Slovakia 2005

Slovakia - High Tatra

7.Day 

24.06.2005 - visit abandoned mine, excursion near Banskà Stiavnica/Schemnitz

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As already mentioned we are in a region with intensive mining industry. Gold, silver and copper were long diminished here centuries. What lies thus more near as an attendance in such a mine? We leave the motorcycles untouched and to drive with a collecting taxi into the obvious mine museum of Banskà Stiavnica. This museum is divided into 2 parts. There is the aboveground part with geology a garden and an exhibition of dismantling methods from all centuries. Also here German engineers had again their fingers in the play.

Short time we, equipped with pit lamp, rise later helmet and umhang, down there to the entrance of the Bartholomaeus lug. Before the entrance beschleichen me then nevertheless briefly a few doubts the mine is 80's shut down since end and like it with security probably today looks? Now well, as one sees, have we it without prejudice to survived.

We enter into the lug. Mariam strives again as an interpreter and translates us the slowakische guidance. The lug is prepared well and one explains to us the dismantling methods from yesterday and today. Our leader watches out that nobody is lost. According to its statement the systems hundreds of kilometers under the mountains drag on. Here everything scooped out on the search for the precious metal.

In the lug it is cool and damp and as we again upward comes meets and the warmth of the daily twice as hard. We move the short distance back into the city in 12. Century was created by German miners. It is seat of the first Montanhochschule of the world. The old part of town stands also here in the meantime under monument protection and is quite worth seeing. I take myself something time and see myself a little over eh we for a short midday peace withdrawing itself. Who wants, itself the old concluding from that can do 13 in the city. , in 16 regards century. Century to a fortress against the Turks was developed.

The city has to offer still some different one, which I cannot enumerate here everything. An attendance over 2 days is quite recommendable. In the afternoon undertake a few discovery routes further of us into the city, I drive with Deniz, Joerg and Wilfried a little the area rather explore. Deniz shows and clear seas in the proximity, which were put on as reservoir for the mining industry. With the water the machines were propelled. Today they are popular place for excursions and we test one of the lakes with a short bath of far ones to the south run out the country into the Hungarian level, which is not border any longer so far.

Our small round is soon to end and we meets the others before our hotel like it already the kitchen tests. At home we will then exchange pictures, which we made this day. From Heuten off we tore no kilometers, are however nevertheless something finished. We will spoil ourselves with a good dinner and will visit afterwards still another small jazz Café in the proximity.