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Old rock cellar on the footpath and cycle path between Bad Elster and Grün.

The underground passage has a total length of 185 meters. The tunnel was last used as a vegetable cellar.

A few years ago you could still go into the tunnels😏I've already been there. But nowadays everything is just safety first🤬

The area in front of the tunnel is secured with a chain and has a warning about suddenly escaping mine water. You shouldn't stay there for long and walk past quickly. The water comes from the tunnel system behind this tunnel and probably represents a danger. Nevertheless, it is interesting to take a quick look at this ensemble and take a look at the information boards.

Nice hike along the border from Bad Elster to Grün where there is a super delicious inn with great food and generous portions

nice and cool in summer

On the initiative of the Fichtelgebirgsverein Arzberg and the working group "Altes Bergwerk" became a remnant of the more than 700-year Arzberg mining history in 2008, the 1722 Transport and drainage tunnels that were created and filled more than 50 years ago, the so-called tunnel mouth at the Silberquelle in G`steinigt, were uncovered. In 1944 an air raid shelter was to be set up here. The tunnel could be freely walked about 50 to 100 meters, then it was closed by a grid. Unfortunately, the tunnel has been closed for some time for safety reasons. There is probably an acute danger of a “mine water explosion”. The water that flows out of the Sankt Georg tunnel is collected as a silver source in front of the tunnel.

The Cellar Hill and a Cellar Hollow contain several 19th-century rock cellars. The earth and rock cellars are important ecological structural elements of nature conservation, but also symbols of local building tradition and stonemasonry. In addition, as artificially created caves, they bear witness to the geological conditions in the rocky landscape of the Fichtelgebirge. Rock cellars were of great importance for storing food, such as potatoes. They are mostly abandoned, partly dilapidated monuments of the agricultural landscape. Barely used cellars are well-known habitats for animals (winter quarters of bats) and small biotopes in near-natural surroundings.