Lift hood

Medieval miners driving (to Agricola )

The driving hood is part of the traditional miner's costume . It is made of white fabric (linen) and was used in the Middle Ages to protect miners when driving underground . It was later replaced by the driving or shaft hat, from which development then led to leather caps or helmets and today's industrial safety helmets .

literature

• Karl-Ewald Fritzsch , Friedrich Sieber : Mining costumes of the 18th century in the Ore Mountains and in the Mansfeld region . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1957, p. 79 .