{"id":33647,"date":"2022-08-26T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/abenteuer-unter-tage\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T16:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T15:04:51","slug":"an-adventure-below-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/an-adventure-below-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"An adventure below ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><strong>Lead and silver\u2014that\u2019s what people were hoping for in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century when they started burrowing into the mountain near Weinheim-Hohensachsen. More than 500 years later, the Odenwald Old Mining working group has made the Marie in der Kohlbach mine accessible to visitors of all ages. It took many hours of voluntary work\u2014and has revealed a lot of enthusiasm from locals for the mining history of the region.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s weather there!\u201d says Jochen Babist touching the steel door, in the middle of which is emblazoned the mining symbol: hammer and pick. Behind the door, it goes down about seven metres and out comes a pleasantly cool breeze\u2014\u2018weather,\u2019 as the underground air and gas movements are called in mining. A little later Markus Gnir\u00df is standing next to him. He too holds his hand to the door. \u201cIndeed.\u201d The two men look at each other, astonished and somewhat perplexed. It is obvious that they would like to climb down the ladder right away, into the tunnel, into the depths, and take a look. The underground passage is blocked and \u201cnormally the air stands still here,\u201d Jochen explains. Something must have happened to cause the air passing through now. But they are guiding a group of visitors who they can hardly take with them into a buried tunnel. So Jochen turns to Markus: \u201cI\u2019m going back tonight. Are you coming?\u201d The answer is a clear \u201csure!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-youtube\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-embed _brlbs-video-youtube\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_brlbs-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/plugins\/borlabs-cookie\/assets\/images\/cb-no-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"YouTube\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-caption\"> <p>Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerkl\u00e4rung von YouTube.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mehr erfahren<\/a><\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn _brlbs-icon-play-white\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Video laden<\/a><\/p> <p><label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"unblockAll\" value=\"1\" checked> <small>YouTube immer entsperren<\/small><\/label><\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"youtube\"><script type=\"text\/template\">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<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Below ground in the Marie pit. A video by the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jochen and Markus are members of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Altbergbau Odenwald (Odenwald Old Mining working group), which runs the Marie in der Kohlbach visitor mine in the south-east of the Hohensachsen district on behalf of the town of Weinheim. All members work on a voluntary basis. They do this because they have caught the \u2018mining bug,\u2019 as Jochen puts it. He holds a degree in geology and works for the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald. Mining archaeology is a hobby he pursues enthusiastically. Just like the rest of the working group\u2019s members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/042_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/042_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/042_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/042_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/042_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fancy some adventure and mining history? Then go down the mountain!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The mine is listed. In agreement with the office for the preservation of historical monuments, the working group is only allowed to clear the historic tunnels and shafts of rubble, search for traces and restore parts of the mine to their original state. It has been doing this here since 1995 when the mine\u2019s upper tunnel had still been completely blocked and inaccessible. Bit by bit, metre by metre, the amateur mining archaeologists have been digging their way through and uncovering over 500 years of mining history. The mine has been open to visitors since 2008 and is constantly being expanded. In 2022, the working group began clearing the lower tunnel, which was built around 1740 and is located about 30 metres below the current visitor route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>But for now, the route leads up the mountain, all the way to the \u2018mouth,\u2019 the official entrance to the visitor mine. Jochen and Markus take turns pushing a wooden wheelbarrow up the forest path. The faithful replica of a 16<sup>th<\/sup>-century mine wheelbarrow holds the yellow helmets for the visitors. Four children and four adults are going underground today. The two mining enthusiasts design their tour accordingly. Arriving at the entrance, Markus slips into a brown woollen robe. \u201cNow, how do I look?\u201d \u201cLike a dwarf!\u201d He does indeed, especially when he puts on the robe\u2019s pointed cap. \u201cThe cap used to be filled with straw,\u201d Jochen explains. \u201cIt served as a kind of antenna: If it rustled at the top, you knew you\u2019d better bend down. And if it was too late for that, the impact was somewhat cushioned at least.\u201d Markus ties on a piece of leather at the back\u2014the \u2018arse leather,\u2019 as it is called in mining jargon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Sometimes you feel like Indiana Jones from the Bergstra\u00dfe<\/p><cite>Markus Gnir\u00df about the adventures below ground <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what the miners wore underground in the late Middle Ages. The mine is at least this old. Mining was practised along the Bergstra\u00dfe road between Gro\u00dfsachsen and Hohensachsen from 1291 at the latest. Then, in 1474, a \u201cpit on the rear Colnberg\u201d was mentioned in a document for the first time. \u201cWe suspected early on that this could be our mine,\u201d Jochen recounts. They found a climbing board, about three metres long, in the tunnel in 2004. It is a board with holes that used to serve the miners as a ladder. \u201cInvestigations have shown that the wood used for it was felled in 1476. That fits the time span.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/049_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/049_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/049_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/049_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/049_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Markus Gnir\u00df as a late medieval miner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People had hoped for lead and silver when they started burrowing into the mountain here. However, they gave up quickly. Some 300 years later, Baron of Sickingen tried his luck here. But he ran out of money. A few years later, a new attempt was made and from 1779 mining of ore actually began. However, the results were disappointing: Only 1.3 tonnes of lead and 3.2 kilogrammes of silver were extracted from the ore. Another attempt in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century was also unsuccessful. \u201cThat is our luck,\u201d says Jochen. \u201cEverything here would have been flattened if they had been successful. So, a large part of the mine has been preserved and we can understand how and with what materials they worked back then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/068_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/068_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/068_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/068_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/068_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mining tools over the decades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So: Put on a helmet and let\u2019s delve into mining history! The temperature drops with each step into the tunnels. The air is humid. A visit here is a pleasant way to cool down on hot summer days. Lamps illuminate the narrow passage that leads along a fault surface here\u2014a fracture in the rock that was formed when the Rhine Rift Valley subsided. \u201cFascinating, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Jochen runs his palm along the stone. \u201cThis is an accessible piece of history of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/058_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/058_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/058_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/058_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/058_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jochen Babist is happy to pass on his enthusiasm for mining archaeology to young visitors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Suddenly, it becomes dark around the visitors. At Jochen\u2019s command, Markus has switched off the lights in the mine. Only the glow of his helmet lamp still shines into the tunnel. The children watch wide-eyed as he lights the wick of a medieval miner\u2019s lamp. It is filled with beef tallow. \u201cSmells like a schnitzel,\u201d one of the young visitors thinks. And it\u2019s not particularly bright either. But the miners had to make do with it in the old days. Later, \u2018oil frogs\u2019 were introduced\u2014a type of oil lamp that was a little safer, but not necessarily brighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/062_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/062_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/062_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/062_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/062_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jochen Babist lighting an \u2018oil frog\u2019 lamp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It quickly becomes clear that the miners\u2019 work was extremely hard and difficult. Their tools were rather primitive, too. They used to work their way through the rock with hammers and picks, centimetre by centimetre. Things got faster when a new technique was invented: blasting with black powder. Jochen shows the visitors how the miners drilled blast holes into the rock\u2014without any drill at all. And he demonstrates how you can recognise even today where they used to \u201chit\u201d and where they used to \u201cblow up\u201d the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/076_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/076_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/076_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/076_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/076_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Drilling without a drill\u2014Jochen demonstrates how this works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The guides enrich the tour with short excursions into the animal world: to the cave spiders guarding the small white cocoon with their young on the ceiling of the tunnel; or to the considerable heap of bat guano at the back of the pit. The mine is open to visitors until the beginning of October. In winter it belongs entirely to the bats. \u201cWe hope that the opening of the bottom floor will create temperature differences in the pit. Then even more bats of different species could make their home here,\u201d says Jochen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/091_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/091_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/091_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/091_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/091_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Another highlight is waiting at the end of the visitor route: a small \u2018stalactite chamber\u2019 made of limestone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They work closely together with animal conservationists and with the archaeological monument preservation institutions in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald, universities, state offices and mining archaeologists from all over Europe. The network is important for the working group, because the operation of the mine is funded through subsidies and donations only. For this purpose, the working group founded the Altbergbau Bergstra\u00dfe-Odenwald association, and Jochen is its chairman. The guided tours are free of charge. &#8220;Of course we\u2019re happy when visitors donate a small amount\u2014whatever may be suitable for them.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/008_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/008_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/008_bergwerk_weinheim_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/008_bergwerk_weinheim_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/008_bergwerk_weinheim_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ready for exploration below ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the enthusiasm for the work here that drives Jochen, Markus and the other association and working group members. \u201cMining has shaped our cultural landscape and left many traces. And rediscovering these traces simply fascinates me,\u201d Jochen smiles. \u201cAnd sure, it\u2019s also an adventure to crawl through narrow, water-filled tunnels without knowing where exactly they lead.\u201d Markus laughs. \u201cSometimes you feel like Indiana Jones from the Bergstra\u00dfe.\u201d Just like now, where we are eager to solve the riddle of a mysterious draught. In this sense, they greet the visitors with the traditional miners\u2019 greeting: \u201cGl\u00fcck auf!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bergbau-odenwald.de\/grube%20marie.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.bergbau-odenwald.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>The mine is open to the public from May to the beginning of October. There is a public visiting day on one Saturday each month. Individual guided tours are offered for groups of 5 or more. Simply contact Jochen Babist at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:j.babist@geo-naturpark.de\">j.babist@geo-naturpark.de<\/a><em> to book a tour. 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