Event
Your tour guide: Roswitha Fischer
Registration deadline is 20.09.2024
The event of the series "Adventure Homeland" costs 5,00€ for adults and 2,00€ for children up to 12 years and has to be paid in cash at the tour guide.
Torch
Sturdy shoes
Meeting point will be announced upon registration.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, please inform us in advance.
Payment is handled by the Kreisvolkshochschule Altenkirchen. As soon as the minimum number of participants has been reached, you will receive specific information about the course.
As part of our ‘Heimat Adventure’ series of events, you will visit the Alvenslebenstollen in Burglahr.
The Alvenslebenstollen in Burglahr, a mining jewel, is a water extraction tunnel of the Louise mine, which was built from 1835-1864. It was named after Albrecht Graf von Alvensleben (former Prussian Minister of Finance).
You can experience a piece of history along the dead straight course of a total of 1546 metres, 400 metres of which are accessible to visitors: There are Gedingepflöcke, Lachter plaques documenting the construction progress and evidence of the later blasting work with black powder.
There are also beautiful mineralogical features, such as malachite and chrysocolla efflorescence.
As there is currently no power supply in the Alvensleben gallery, the tour will most likely take place by torchlight. Please bring a torch and sturdy shoes.
Contact and directions
Abzw. von Kurkölner-Straße auf den alten Bahndamm
57632 Burglahr