Grube Christine I & II        

About 15km away from Messinghausen, in Willingen/Upland, slate has been brought to daylight once a time in the past. This happened inside the mountain "Christine". The mine system opens up its flooded passage ways to cave divers from two main entries: Grube C I in Willingen and Grube C II in Schwalefeld which is 2km by car. Both entries go down in the same mountain and are not connected to each other. Grube Christine I was openend in 2007.  This system has two soles with waterfilled tunnels and big rooms. These are on 24 and 45m depth.The total lenght of the system is 1,2km.        

                    Rebreather Diver in Christine I                                                                      Main passage Christine I

Schwalefeld has been openend up just in january 2009. When the mine was closed in 1995, the entrance was blocked to avoid having people going in the system. So after digging away 1800m³ of mud, earth and massiv slate, the gate was free again.         
Preparing the cave took 3 month of work. Here we have three soles, on 16m, 37m and 68m. The deepest point is approx. 120m. The complete length is 5,3km.  There are three entrances in the dry part of the mine. Two of them are big lakes in high cathedrals.        
Underwater you will find rooms upto 30m high and 40m wide. Slate carries itself. The security of both mines has been checked by architects and specialists.        

The average visibility is 30-40m.        
The water temperature is 8°C.

                      First Entrance in Grube C II                                                       Catapillars and bulldoser are digging for the entrance

Both mine entrances are a 15km drive away from Diving Innovations&Repairs.

Guidance        

Christine I is open for all certified cave divers (min. Cave I or equivalent) for 25€/day (following day after 20€). Christine II is limited to Full Cave or equivalent certified (Cave II) divers. Guided dives are possible in both systems. 

       
Contact:        

For detailed information, bookings and guidance please contact

Scapehander- Divecenter Messinghausen

Candy Small

Hüttenplatz 2

D-59929 Brilon-Messinghausen

www.scapehander.de