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Slag Heap from a Medieval Smelting Site in the Valley of the Great Koserbach

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Wirsberg

Slag Heap from a Medieval Smelting Site in the Valley of the Great Koserbach

Slag Heap from a Medieval Smelting Site in the Valley of the Great Koserbach

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    September 21, 2023

    Here we are in a very old mining area, directly on the heap of what was probably a medieval ore smelter.

    The ore smelted here comes from gneiss in the surrounding area.

    The slag is noticeably heavy because it still contains a lot of metal that could not be extracted using the technology of the time.

    The associated smelter was probably located by the stream, very close to the dump.


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      Location: Wirsberg, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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