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There is a wealth of information on this topic, published in several "My Homeland" supplements of the Hersfelder Zeitung. Here are the links to three of these publications in PDF format: - November 2015; The mine near Hattenbach http://www.hersfelder-zeitung.de/bilder/2010/03/11/4602393/1497119164-2015_54_11_internet.pdf - February 2016; The mine near Hattenbach https://www.hersfelder-zeitung.de/content/hersfelder-zeitung-de/downloads/pdf/2016_55_02_internet.pdf - September 2017; The Neuer Mut mine near Hattenbach https://www.hersfelder-zeitung.de/content/hersfelder-zeitung-de/downloads/pdf/heimatland_Sep1_online2017.pdf

Inconspicuous, with the wooden gate around it, you drive past it quickly.

The closed hole is the natural monument "Hilmeser Loch". The last depth measured in 2018 by the Cave Research Club Bad Hersfeld e.V. was about 20 m. Reports from the 19th century by Carl Trautvetter (first explorer) spoke of a length of 100 - 150 m. Source: S.Gress

The “Ransbacher Senke” rift cave is of regional importance as winter quarters for bats. In 2008, the State Association for Cave and Karst Research Hessen e. V. for example the Bechstein's bat and the great mouse-eared bat.

The Hilmeser Loch is a shaft cave created by landslides in the limestone on the Landecker Berg. The burglar funnel is secured with a wooden railing. The cave was created by the cave research club Bad Hersfeld e. V. has been documented in the past and freed from rubbish and rubbish several times together with the volunteer fire brigade. The approx. 20 meter deep cave is designated as a natural monument and a particularly protected habitat for bats, for example, as winter quarters. Literature tip: Stefan Zaenker - Das Hilmeser Loch, Mein Heimatland, No. 9, Sept. 2021.

Hilmes hole

The Kurfürstenstollen is located directly on the Iba nature trail. There has been evidence of mining in the Richelsdorf Mountains since 1460. Since then, Iba has been closely associated with mining, making it the largest village in the former Rotenburg district. Cobalt ore and barite (barite) were mainly mined in the tunnels built around 1800. It reaches 1200 meters into the mountain.

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