Miner's Footpath - One tells oneself...

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The path to the historical mining sites led over Götschenberg and Haidberg mountains (Bischofshofen) to Mitterberg (Mühlbach am Hochkönig). This path was used from prehistory (Bronze Age) for generations until the construction of the road from Bischofshofen to Mühlbach in 1879 and is a historic path landmark in the Ore of the Alps UNESCO Global Geopark.

Fritz Hörmann writes in the communal history of Mühlbach am Hochkönig (2012): “If the history of its origin is correct, it is also most likely that the path from Götschenberg lead from Lainbichl, Kalbfahrt, Prechtlmoos, Wolfgrube and Jagermahd to the Mitterbergalpe, or to the pit built by the old miners, thus creating a connection between the deposit and work site on Götschenberg mountain. The fact that the path is laid out in the best possible twists and turns, and is even deeply cut in places and does not run uphill and downhill like a farmer’s path, should support this view. On the Götschenberg plateau, stone for axes was cut; mallets, rubbing stones and grinding stones were made, and cereal grains ground into flour [... ].”