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Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System

Heritage site, Germany.

About Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System

World Heritage Site in Lower Saxony. Inscribed in 1992 and extended in 2010. The mines were worked from the 11th century.1,2

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Mines

Worked atRammelsberg mineRammelsberg mine lies about 10 km away.1

Places

ExamplesRjukanAnother heritage site, in Germany: Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q10649093 (Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System)
  2. Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  3. Wikidata item Q991201 (Rjukan)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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