Meanwhile, the TERRA.vita region is a UNESCO Geopark, and many hiking trails, also in Hüggel and Silbersee, are newly signposted. Highly recommended! The Silver Lake tunnel is of course completed …
Mining continued here until 1937. After the setting, the pit filled up and the Silbersee got its name because of its slightly silvery shimmering water.
Beginnings in the colliery processing In 1885/1886 the shaft of the Hilterberg colliery was sunk. [1] It had a depth of 63.92 meters. The shaft was connected to the Karlsstollen, …