Hessisches Braunkohle Bergbaumuseum

Hessisches Braunkohle Bergbaumuseum is a museum in Borken, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse which is located on Am Freilichtmuseum. Hessisches Braunkohle Bergbaumuseum is situated nearby to the mosque Aksemsettin Camii, as well as near the railway station Borken(Hess).

Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.

Opening hours:
Tuesday—Thursday: 2:00 PM—2:30 PM
Friday and Saturday: 2:00 PM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
Monday: closed
Email: bergbaumuseum@borken-hessen.de
Type: Museum
Description: museum
Also known as: “Hessisches Braunkohle Bergbaumuseum - Themenpark ‘Kohle & Energie’”
Address: Am Freilichtmuseum 1, Borken, 34582
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gombether See and Borkener See.

Gombether See

Lake

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Gombether See is a lake in Westhessische Senke, Hesse, Germany. At an elevation of 177 m, its surface area is 30 ha.

Borkener See

Lake

Photo: Oliver Deisenroth, Public domain.

Borkener See is an artificial lake in West Hesse Depression, Hesse, Germany. At an elevation of 177 metres, its surface area is 139 hectares. Created by the mining of lignite coal, the lake is nutrient-poor and slightly basic in pH.

Evangelische Stadtkirche Borken

Church

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Evangelische Stadtkirche Borken is a church, which is situated 1¼ km east of Hessisches Braunkohle Bergbaumuseum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borken and Kalbsburg.

Borken

Town

Photo: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Borken is a small town with about 13,000 inhabitants in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. The town is a former centre for brown coal mining and coal-fired electrical generation in Hesse.