Schaubergwerk Sunnpau

About

Experience 4000 years of mining with us! Starting with the prehistoric beginnings with stone mallets, wooden wedges and fire-setting, to ore mining with mallets and iron chisels in the Middle Ages, to the use of gun powder in modern times and eventually dynamite in the 19th century before its closing. It is likely that the beginning of mining dates back to the Neolithic Age. This makes the Sunnpau show mine one of the oldest mines in Salzburg. There is a lot to discover, not only for children: How was the valuable ore mined almost 4000 years ago? Who were the bones and grave goods found in the mine? And what did the Romans do in our mine? The Sunnpau show mine is part of the Ore of the Alps UNESCO Global Geopark within the museum association Museumsverein St. Veit and offers insights into the development of mining from the Bronze Age to modern times.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes