – Müllen Natural Spring loop from Seelbach

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