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In the forest, the route continues fairly uneventfully steadily uphill over wide, gravel forest roads. We pass a memorial stone for soldiers fallen in the war and various streams and springs.
At least in the first two kilometers, there are repeated opportunities to rest, but not again until around kilometer six.
Almost exactly halfway through the hike, we reach the highest point, but overall there are no overly strenuous climbs.
Towards the end, we pass the Forellenhof, where you can stop in summer. The mine is reached about 100 meters later after approximately 2.5 hours.
By the way, visits are only possible by prior arrangement as part of a guided tour.
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At the eastern outskirts of Sommerkahl in the Bavarian Spessart lies the Wilhelmine Mine, where one of the rare copper deposits in Bavaria was mined starting in the mid-16th century.
The mine was first mentioned in 1542. Initially, iron- and copper-containing minerals were extracted from open pits with varying success. The Wilhelmine copper and zinc ore mine had an interrupted upswing from 1870 under the merchant Justus Matthäus Bastert from Frankfurt am Main, who switched to underground copper mining and had the ore processed in a nearby leaching plant for smelting. His company, the Spessart Copper Mining and Smelting Association at Justushütte near Aschaffenburg, smelted copper at the Justushütte in Damm. The Justushütte was located on the Aschaff river near today's Mainaschaffer Straße 57, which back then belonged to a flour and heavy spar mill (later also called Lumpenmühle). The relatively low copper content of the ore repeatedly questioned the profitability. From 1920 to 1922, more than 100 miners daily extracted about 70 tons of copper ore, from which only about one ton of smelter-ready material could be obtained. The operation was finally discontinued in 1923 due to lack of profitability. (Source: Wikipedia)
The value to compare climbs of different hikes here is 19.1. (The higher, the more elevation meters per km)
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We follow the good "Fuchs" marking over wide asphalt and gravel paths. Due to the path conditions, the route is accessible year-round.
The start is at the Wilhelmine Mine, with nice views only at the end of the first ascent, then almost exclusively through the forest. Especially at the beginning and the end, there are many resting spots.
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Via the A3 to the Hösbach exit, GPS: Wilhelminenstrasse, SommerkahlParking
Wilhelmine Mine, Wilhelminenstr., Sommerkahl. There is no proper parking lot, but you can park on the roadside. Alternatively, use the parking lot at Forellenhof about 100 meters further.Coordinates
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