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At the grotto in Assinghausen

A famous seer is said to have once lived there. In any case, it is a testament to times past. Tours are offered during the summer months; in winter, numerous bats live here.

Like in many places, ice was stored here in the winter to be used to cool the brewed beer in the summer. Another example of this can be found in Grevenstein. It's a stamp station for the Assinghausen Hiking Badge.

In the lower village there is a tunnel about 15 m long carved into the rock, the entrance of which is framed with slate stones. In earlier times the tunnel served as a storage room for ice that was cut from the ice cover of a pond during the winter. The ice remained in the tunnel until the summer months and was used to cool the beer brewed in the village. Source: www.assinghausen-live.de

The ice bucket was used to store ice in the winter. The ice, packed in straw, lasted until the summer.

Unfortunately we could not visit

In the lower village there is a tunnel about 15 m long carved into the rock, the entrance of which is framed with slate stones. In earlier times the tunnel served as a storage room for ice that was cut from the ice cover of a pond during the winter. The ice remained in the tunnel until the summer months and was used to cool the beer brewed in the village. Source: https://www.assinghausen-live.de/sehenswertes/sehenswertes-in-assinghausen/

Slate was mined here until 1984. During the Second World War, the tunnel also served as a protective bunker for the residents of Nuttlar. The photos say everything else.