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A lovely spot, even if you're there outside of opening hours. Thanks to the gate, you can see the beginning of the tunnel. There are benches, a fountain, a hut, and a gold panning area all around.

Very beautiful rock face with a breakthrough and great trails to approach;

https://www.goldkronach.de/seite/508457/besucherstollen,-goldwaschen.html Free parking is available at the information center.

Silver iron was mainly mined in the Gleissinger Fels. The mine looks back on a 500-year history and is the only accessible silver iron mine in the world. Some of the deeper mining sites can be explored, provided they are not filled with water. During the regular tours on an easily accessible floor of the mine, you can wear a mining helmet and go into hand-mined tunnels that are over 500 years old. Everything sparkles and glitters - the shiny ore on the walls shows the way. Visitors can be inspired by the unique mining atmosphere, the underground waterfall and great stories.

Not far from there is the information house, which is open during the season.

The new visitor center was opened at the mine in 2023. Now it is even more interesting and modern there. More information here: https://www.fichtelgebirge.bayern/detail/id=5f802ff53e91d003a390bb39

The visitor mine "Middle Name of God" south of Brandholz can be visited with a shaft house and a replica roasting oven on the Goldberg. The tour takes place with mining equipment. The historical mine was only reopened in June 1993 and made accessible to visitors. With mining guidance, it is currently passable up to 125 meters, the length of the tunnel totals about 400 meters. The mining areas inside the mountain connect two further tunnels at a distance of 30 meters. The last period of operation dates from around 1750, the first dismantling is estimated around 1500. The starting point is the Goldberg information center in the Brandholz district.

The "Schmutzlerzeche" visitor mine with its shelter can be visited at Goldberg. The 35-meter-deep, accessible tunnel still reveals a gold-bearing quartz vein and the arduous work of the miners. The mine was first mentioned by name around 1400. It is assumed that over 500 miners worked here at that time. The heyday of local gold mining was between 1430 and 1470. The outbreak of the Thirty Years' War brought gold mining to a complete standstill. Mining resumed in 1662 after a long hiatus. This is also thanks to Alexander von Humboldt, who revived mining in 1792. From 1907 onward, a mining company attempted to continue gold mining using modern methods. Around 1920, this evolved into the Fichtelgold Mining Company. The analysis of the gold-bearing quartz-antimony-arsenic ore veins revealed a content of 35 grams of gold and 22 grams of silver per ton of raw ore. Mining ceased in 1925 for financial reasons. The Schmutzler Mine has been open to visitors since 1985.