Knappenweg - Miners’ Path Jochberg
The mining industry was the livelihood of many people for centuries and was a decisive factor for the development of our country. Even today there are traces which indicate that copper mining took place in the region of Jochberg, in the Tyrol.
The “About Days” Exhibition at Miners’ Path, which opened on July 2012, located next to the entrance of the “Erbstollen” (drainage tunnels), offers visitors a closer look at mining history with its 10 interesting stations.
Stroll comfortably from one station to the next and learn more about:
- When and how the “Erbstollen zum Heiligen Geist” (drainage tunnel) was created and what it was used for....
- Interesting facts regarding geology and mineralogy ....
- Prehistoric mining, mining 3000 years ago ...
- The Jochberg copper minining industry in early modern times ....
- What the extracted copper was used for ....
- The beginnings of the Jochberger smelter ...
- Interesting facts about World War I and the temporary end of the minining industrie ...
- How the minining people lived and worked ....
- What the care and wages were like at that time ...
- Which traces of the mining tradition can be seen today ....
Aktuelle News
Besinnliche Barbaraandacht am Barbaratag vor dem Heilig Geist Erbstollen in Jochberg
Am 4. Dezember versammelten sich, wie jedes Jahr, die Knappschaft Jochberg und die Familie Grander vor dem historischen Heilig Geist Erbstollen in Jochberg, um gemeinsam der Heiligen Barbara, der Schutzpatronin der Bergleute, für ein unfallfreies Bergbaujahr zu danken. Die Barbaraandacht hat in der Region eine lange Tradition und verbindet die Bergbaugeschichte mit tief empfundener Dankbarkeit und Gemeinschaft.
Pfarrer Manfred Hagauer begann die feierliche Andacht in der klaren Winterluft. Das harmonische Zusammenspiel von Fackelschein und den Klängen der Jochberger Weisen Bläser verlieh der Zeremonie eine besonders andächtige Atmosphäre.
