Historisches Kupferbergwerk Fischbach

Om museet

In the Hosenbach valley near Fischbach, copper ore was mined from about 1400 to 1792. The mining area belonged to the counts of Sponheim and the Wild- and Rhinegraves, who divided its yields in 1473; in the late 16th century, around 2,500 to 3,000 people lived directly or indirectly from mining. The Thirty Years' War interrupted operations; from 1697 they resumed and flourished between about 1730 and 1765. The Revolutionary Wars ended the mining, and in 1825 the mine was auctioned off.

Investigations in the 1930s regarded further extraction as unprofitable but considered the enormous cavities worth preserving. In 1975 the friends' association opened the mine as the first show mine in Rhineland-Palatinate. What can be seen is a mine in a largely medieval state, with extraction halls called Weitungen, up to 35 meters high.

From 1986 onward, a reconstruction of the copper smelter was built next to the mine, with an ore stamp mill, roasting stacks, washing tables, two shaft furnaces and a working forge. The ground-level Erbstollen, the former main working adit, is accessible without barriers.

Højdepunkter

• Huge mining chambers up to 35 meters high
• First show mine in Rhineland-Palatinate (1975)
• Reconstructed copper smelter with stamp mill and shaft furnaces
• Barrier-free Erbstollen
• Copper room and museum shop

Permanente udstillinger

• Historisches Kupferbergwerk – Medieval-style mine with tunnels, shafts and extraction halls up to 35 meters high.
• Fischbacher Kupferhütte – Reconstructed ore processing and smelting with stamp mill, washing tables, shaft furnaces and forge.
• Barrierefreier Erbstollen – Former main working tunnel, at ground level and walkable, with touch exhibits.

Grundlagt

1975

Ejer

Ortsgemeinde Fischbach

Entrépriser & rabatter

Prices for the combined tour of the historic copper mine and copper smelter. EdelSteinLand family card: 2 adults at the reduced price (€8) and 1 child aged 6–16 free. Voucher book Schlemmerblock/Freizeitblock: two cards for the price of one.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• 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 main mine is not barrier-free (254 steps; from the ticket office to the entrance about 330 meters with roughly 60 meters of elevation). The ground-level Erbstollen with the copper smelter is barrier-free: continuous handrail, rest benches, signs with Braille, and exhibits to touch. Tours there for groups of 10 or more people are available by advance registration from April to October. Dogs may be brought along on a leash.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Mine birthday party for children aged 6 to 10 (about 2 hours, at most 10 children, €150): try on miners' caps, descend with an oil lamp, and search for copper ore with hammer and chisel. In the Erbstollen, children may touch mining tools and minerals.

Transport & parkering

Navigation address: Hosenbachstraße 17, 55743 Fischbach. Access via the B 270 and B 41; nearest motorway junctions are A 61 (Nahetal interchange), A 62 (Birkenfeld) and A 6 (Kaiserslautern-Ost).

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik

Copper room (Hosenbachstraße 17a, Tel. 06784 9822636) with breakfast, hot meals and coffee; museum shop with minerals, bat-themed merchandise and cheese aged in the mine.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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