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District: Verviers | Verbandsgemeinde: Sankt Vith
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mines and caves, open air museum, guided routes
Schieferstollen Recht
B4780 Sankt Vith () |
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Guided tours offer valuable information and curiosities
How did the mine of Recht develop? Where was the slate used? From where did the whetstone (Coticule) come from? Which role did the masons from Tyrol play? Why was the search of the brothers Margraff, to find roofing slate, not successful? Or what have sharks and frogs to do with the bluestone of Recht?
These and many more interesting questions which will be answered and anecdotes told during the guided tour in the visitor's mine of Recht.
Around 25 men and women have taken long and intensive schooling in order to offer the presentation in four languages: German, French, Dutch and English.
It is in the nature of a mine "to be underground". That is the fascination of a mine: Exploration and adventureism effects not only the children during their visit of the small world underneath the earth.
The rendering of history is a very important part of such tours. Nowhere else does geology become so comprehendable as underneath the earth.
For many hundreds of years the bluestone was extracted from mines. In the mid 1880's the slate mine of Recht was opened up in order to extract deeper and more profitable roof-slate-deposits. The extraction on the surface of the quarries had become too difficult because of the depth required.
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Bike and hiking trails
Sankt Vith |
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| Eifel-Ardennen-Radweg
(Ahr, Ahrtal, Ardennen, Südeifel, Vulkaneifel, Belgische Eifel) |
Characteristics/suitability:
A new cycle route from Adenua to St. Vith connects the Eifel and Ardennes regions. Whilst the eastern part of the route from Adenau via Gerolstein to Prüm is characterised by deep cuttings and steep rises, in the western half from Prüm to St. Vith cyclists can enjoy a greatly changed landscape: here high plateaux rather than towering heights and plunging depths determine the topography of the region and the Kyll, Nims, Prüm, Alf, Ihren springs are still narrow and only slightly cut into the ground. Almost the whole stretch runs through former railways tracks with long drawn and softly undulating landscape forms, making is it a panoramic cycling pleasure of the highest order. It is only the Ourtal valley that needs to be crossed before St. Vith is reached.
Description:
The Eifel-Ardenneds logo is still in development. However, the path is well signed and easy to follow.
Eastern section: Adenau – Gerolstein – Prüm:
Three marked rises in the landscape are to be conquered on the way as you cross the Nürburghöhe, through Kelburg and from Daun to Gerolstein, before the route goes downhill into the Kytall valley and further to Prüm. There are plans to extend this section cycle path, barely 25 km long, on t ...
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| Planetenweg
(Ardennen, Belgische Eifel) |
Unfortunately we have no translation for this route - so we publish the german text. For translation: www.google.com
Die Weite unseres Sonnensystems und die Größe der einzelnen Planeten in vorstellbare Maßstäbe umgesetzt. Start: die Bahnbrücke in der Klosterstraße. Ziel: die 2. Brücke in Galhausen. Strecke: 3 km.
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| Historischer Rundweg
(Ardennen, Belgische Eifel) |
Unfortunately we have no translation for this route - so we publish the german text. For translation: www.google.com
St. Vith vor 1945. Dieser Rundgang führt den Besucher an viele Bildtafeln vorbei, auf denen großformatige Fotos von St. Vith vor der Zerstörung im letzten Krieg zu sehen sind.
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