Schwalenbach Mine
Kamberg, Hellenthal, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Abandoned lead mine near Kamberg, which closed in 1920.
Now part of a visitors attraction and mining museum.
The mine was connected underground with the Wohlfahrt mine, with which it now forms part of the mining museum, Grube Wohlfahrt.
While I do not read German, there is a book written about this mine which may be worth a look if you’re especially interested in the site!
There is also a good translated article linked below on the Wisoveg website, which covers the histories of both the “Wohlfahrt” and “Schwalenbach” mines.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-17661.html
- http://www.grubewohlfahrt.de/
- https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/K%C3%B6ln%2C%20Bezirk/Euskirchen%2C%20Kreis/Hellenthal%2C%20Gemeinde/Grube%20Schwalenbach
- https://www-wisoveg-de.translate.goog/wisoveg/heimatkalender-eu/bleierz-rescheid/rescheid-hanf.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
North Rhine-Westphalia- Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Becke-Oese quarry, Hemer, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Bönkhausen, Sundern, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Calcite quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Caspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Castor Mine, Loope, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Clemensberg Quarry, Hildfeld, Winterberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Dörnberg Mine, Olsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Föckinghausen quarry, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Juno Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Maubacher Bleiberg, Hürtgenwald, Düren, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Schwalenbach Mine, Kamberg, Hellenthal, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
You can also browse by state: • Baden-Württemberg • Bavaria • Hesse • North Rhine-Westphalia • Rhineland-Palatinate • Saxony •
For the rest of our German stock, see below.
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