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Strontianite Mine Alwine

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Strontianite Mine Alwine

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Location: Ahlen, Warendorf, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Strontianite Mine Alwine

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1. Werse Cycle Path – K6 rural road with smooth asphalt loop from Telgte

73.8km

02:56

140m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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2. K6 rural road with smooth asphalt – Blick auf Westkirchen loop from Oelde

72.3km

03:03

210m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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3. Old Enniger Train Station – Strontianite Mine Alwine loop from Ahlen (Westf)

41.0km

01:48

140m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Phil Lip

October 12, 2018

Old ore mine with examples of strontianite calcite

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Markus

July 31, 2018

Mine shut down for 125 years

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Pilger auf zwei Räder

April 15, 2023

"Strunz" was what the Munsterlanders called strontianite, a mineral that was of crucial importance for the extraction of sugar from sugar beets in the second half of the 19th century. The only region in which strontianite was found in such quantity and quality that it was used for mining The southern Münsterland came into question Around 1870, numerous landowners opened smaller and larger mines in Ascheberg, Drensteinfurt and the surrounding area, of which only a few people know today.

At 110 m, the Alwine mine in Vorhelm was the deepest strontianite shaft in the Münsterland and was in operation for just 11 years (1880-1891).

Unfortunately, only the former overburden heap of the Alwine mine can be seen today as a contemporary witness, as well as the reconstruction of the tunnel with an information board including the mineral or ore strontianite (SrCO3, strontium carbonate), which was let into the Alwine heap by the local history association Vorhelm e.V. in 2016.

Further information: ruhrzechenaus.de/themen/strontianit/westfalen-regional.pdf

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Location: Ahlen, Warendorf, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Strontianite Mine Alwine

1. Werse Cycle Path – K6 rural road with smooth asphalt loop from Telgte

2. K6 rural road with smooth asphalt – Blick auf Westkirchen loop from Oelde

3. Old Enniger Train Station – Strontianite Mine Alwine loop from Ahlen (Westf)

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