EXHIBITION MINE | MINING MUSEUM | MINERAL COLLECTION

STONY RICH HERITAGE

Show Mine & Mining Museum

Opened in Knappenberg in 1980, mining history can be seen, heard and experienced up close in the show mine. Hüttenberg calls itself the "iron heart" of Carinthia and looks back on more than 2,000 years of ore mining history. The Noric iron of the region was already valued by the Celts, was known far beyond the borders of the Roman Empire and was mined until the 1970s.

**The mining experience consists of the show mine in the Erbstollen, the mining museum in the former pit house, a rock nature trail and a children's playground at the "Anfahrtsstüberl".** Marktgemeinde Hüttenberg

Everyday life underground - with guided tours in the impressive 900-meter-long Erbstollen, you will experience mining personally and authentically and gain exciting insights into the world of the Erzberg, see machines, learn about mining methods and weather guidance. Marktgemeinde Hüttenberg

**Through shafts and tunnels, the path of the ore from the mountain can be followed.** Marktgemeinde Hüttenberg

**The mining museum tells about the hard work, life and tradition of the miners – the history of ore mining in Hüttenberg.** NikiL

**Hüttenberg is rich in stones ... Make a note: Exciting highlight and experience - the Mineral Exchange, which takes place annually on the first weekend in July.** Marktgemeinde Hüttenberg

Virtual tour

Experience the mine in 3D

Mineral collection

As the largest mineral site in Europe and the third largest in the world, a fascinating mineral collection awaits you. The magic of stones is awakened in an extensive, colorful exhibition, complemented by numerous fossil finds. At the Alberthalde, not far from the mining museum, laymen and experts alike - with a little luck and patience - can find rock crystals, malachite, calcite, pyrite, chalcedony, celestine, amethyst and many other treasures.

... and further to Heft

Above ground - on the historical way of the ore to the smelting plant in the district of Heft, the old ore railroad - you can reach on foot or by bicycle the monumental ironworks with its two characteristic charcoal blast furnaces Johann-Ernst and Pulcheria - today accessible in the open-air museum.

THE HEFT

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