Nature reserve since 1988
Since 28 October 2020, the more than 110 hectares of the nature reserve belong to the core zones of the UNESCO Biosphere.
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By grand-ducal decree, Ellergronn was one of the first areas to be protected in 1988 and since 2020 Ellergronn is one of the core zone of our biosphere reserve. These areas are all characterised by the fact that they are former open-cast mining areas. However, this is only partly the case in the Ellergronn, because due to a geological peculiarity, the iron ore in Ellergronn is partly so deep that it had to be extracted from the ground by means of mining galleries. |
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The former Cockerill mine, where operations began in 1881, is also located on the Ellergronn site. The old mining site with its hangman’s quarters, now part of an industrial museum, has been completely preserved and the buildings also house the Ellergronn Nature and Forest Centre of the Nature Administration, the administration of the PRO-SUD local authority association, which is in charge of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and a restaurant.
The forests and meadows, as well as the ponds of the Ellergronn, created by the collapse of the old mines, offer today an enormous biodiversity and the whole core area is easy to explore thanks to numerous well-marked paths.
The Minett Trail, a trail of some 90 kilometres with its eleven Kabaiserchers, designed to welcome tourists to our region, also crosses the Ellergronn.
In this publicationabout the Ellergronn, edited in 2017 by the Nature Administration, you’ll find a very detailed overview of the Ellergronn core area of the Minett UNESCO Biosphere.
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