Werra Mine

The tin ore mine has been opened exclus­ively for guided tours on the 6th of July in 2016 after extens­ive remod­el­ing and pre­par­a­tion. A tun­nel from the 18th cen­tury served as a found­a­tion for this cas­sit­er­ite mine. Tung­sten and pew­ter were of great sig­ni­fic­ance between 1929 and 1945. The mine was exten­ded to a total length of almost 4 kilo­met­ers / 2.5 miles between 1949 and 1957. The mine received the code name „Zin­nerz-Unter­suchungs­be­trieb“ (tin ore exam­in­a­tion facil­ity and ended up reach­ing 280 meters below the sur­face. Today, a total of 300 meters of that tun­nel is access­ible dur­ing tours. The road lead­ing up to the mine (about 1km / 0.6 miles) offers a lot of inform­a­tion on how the mines origin.

Tours:


Guided tours are offered from may to Septem­ber each year. Between the months of Octo­ber to April, the mine is closed. Dur­ing this time it offers shel­ter to many loc­al bat species.

Please sign up for tours here:

Kur- & Tour­ist Inform­a­tion Weißen­stadt
Wun­siedler Straße 4
95163 Weißen­stadt
Phone num­ber: +49 (0) 9253 95031
E‑Mail Adress: tourist@​weissenstadt.​de
Max. Group size: 10 people + 1 guide

Entrance fee:
• adults: 12 EUR
• 6–17 years of age: 8 EUR 
kids young­er than 6 years can­not participate.

Please note that the entrance fee must be trans­ferred to the account below with the sub­ject line „Werra“ before the tour starts.

Spar­kasse Hoch­franken
sort code: 780 500 00
Bank account num­ber: 620 280 164
IBAN: DE12 7805 0000 0620 2801 64
SWIFT-BIC: BYLADEM1HOF

Hel­mets with head­lights and water­proof jack­ets will be provided.

The tour includes a short hike (1.3 km / 0.8 miles) to the mine and back. Sat­urdy shoes (water-repel­lent if pos­sible) are a good choice since there are sev­er­al water streams inside the mine.

Usu­ally the tour takes about 3 hours.

Start­ing and end point: park­ing lot Leder­er near Rudolfstein

Have a great time and GLÜCK AUF!