Mount Erzberg description and photos - Austria: Styria (Topic)

Mount Erzberg description and photos - Austria: Styria. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Erzberg.

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Rugged with red terraces, Mount Erzberg is not only a developing iron ore deposit, but also the most popular tourist attraction in Styria. Underground and surface mining of siderite ore began here in the 11th century. Since then, the mountain, whose height previously reached 1532 meters above sea level, has significantly decreased in size.

The ore workers built two villages for themselves at the foot of the Erzberg mountain, which still exist today: Eisenerz and Dordernberg ... From Eisenerts you can go on a tour of the mountain. The route consists of two parts. At first, tourists, who are given work overalls and helmets, are put into trolleys and given a tour of the underground part of the mine. There are many underground tunnels that are very easy to get lost in, therefore, guests are always accompanied by a guide who not only shows interesting places, but also talks about the methods of ore extraction and the machines used by miners.

During one of the stops at an underground lake, sightseers are frightened by a water one that suddenly appears from the water and tells an interesting story. It turns out that the inhabitants of one of the cities closest to the mountain once caught a merman. He began to ask to let him go and offered people various treasures. First, he promised a rich gold deposit that would not dry out for a year. People refused. Then he promised a silver mine with silver reserves for a decade. People disagreed again. Only after he proposed an iron ore deposit that could have been developed for centuries, the water was released.

The second part of the excursion takes place on the ground part of the Erzberg mountain. The guests of the mine are transported by a huge Haul truck, into the back of which you need to climb up a ladder.

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