Reifenberg (Rothaar Mountains)
Reifenberg | ||
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height | 413.3 m above sea level NN | |
location | North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
Mountains | Rothaar Mountains , Siegerland | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 47 '46 " N , 7 ° 59' 15" E | |
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The Reifenberg is located in Neunkirchen in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It has a height of 413 m and lies between Neunkirchen and Brachbach .
The Reifenberg mine was on the mountain . It belonged to the Steimel mine and was shut down in the 1880s. The pit consisted of several tunnels, a die with a depth of 12.5 m was created in the Reifenberger tunnel . Gang means were Reifenberg , copper gravel was mined there, Colorful Chicken and Höchst . A total of 5,000 t of iron ore and around 40–50 t of copper ore were mined.