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Geological Trail - "Giele Botter"

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  • The former open-cast mining area next to Pétange/Rodange/Differdange is now a now nature reserve
    The former open-cast mining area next to Pétange/Rodange/Differdange is now a now nature reserve
    Photo: © Claude Piscitelli / ONT, CC BY, Visit Luxembourg
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m 450 400 350 2,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 km Naturschutzgebiet „Prënzebierg … Botter" Titelberg - archäologisc … abungsstätte Minett-Park Fond-de-Gras
Discover the disused mining tunnels and the former open-cast mining area with the Geological Trail "Giele Botter"
Open
moderate
Distance 2.5 km
0:40 h
60 m
44 m
406 m
362 m

Geological walk "Giele Botter" (iron ore, open-cast mines, fossils). 2,5 km through the nature reserve "Prënzebierg".

Guided tours on request ( Giele Botter , Titelberg and Industry and Railwaypark in Fond-de-Gras). Prices: 50 for 2 hours, 15 for each supplementary hour.

Author’s recommendation

If you want to know more about the mining area and its past, you should consider visiting the nearby "Minett Park Fond-de-Gras"
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Update: February 28, 2023
Difficulty
moderate
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Highest point
406 m
Lowest point
362 m
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Track types

Forested/wild trail 83.39%Path 16.60%
Forested/wild trail
2.1 km
Path
0.4 km
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Safety information

Please stay on the designated paths; You are hiking in a species protection area and could disturb breeding areas off the beaten track, for example.

In addition, there is a risk of falling on the steep rock faces away from the paths of the "Giele Botter".

Tips and hints

Phone: +352 27 54 5991
Email: info@visitminett.lu

Start

Rue Titelberg, 4678 Differdange (388 m)
Coordinates:
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49.541409, 5.882652
DMS
49°32'29.1"N 5°52'57.5"E
UTM
31U 708536 5491637
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Destination

Rue Titelberg, 4678 Differdange

Turn-by-turn directions

Please follow the signs. The path begins at the pond on the "Giele Botter"

Note


all notes on protected areas

Public transport

Public-transport-friendly

Niederkorn train station is within 15 Minutes on foot from the start point

Getting there

Drive "Rue Titelberg" to the end. From here, continue on foot to the starting point at the pond.

Parking

Parking available on site

Coordinates

DD
49.541409, 5.882652
DMS
49°32'29.1"N 5°52'57.5"E
UTM
31U 708536 5491637
w3w 
///troubled.central.feasts
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike

Book recommendation by the author

Guide brochure "Giele Botter" exists as a PDF in german and french

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Equipment

Please remember to pack enough drinking water.
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Status
Open
Difficulty
moderate
Distance
2.5 km
Duration
0:40 h
Ascent
60 m
Descent
44 m
Highest point
406 m
Lowest point
362 m
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