Fluorite gallery and lime kiln in Vorderkrimml

Fluorite exhibition tunnel Vorderkrimml​

Salzburg

The fluorite show tunnel and the lime kiln are two sights in the village of Vorderkrimml , in Oberpinzgau ( Land Salzburg ) in the vicinity of the Hohe Tauern National Park . They are located in the Rotte Schloßberg , at the foot of the Nösslachwand (also Nößlingerwand ), in the rearmost Salzach valley .

Fluorite show tunnel and Vorderkrimmler fluorite

In the 1960s, Vorderkrimmler fluorspar , a particularly beautiful violet-blue fluorite , was mined on the Schloßberg . It is a chasm that has been widened by local emitters (stone hunters) for mining. Today it is considered exhausted and was set up as a show tunnel from 1989 , where regular tours take place.
Individual pieces can also be viewed in the Kurt Nowak Mineral Museum in Wald.

Lime kiln

A historic lime kiln can also be viewed near the tunnel . It dates from the end of the 19th century and was used to produce building lime from the local deposits of lime dolomites ( Krimmler Triassic ) on the Rehrlköpfl. Otherwise lime is rare in the area between the crystalline Central Alps and the Slate Alps .

reachability

Schloßberg can be reached from Vorderkrimml on the street and from Krimml train station .

In addition, the am Arnoweg , a Salzburg circular long-distance hiking trail, leads directly past the two sights.

literature

• MA Götzinger, R. Seemann, H. Weinke: The fluorite deposit Vorderkrimml (Land Salzburg): Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of fluorites . In: Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. Band 135 , 1990, pp. 27-29 .
• R. Seemann, MA Götzinger: The fluorite deposits from Rehrlköpfl / Vorderkrimml, municipality of Wald im Pinzgau . In: G. Niedermayr (ed.): Mineral des Regenbogens: Fluorit . Doris Bode Verlag, Haltern 1990, ISBN 978-3-925094-44-6 , pp. 35-43 (also dslb. In: Emser Hefte. Volume 11, No. 3, 1990, pp. 35-43.).

Cards:

• f & b 121 Großvenediger- and Oberpinzgau 1: 50,000
• Franz Karl, Oskar Schmidegg: Krimml , Geological Map of the Republic of Austria 1: 50,000, sheet 151, 1979 ( online reports , map view , geologie.ac.at)

media

• TBV Wald Königsleiten: lime kiln and fluorite show gallery. (Video, Prod. KCI Media) In: YouTube. www.wald-koenigsleiten.at, 2010, accessed on November 11, 2010 (text: Andi Kammerlander (Wald im Pinzgau) tells about the lime kiln from the 19th century and the fluorite show gallery ). 

Web links

• Sights → Mineral Museum; Mineral grotto and lime kiln in Vorderkrimml. In: wald-koenigsleiten.at → Summer-Active. Tourismusverband Wald / Königsleiten, accessed on November 11, 2010 (contact and visiting hours). 

Individual evidence

Entry in mindat.org

1. ↑ TBV Wald Königsleiten: Schnitzer, Mineralien etc. (Video, Prod. KCI Media) In: YouTube. www.wald-koenigsleiten.at, 2010, accessed on November 11, 2010 (about handicrafts and trades in Wald; contribution museum: 5:50 ff). 
2. ↑ Clemens M. Hutter: Arnoweg . 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Oberhaching 1999, ISBN 978-3-7633-4293-8 , Section 2 - Pinzgauer Grasberge , p. 93 .