Schaubergwerk Sunnpau

Om museet

Near St. Veit im Pongau, copper ore was already being extracted around 4,000 years ago, at first above ground in pits (Pingen), and from about 1750 BC underground as well. When ironworking emerged around 800 BC, copper lost its importance. In the Middle Ages, from about 1300, prospecting resumed because copper was needed as an additive in gold smelting. The mine was finally shut down only in 1875.

In the Bronze Age Matthias gallery, visitors can see how miners worked the hard rock using only wooden wedges, stone hammers and fire-setting. In a dome formed by fire-setting, the Chapel, a grave from around 1100 BC was discovered; the highlight of the tour is the Great Hall, up to ten metres high, which is considered unique in Central Europe. In the more recent Erbstollen, visitors learn how work was later done with hammer and pick as well as black powder and dynamite.

The show mine is run by the St. Veit museum association and is part of the UNESCO Global Geopark Ore of the Alps. The tour begins in front of the portal of the Erbstollen and ends at reconstructed Bronze Age smelting furnaces, where it is explained how the ore was processed further. Finds and skeletal remains from the mine are displayed in the Seelackenmuseum.

Højdepunkter

• Bronze Age mining with fire-setting in the Matthias gallery
• Great Hall, up to 10 metres high
• Grave from around 1100 BC
• Erbstollen with medieval and early modern mining technology
• Reconstructed Bronze Age smelting furnaces

Grundlagt

2007

Ejer

Museumsverein St. Veit

Entrépriser & rabatter

Cash only. Free admission for children under 6 years, with the SalzburgerLand Card, for association members and with the Bäderkarte. Tour included in admission.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The gallery is not accessible to people with walking disabilities; the floor is uneven and the mine is narrow. Written tour texts in ten languages (including English, French, Polish, Czech, Russian, Dutch, Italian) for deaf guests and guests without knowledge of German; for visually impaired visitors, a separate tour with touching of the objects is available on request; guide dogs and white canes are permitted.

Børn og familie

Anbefales fra 4 år

Admission for children from 4 years; reduced children's prices.

Transport & parkering

On foot along the Erzweg Kupfer (Copper Ore Trail) from the market square about 60 minutes (3.4 km), by bicycle about 35 minutes.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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