View of Muttental – Miners’ Prayer House, Witten loop from Witten

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Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

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View of Muttental – Miners’ Prayer House, Witten loop from Witten

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View of Muttental – Miners’ Prayer House, Witten loop from Witten

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210m

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Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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602 m

Steinhausen Castle with sculpture garden

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Very nice facility. Unfortunately, you can no longer enjoy the sun with delicacies in the idyllic castle courtyard, the restaurant is only for private parties! The old prayer house is worth a visit!

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View of Muttental

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Right in the vicinity of Steinhausen Castle.

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The prayer house in the lower Muttental is the last of its kind in the Ruhr area. In the early Ruhr mining they were widespread and fulfilled several functions: as a place of prayer before and after the shift, but also a presence control, because it was determined who at the beginning of the shift imported and whether after the end of the shift all safely returned.
This prayer house is a late one of its kind and was built in 1830 under the direction of the Bergamt Dortmund. The construction costs of 564 Reichstalern and 15 silver groschen for the building, which was built from rubble, were shared by the nearby Morgenstern, Louisenglück, Turteltaube Nord and Süd mines. Later, the two coal mines Österbank and Aufgottgewagt were added, each with 62 Reichstalers. After seven years, the prayer house was closed again in 1837, because the mines involved stopped their operation in the vicinity or completely closed. The existing inventory was auctioned and the proceeds of 145 Reichstalern disbursed in equal shares to the mines involved.

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2.34 km

Stettin Mine Adit (Stettin Tunnel)

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"In the upper Muttental near Witten there were two further hard coal deposits named Mausegatt and Mausegatt Unterbank below the seams Anclam and Arrival. The three men Johann Dürholt, Johann Kickut and Peter Hilby wanted to mine these and therefore put their hopes on both seams in 1770 one.
The three trades were enfeoffed on May 8th, 1772 under the new seam names Stettin and Neuglück. In 1811 the union dug a long shaft (the Wilhelmschacht), which a short time later reached the Johannes Erbstollen. The 1.40 meter thick coal bank was first brought to the surface with a reel. Then in 1830 the union put on a horse peg on the 57 Lachter deep Wilhelmschacht. In 1833, the horse owner received 19 silver groschen for mining 100 bushels of hard coal. The coal was brought south to the Bergisches Land by carters for sale. When the coal reserves under the Wilhelmschacht were exhausted in 1843, a new shaft with a length of tons was sunk 300 meters to the east. This new shaft was named Gerhardschacht and was also sunk down to the bottom of the Johannes tunnel. The mouth hole of the Szczecin conveyor tunnel shown here also dates from this time. The horse peg was also relocated and rebuilt on the new shaft. In 1845, 16 miners were employed at the Neuglück and Stettin collieries.
Six years later (1851) the coal was mined in the lent mine field of the Stettin colliery, so that the operation ended. The Göpel was torn down and sold. Today only the tunnel mouth hole reminds of the old Stettin colliery. "Source: 7grad.org/Exkursionen/NRW/Muttental/Stollen_Stettin/stollen_stettin.html

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2.44 km

Geitling 3 Coal Seam Outcrop

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The seam exploration shows the approx. 35 cm thick seam Geitling 3. The tunnel extension gives an impression of the miner's workplace underground at a time when coal was still largely handmade.

After the soft coal had been loosened from the seam with the hoe and removed, deep holes had to be made in the rock with a boring bar and fist and filled with explosives.

After the blasting, the miners unearthed the rock on carts. The new tunnel section was then expanded with stamps, caps and billets.

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3.48 km

View of Witten

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Beautiful view of the Ruhr area.

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6.02 km

Western Day Drift Frielinghaus

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This daily operation creates a connection to a tunnel that the mine owner Oberste-Frielinghaus had built in 1794.
The tunnel began at a depth of 13 m at the St. Johann Erbstollen and ran about 1,100 m in an easterly direction.

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Old Loading Facility Zeche Jupiter

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"In 1783, the two brothers Henrich Johann and Henrich Oberste Frielinghaus found a hard coal bank extending from the Muttenbach to the east under the Dickenberg in the Muttental. The minefield extended by another seam was awarded in 1789 under the name Jupiter. A conveyor tunnel was driven into the mountains, through which the two seams Jupiter 1 and 2 were cut off. But even this operation rested for a long time, since here too the transport route to the Ruhr was too cumbersome. But after the Fortunastollen resumed its operation in 1830, the two mines were connected by a crossroads. The Jupiter 1 collapsed in 1847 from the shaft Juno. In the first time, the coal was mined in the 20-meter deep shaft with a hand-reel. The Juno shaft was sunk in 1856 by another 21 meters down to the St. Johannes Erbstoleensohle. In addition, a Pferdegöpel was built on the shaft. The Göpelschacht was for many years in operation and in this area the last of its kind, until it came in 1887 for temporary cessation. Many years later, Jupiter small mine operated a mining mine at various locations in the Muttental. Its first funding agency from May 1934 lay east of the Muttenbach. The entrepreneur Georg Horst had coal mined there, which he promoted and sold in the immediate vicinity. The relics from the mining industry are still available and can be visited at any time. The remnants of the loading facility shown here consist of a winch, a rotary tipper and the lug mouth of the old Jupiter colliery. "Source: 7grad.org/Exkursionen/NRW/Muttental/Verladeanlage/verladeanlage.html

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