Röhrigschacht

It is located on the northwestern edge of Wettelrode, north of Sangerhausen and south of the Steinberg (348.8 m above sea level (NN)).

The above-ground elements of the old copper works lie at an elevation of 305 m.[1] Copper slate and schist was mined in the Mansfeld Land, southeast Harz and southeastern Harz Foreland from 1200 to 1990.,[2] for example in the Sangerhausen Field (Sangerhäuser Revier) and thus in the Röhrigschacht.

There are examples of both historic and more recent mining equipment and tools (so-called Gezähe) on display.

In the underground show mine, opened in 1991,[4] visitors join a guided tour where they use the old hoist to descend to a depth of 283 m.[4] Visitors are then transported about 1,000 metres by pit railway to a copper slate seam in a 19th-century mining field.

The checkpoint itself is located on an information board by the car park next to the show mine.