World Heritage Knowledge Trail: Ideas and Innovations
- 0:57 h
- 3.65 km
- 43 m
- 33 m
- 535 m
- 564 m
- 29 m
- Start: Zellerfeld Mint, corner of Bornhardtstrasse / Schützenstraße
- Destination: Upper Harz Mining Museum
This circular route is 3.6 kilometers long and takes you through Zellerfeld to the fantastic Upper Harz Water Management system. It is today part of the UNESCO World Heritage in the Harz.
The water from the ponds was brought by ditches to the water wheels in the mines. The water power was needed to bring the mined ores upwards.
Rainwater also repeatedly seeped into the mines. The water wheels helped to pump the seeped water out of the mine.
The World Heritage Knowledge Trail has various stations. At each station, a sign tells something about the scientist Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) and his work. He worked in the Upper Harz from 1680 to 1686 and from 1693 to 1696. During this time, he conducted many experiments. His goal was to save energy from water power or even to generate energy completely without water.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a brilliant scientist. His letters are today also part of UNESCO’s cultural heritage. They show what great inventors people can be.
Note: The route takes about 1.5 hours if you read all the signs.
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Directions
From the Zellerfeld Mint, go past the Saint Salvatoris Church down to Zellweg. Behind it, you come to the Eschenbacher Flood Ditch. Walk along the ditch to the turning circle. There, turn right into the street “An den Abtshöfen” and then turn right again to a small playground.
At the playground, turn right and walk back to the ditch. Then go a bit further along the ditch to the Lower Eschenbacher Pond. If you like, you can make a short detour from here to the Upper Eschenbacher Pond. Then return the same way.
Now cross the dam of the pond. Then the path turns sharply right onto the old railway track. Stroll along the railway track until you reach the street “An den Eschenbacher Teichen”. Turn left there towards “Telemannstraße” and then immediately right into the street “Brauhausberg”. Stay on this street and then cross over Zellweg. Continue over the “Trebraterrassen” until you reach the pharmacy at Goslarsche Straße (Federal Highway B 241).
The themed route ends directly in front of the Upper Harz Mining Museum.
Directions & Parking facilities
Via the Federal Highway 241 (Goslarsche Straße).
The HarzBus lines 830, 841 and 861 stop at the Clausthal-Zellerfeld Thomas-Merten-Platz stop near the Upper Harz Mining Museum.
Additional information
Upper Harz Mining Museum
Bornhardtstraße 16
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Phone: 05323-98950
info@oberharzerbergwerksmuseum.de
http://www.oberharzerbergwerksmuseum.de
World Heritage Foundation in the Harz
Bergtal 19
38640 Goslar
Phone: 05321 750 114
info@welterbeimharz.de
www.welterbeimharz.de
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
Also visit the Upper Harz Mining Museum. It is the oldest open-air technology museum in Germany. There you can see and learn about many exciting things from the mining era.
Safety guidelines
You are moving through a historic industrial landscape. Please stay on the paths and trails.
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