Grube Silberner Bär

Grube Silberner Bär is an adit in Braunlage, Goslar, Lower Saxony. Grube Silberner Bär is situated near the peak Gottesackerberg, as well as near the cemetery Gefallenenfriedhof.

Type: Adit
Description: mine in Sankt Andreasberg
Also known as: “Silberner Bär”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Roter Bär Pit and Martini Church.

Roter Bär Pit

Museum

Photo: Hejkal, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

The Roter Bär Pit in Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz is an iron ore mine that was worked from about 1800 until the 1860s. Today it is operated as a show mine under the name of Roter Bär Pit Educational Mine by the Sankt Andreasberg Society for History and Archaeology. Roter Bär Pit is situated 330 metres northeast of Grube Silberner Bär.

Martini Church

Church

Photo: kassandro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Martini Church is situated 390 metres west of Grube Silberner Bär.

Samson Pit

Public building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Samson Pit or Samson Mine is an historic silver mine in Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz region of central Germany. The pit has one of the oldest man engines in the world still working and it can be seen in operation during guided tours. Samson Pit is situated 650 metres northwest of Grube Silberner Bär.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sankt Andreasberg and Silberhütte.

Sankt Andreasberg

Village

Photo: Kassandro, Public domain.

Sankt Andreasberg is a former independent city in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it has formed part of the town Braunlage.

Silberhütte

Hamlet

Photo: Kassandro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Silberhütte was once a village in the formerly free mining town of Sankt Andreasberg in the Harz mountains in Germany, but since its merger on 1 November 2011 it has been part of the borough of Braunlage.