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(c) Daniel Zangerl (c) Daniel Zangerl EXCURSION NORDKETTE ORE MINING AROUND INNSBRUCK
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 | 14:00 - 18:00
Discover the not widely-known mining history of Innsbruck within hikes from the conference venue and experience the 15th and 16th century CONFERENECE EXCURSION | NORDKETTE directions_walk
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 | 14:00 - 18:00
Discover the not widely-known mining history of Innsbruck within hikes from the conference venue and experience the 15th and 16th century

About the Special Event

  • Date

    Sept. 15 2022
    14:00 – 18:00

  • Location

    Nordkette

     

     

  • Costs

    High Income
    Others    		 € 20,00
    € 5,00

     

  • Type

    Field Trip

  • Mode

    Guided Tour & Discussions

  • Accessibility

    Registration required
    (as part of IMC registration)

A few years ago, a ship provided information about the significance that mining once had in the Austrian province of Tyrol. In the only a few meter deep sea a little more than 140 kilometres north of Mombasa lay the “Ngomeni shipwreck”. More than 500 years ago, Portugese ships with copper from Fugger smelting works in Tyrol and elsewhere as trade cargo headed for African trading cities. The mines in the Alps supplied what was needed for the spice trade with India in Goa, Cochin, Cannanore, Calicut and Quilon: copper, copper, copper.

In the Schwazer Bergbuch from the middle of the 16th century – an important early modern collection of mining texts and illustrations – there is also an illustration of the mining region above the city of Innsbruck. More than 500 years ago, ore was also mined in many places on the mountainsides of the Nordkette. The main activities in the Innsbruck mining area date back to the 15th and early 16th centuries. The Höttinger Graben, where 70 tunnels were operated in the past, was the centre of activity.

Geognostische Karte Tirols 1850
Archiv Ferdidandeum Innsbruck
The chapel "Hoettinger Bild" built on a mining dump
Innsbruck Info
Innsbruck in the "Schwazer Bergbuch 1557"
Archiv Ferdidandeum Innsbruck
Atlas Tyrolensis 1920
Archiv Ferdidandeum Innsbruck

Details about the Excursion

Updates about the Excursion will be provided regularly.

Option “Excursion Advanced” cancelled due to bad weather conditions!

The afternoon excursion leads through a landscape shaped by mining to the Umbrüggleralm, then through the Höttinger Graben, which was already depicted as a central mining area in the mid-16th century, with a spectacular view up to the “Knappenlöcher” and finally to a chapel (Höttinger Bild), which was built on a mining dump.

Introduction 13:50 – 14:00 Congress Center Innsbruck
Meeting Point 14:15 Entrance Congress Center
>> POI Link (Google Maps)
Excursion Duration ~2-4 hours (depending on tour option)

 

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(limited to excursion participants defined in conftool)

  • 2:30

  • 7.14km

  • 70m

  • 340m

You take the Hungerburg-Bahn from Congress Center station to Hungerburg station. From there, you walk with little altitude differences around 30 minutes to Gramartboden where you can visit the first station with inputs from an expert. Afterwards, you take a small path (around 10 min walking time) and cross the so-called “Höttinger Graben” before you reach the second station at Höttinger Bild (small church in the forest) with again inputs from experts. Afterwards, you walk around 30 minutes along a pilgrim trail to Planötzenhof where some more information await you.
Finally, you can walk around 45 minutes back to the conference venue (around 200m in altitude downwards). In case this final walk could be too much for you and you would need transport from Planötzenhof, this could be organized.

You will receive a voucher for a traditional snack and Coffee/tea for either Gramarthof (at Gramartboden) or Planötzenhof.

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  • 3:30

  • 8.46km

  • 340m

  • 340m

You follow some locals from the Congress Center station and walk around an hour from the city center via Mariahilf-Kirschental-Old Church in Hötting to Gramartboden where you can visit the first station with inputs from an expert. Afterwards, you take a small path (around 10 min walking time) and cross the so-called “Höttinger Graben” before you reach the second station at Höttinger Bild (small church in the forest) with again inputs from experts. Afterwards, you walk around 30 minutes along a pilgrim trail to Planötzenhof where some more information. Finally, you walk back around 45 minutes to the conference venue.

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  • 4:30

  • 11.9km

  • 560m

  • 560m

You follow some locals from the Congress Center station and walk from the city center via Mariahilf-Kirschental-Old Church in Hötting to Gramartboden where you can visit the first station with inputs from an expert. From there, you hike on a rather small and partly steep path (good shoes needed) to Umbrückler Alm. Afterwards, you take (around 45 minutes walking time) a forest road and cross the so-called “Höttinger Graben” before you reach the second station at Höttinger Bild (small church in the forest) with again inputs from experts. Afterwards, you walk around 30 minutes along a pilgrim trail to Planötzenhof where some more information. Finally, you walk around 45 minutes back to the conference venue.

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Excursion Relaxed

  • 2:30

  • 7.14km

  • 70m

  • 340m

You take the Hungerburg-Bahn from Congress Center station to Hungerburg station. From there, you walk with little altitude differences around 30 minutes to Gramartboden where you can visit the first station with inputs from an expert. Afterwards, you take a small path (around 10 min walking time) and cross the so-called “Höttinger Graben” before you reach the second station at Höttinger Bild (small church in the forest) with again inputs from experts. Afterwards, you walk around 30 minutes along a pilgrim trail to Planötzenhof where some more information await you.
Finally, you can walk around 45 minutes back to the conference venue (around 200m in altitude downwards). In case this final walk could be too much for you and you would need transport from Planötzenhof, this could be organized.

You will receive a voucher for a traditional snack and Coffee/tea for either Gramarthof (at Gramartboden) or Planötzenhof.

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Excursion Standard

  • 3:30

  • 8.46km

  • 340m

  • 340m

You follow some locals from the Congress Center station and walk around an hour from the city center via Mariahilf-Kirschental-Old Church in Hötting to Gramartboden where you can visit the first station with inputs from an expert. Afterwards, you take a small path (around 10 min walking time) and cross the so-called “Höttinger Graben” before you reach the second station at Höttinger Bild (small church in the forest) with again inputs from experts. Afterwards, you walk around 30 minutes along a pilgrim trail to Planötzenhof where some more information. Finally, you walk back around 45 minutes to the conference venue.

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Excursion Advanced

  • 4:30

  • 11.9km

  • 560m

  • 560m

You follow some locals from the Congress Center station and walk from the city center via Mariahilf-Kirschental-Old Church in Hötting to Gramartboden where you can visit the first station with inputs from an expert. From there, you hike on a rather small and partly steep path (good shoes needed) to Umbrückler Alm. Afterwards, you take (around 45 minutes walking time) a forest road and cross the so-called “Höttinger Graben” before you reach the second station at Höttinger Bild (small church in the forest) with again inputs from experts. Afterwards, you walk around 30 minutes along a pilgrim trail to Planötzenhof where some more information. Finally, you walk around 45 minutes back to the conference venue.

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For a safe hike we would suggest to use following equipment:

  • hiking boots
  • small backpack (for the equipment)
  • water bottle (1 – 1.5l)
  • based on weather conditions:
    • sun protection (sun milk, cap, sunglasses)
    • rain gear (tip: umbrella unsuitable)
  • optional: hiking sticks, camera, energy bar

The costs are € 20,00 for high income countries and € 5,00 for the others.

Service included:

  • Guide for the Excursion
  • Coffee Break with Strudel

Please use “My Tools” in “My #IMC22” to select your tour option.
(limited to excursion participants defined in conftool)

Registration is obligatory and possible via the #IMC22 Conftool.