Nowadays, part of these adits is owned and maintained by the Czech Speleological Society - group Z0 4-04 AGRICOLA. This non-commercial organization has been studying the history of ore mining in the Mikulov and Hrob region since 1991. The core of its activity is dedicated to the research of the mining history, documentation of old mining works and maintaining them in safe and good condition.
Contact person: Mr. Pavel Chaloupka,tel: +420 721 886 082
e-mail: zakopalp@avirunion.cz
Lehnschafter Adit 1550-1858
According to available documentation, this adit is the oldest part of Mikulov mining complex. The complex consists of 4 adits: Lehnschafter, Allerheiligen, Liebefrauen a Kreuzstollen. Between 1550 - 1720, silver bringing galenit was extracted here. The whole adit has 12 floors, its depth exceeds 200 metres and the length of all corridors is 8 km.
All materials on this page were used with the permission of Mr. Chaloupka from Agricola organization.