Dreieck-Siedlung Hochlarmark

Map of the triangular settlement:
1. - originally free space
2. - expansion of the first construction phase
3. & 4. - Extensions
5. - Recklinghausen II colliery
6. - Steigerhäuser on Karlstrasse

View from the Hoheward dump to the corner of Karlstrasse and Robertstrasse

The triangle settlement Hochlarmark is a colliery settlement in Recklinghausen in the district of the same name. The settlement got its name from the unusual arrangement of its streets.

history

After the Recklinghausen colliery, initially called Clerget, the stock corporation Société Civile Belge des Charbonnages d 'Herne-Bochum sacked the Clerget II colliery (later Recklinghausen II) in Hochlarmark from 1882 to 1884. In the immediate vicinity, she also planned another settlement for the miners. In 1889, Harpener Bergbau AG took over the mine, the old colony and the plans for the new colliery settlement. In 1899 and 1901, in addition to the two old shafts, another was sunk so that the two shafts II and IV were located in Hochlarmark.

Arranged in a triangle around a central, free square, the settlement was built three rows deep down to Karlstrasse on the colliery side, Westfalenstrasse in the east and Robertstrasse in the north. From 1901 to 1903, the first phase of construction was 62 four-family houses with two and a half storeys in the cross plan typical of mining settlements. This design offered a separate entrance for each residential unit with maximum utilization of the floor space, the rooms on the upper floors also enabled shift workers to take appropriate rest periods. The houses had larger gardens for self-sufficiency and side stalls for small cattle. On the upper floor of the stable there was a hayloft and a so-called stable room for boarders. The residential units had a floor area of 75 m².

Across from Karlstrasse, more spacious semi-detached houses were built for the coal mine and employees.

The second construction phase followed in 1907 with 33 buildings for workers in the north and west of the settlement. Here the stables were placed separately from the houses at the other end of the garden, the residential units were only 60 m² in size. In addition, 3 more semi-detached houses were built for employees.

photos

House in Matthiasstrasse, the extension was the stable and accommodation of the boarder
View along Robertstrasse
from Heydt Strasse
Steigerhaus on Karlstrasse

Further development

Mining souvenir

The settlement was privatized in the 1970s and its essential structure has remained unchanged until today. It is not a listed building, but is subject to municipal design statutes in order to preserve the external appearance.

Around 1980 a district project developed in the triangular settlement that became known nationwide. The Recklinghausen colliery was closed in 1977 and former miners and their families and other interested parties gathered a wealth of documents and materials on local history.

From this the Association for Mining and Industrial History Recklinghausen eV developed , which in 1990 acquired the remaining headframe "Konrad Ende" with the machine house and restored it with a lot of initiative and financial support from the city of Recklinghausen, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Union. Today there is a multicultural district center for Hochlarmark with rooms for celebrations and clubs, including the Vestische Tanzsportgemeinschaft and the Bürgererschützengilde Hochlarmark as well as a small museum area around the preserved steam engine.

The colliery site itself was converted into a district park. From there, access to the Hoheward dump is possible via the Dragon Bridge .