Siegerland ore mining
The ore mining Siegerland AG was a merger of the eleven last great mines in the composite Siegerländer Erzrevier . It was founded on March 18, 1953 in Betzdorf to save the Siegerland mining industry . The reason for the establishment was the decreasing competitiveness of Siegerland steel and iron, as well as the Siegerland mining, which had its heyday around 1900 and has now been more and more displaced by cheaper offers from abroad such as Scandinavia or China .
history
Erzbergbau Siegerland AG was founded on March 18, 1953 as a subsidiary of Barbara Erzbergbau AG and Harz-Lahn-Erzbergbau AG. The monthly production when the AG was founded was approx. 115,000 tons of ore with a total of 5457 employees. In the 1950s some investigations were carried out in various, mostly disused pits, but these were mostly unsuccessful. The first mine closed in 1955. In 1960 only six pits were still in operation. After the Eisenzecher processing plant burned down, Pfannenberger Einigkeit was converted into a central processing facility in 1956. From 1961 onwards, thousands of miners were laid off, there were plans to keep two to three pits and mine up to 1 million tons of ore annually. Then around 1,500 miners could have kept their jobs. But the last two mines closed their doors as early as 1965. In 1971 Erzbergbau Siegerland AG was returned to the parent company Barbara Erzbergbau GmbH (became a GmbH in 1963).
Pits
The eleven composite mines of Erzbergbau Siegerland AG, sorted according to their closure:
| pit | place | Shutdown 
|
|---|---|---|
| Great castle | Altenseelbach | 1955 |
| Eisernhardt civil engineering | Iron | June 29, 1957 |
| Brotherhood | Eiserfeld | July 15, 1958 |
| San Fernando | Herdorf | July 15, 1958 |
| wolf | Herdorf | July 15, 1958 |
| Eisenzecher train | Eiserfeld | Feb. 29, 1960 |
| New Haardt | Weidenau | Oct. 24, 1961 |
| Pfannenberger unity | Salchendorf | Apr 18, 1962 |
| Eupel | Niederhövels | Feb. 28, 1964 |
| George | Willroth | 31 Mar 1965 |
| Füssenberg - Friedrich Wilhelm | Daaden / Biersdorf | 31 Mar 1965 |
In addition to the eleven interlinked systems with twelve main pits, 39 closed pits, some of which were "reserve pits", were run. B. the Victoria mine near Littfeld. Other large pits were operating departments of other trades, such as B. Wingertshardt (to Eupel) on knowledge. The mining rights of the Siegerland pits still belong to Barbara Rohstoffbetriebe GmbH.