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Mining History Trail in NSG Bittermark

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Mining History Trail in NSG Bittermark

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Mining History Trail in NSG Bittermark

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Tom Spätlese

December 19, 2018

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Olpeke flows through mining area. Note the high iron content. From here mining began in the Ruhr area.

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Schwerte-Radler

October 23, 2024

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The Gottfriedsbank mine was a small mining pit in the south of Dortmund, more precisely in the forest area of the Bittermark along the Olpkebach. It was part of the early mining in the region and was used as early as the 18th century to extract coal seams close to the surface. The relics of mining, such as pinges (cavities in the ground caused by tunnel collapses) and small dumps, are still visible in the area and bear witness to the past. Red mine water emerges from the ground in some places due to iron oxides, which indicates former mining.

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