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<< The cave in Herpel >> "...The mine tunnel was first mentioned in 1912. At that time, farmer Josef Stahlhacke was looking for clay for his farmhouse and came across the cave. There were also stories that the farmers from Schreibershofer Grund suspected a copper ore vein. The rich ore vein never materialized. The hammer and tunnel became the property of the coppersmith Georg Scheiteler, who went bankrupt and committed suicide. During the Second World War, the cave served as an air raid shelter. Some of the older Herpel residents can still remember how they sought shelter from bomb attacks with their parents and siblings in their childhood. 52 years after the end of the war, on June 29, 1997, the buried mine tunnel was reopened. Today it is 22 meters long and has a width of 0.8 to 1.2 meters, and a height of 1.6 to 2 meters. A An attractive hiking rest area has been created, which is used eagerly by the people of Herpel..." https://www.lokalplus.nrw/drolshagen/die-hoehle-in-herpel-ist-ein-lieblingsplatz-der-dorfbewohner-74617

Splendid

Just beautiful ...

It's a bit hidden.

"... Station 15: “Glücksanfang upper tunnel” mine – In the upper tunnel of the “Glückanfang” mine, from 1722 onwards, in addition to iron, lead, silver, copper and zinc ores were mined in two 1 m thick and 80 m long corridors . Already before the middle of the 19th century, the Glücksbeginning mine “consolidated” with the Jungemann, whose name it also took..." https://www.wittgensteiner-wanderland.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kindelsbergpfad.pdf

"... Station 21: “Theodora” mine and hut – One of the small mines on the Martinshardt, which was run by an independent union, was the “Theodora mine” in the Zitzenbachtal near Ferndorf. After 8 years of painstaking work, in When people looked in vain for ore, the tunnel was abandoned. 266 m of sections 2 m high and 1.20 m wide were excavated in vain and almost 600 cubic meters of rock were unearthed. The “Theodora” mine is now next to the Stahlberger Erbstollen the only still accessible pit in the Müsen area..." https://www.wittgensteiner-wanderland.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kindelsbergpfad.pdf

A nice walking area. Since I don't take a photo of every bench or similar "highlights", I am attaching a photo collage of photos from the region.

In this cave, not far from Crottorf Castle, the American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer has immortalized herself with a poem. Easy to miss if you don't know.