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LOCATED BETWEEN THE RIVER SALLE AND THE HARZ MOUNTAINS, THE MANSFELDER BERGWERKSBAHN CONNECTS A MINING REGION THAT IS OVER 800 YEARS OLD

Heritage railway route

 

Strecke

  1. Klostermansfeld station
    Connections to Magdeburg, Erfurt and the Wippertal valley (weekends only)

     

  2. Bocksthal  station and bridge
    Branch line to Helbra

     

  3. Kirschbaumallee
    Old postal and coal route to Halle

     

  4. Zirkelschächter Halde
    It is possible to climb the mine dump when travelling on our InfoRides

     

  5. Piles of depleted ore like this one from the former Ernst-Thälmann pit dominate the cultural

     

  6. Siersleben triangular junction
    An unusual junction shape for narrow-gauge railways these days

     

  7. Kupferkammerhütte clock tower
    Re-erected in 2016 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mansfelder Bergwerksbahn e.V.

     

  8. Our locomotive shed
    The oldest narrow-gauge locomotive shed in Germany and home to our steam engines

     

  9. From Eduardschacht station you can easily get to the Mansfeld museum at Humboldt chateau. 

     

  10. Here you can find a working model of the first German-built Watt steam engine. 

     

  11. The Maschinendenkmal (Engine Monument) commemorates the first steam engine built in Germany. It was erected in 1890 by the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (The Association of German Engineers) and is located on a mine dump from the former König-Friedrich pit.