Grube Wohlfahrt Besucherbergwerk

Frequently mentioned in reviews: Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. Great through the lead mine. Be prepared to walk like a dwarf. Very good and knowledgeable guide. Museum, metal mine to visit. Small entrance fee, we paid 13,50 euro for 2 adults and 9 y old. Duration of the (interactive) was 90 minutes, in German language. But the nice took our limited knowledge of the language into account. Texts at POI are in English. Don't bring your Sunday shoes! great place.. would have been better if wore rain boots and a good jacket (neither wool nor cloth).. Better to take a small torch if u got any.. worth paying a visit We had a lovely guided in the mine. Because our group had German and Dutch people, the was also in both languages. Our did have some nice interaction with the kids that were in our group and we all learned a lot. I can highly recommend this mine to go to. Be sure to bring some warm clothes as the mine is about 8 degrees all year round. Thanks a lot to the ( sorry i forgot the name) who did it in english because me and my friends were coming from France. It was very insightful and we enjoyed it very much. Thank you. Really great place! Very good value, almost 2 hours down there for 5.5 Euro. Interesting as well for brave children! 8 degrees all year, bring your jackets! Wonderful experience, with a very friendly and knowledgeable that work there as vollunteers. Note that its 8 degrees Celsius in the mine all year round so bring a coat. The walk in the mine is about 2 km, but there are some low areas so its a bit of a workout. The museum is cute and has some interesting things but the main experience is the mine. Really knowledgable and very interesting 2+ hour tour. We saw 300+ years of mining tunnels. As well as million year old fossilised sands. It was really awesome to see stoned water ways connect though earth plates. Our 7 and 9 year old got tired after 1,5 hours. Our German was passable enough to understand the guide. The photo is of graffiti by miners from 100+ years ago as they waited to load the mining carts. Also important to see the harrowing conditions of miners that often did not live to see 30 let alone 40. A really lovely mine. Very well maintained with great value for money (though please remember you must pay in cash!). The is a great mix of geology and industrial history, as well as giving you a good idea of the rather unpleasant situation of most miners across the ages. A really immersive way to 'live history', but not for the claustrophobic, or those scared of the dark. To be clear, this mine is essentially one very long tunnel, about 800m in length, drilled into the mountainside across several centuries. Over the course of the you will very slowly make your way down the tunnel, stopping every 15m or so at a placard or area of interest, which your will then explain. Much of the is an interesting intersection of and geology. The explains the geology of the region and points out all the little geological quirks which can be observed the length of the mine - from the red iron staining on the wall, to the icy stream of purified water which runs next to the path, to the fossils and wave patterns on the wall, hangovers from a time when the rock lay at the bottom of a great Jurassic ocean. Though the mine is a lead mine there is very little lead left. The points out the one remaining seam, but it really is very small - for those worried about the toxicity of lead, you really shouldn't be! The water which flows through the mine is pure enough to drink - a good indication that the mine is in no way toxic. Though the mine was never used to mine coal, it's also interesting to observe the coal seams which cut across the ceiling. The Rhineland is, after all, famous for its coal mining. In this sense, the mine also tells a very important cultural history. Mining has formed an integral part of the of this region for hundreds of years, and down this mine is the perfect way to connect with this history. It tells the story of the earliest beginnings of the mine, when it was just a handful of people scraping at the rock, to the industrial efficiency of the 19th century. This mine was one of the first in the region to be electrified, after all, and the tracks running down the centre of the shaft tell of the frequent passage of mining carts. A hydroelectric wheel, installed deep in the mine, was used to generate electricity. Yet perhaps the most interesting for me was the deeply human which is communicated to you over the course of the tour. Down here in the dark they lived their lives, standing where you now stand day after day after day. This feeling is hammered home by small personal touches added to the mine. Down a side passage, a small statue of the Virgin Mary set in stone marks the spot where miner would have gone to pray. Most poignantly, the graffiti's etched into the wall - self portraits, names and ridiculous doodles of themselves and their superiors. Here the personalities of the miners themselves shine through, miners for whom this was their world - and these tunnels their crowning achievement. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.