Germany
Hesse
Gießen District
Landkreis Gießen
Grünberg
Pingen and Collapsed Mining Shafts
Germany
Hesse
Gießen District
Landkreis Gießen
Grünberg
Pingen and Collapsed Mining Shafts
Pingen and Collapsed Mining Shafts
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Location: Grünberg, Landkreis Gießen, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany
Best Hikes to Pingen and Collapsed Mining Shafts
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Sludge ponds on the Erzweg South – Vogelsberg Volcano loop from Lardenbach01:19
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Grube Deutschland – Sludge ponds on the Erzweg South loop from Weickartshain02:11
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Lardenbach Grill Hut – Sludge ponds on the Erzweg South loop from Höckersdorf06:27
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Tips
Here, north and south of the former Neugrünende Hoffnung opencast pit, there are numerous circular hollows in the forest, which indicate earlier mining activities in civil engineering.
These depressions, called pings, are sometimes more than a meter deep and occasionally have a diameter of several meters, but they are mostly rather shallow and only small in extent. For the most part, they are very close together, which is an indication of the shaft-by-shaft mining method.translated by
•March 21, 2022
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Location: Grünberg, Landkreis Gießen, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany
Best Hikes to Pingen and Collapsed Mining Shafts
- Easy
7
Sludge ponds on the Erzweg South – Vogelsberg Volcano loop from Lardenbach01:19
4.94km
50m
Intermediate5.0
(4)
12
Grube Deutschland – Sludge ponds on the Erzweg South loop from Weickartshain02:11
8.17km
100m
Expert6
Lardenbach Grill Hut – Sludge ponds on the Erzweg South loop from Höckersdorf06:27
24.2km
260m
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