Glückauf Erbstollen

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Glückauf Erbstollen
General information about the mine
other names Glückauf Erbstolln
Glückaufer Erbstollen
Romberger Erbstollen
Mining technology Tunnel construction
Funding / year Max. 604 pr t
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1752
End of operation 1850
Successor use Glückauf & Erbstolln colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 28 '16.1 "  N , 7 ° 27' 14"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 '16.1 "  N , 7 ° 27' 14"  E
Glückauf Erbstollen (Regional Association Ruhr)
Glückauf Erbstollen
Location of Glückauf Erbstollen
Location Brünninghausen
local community Dortmund
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) Dortmund
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Glückauf Erbstollen , also Glückauf Erbstolln, is a former Erbstollen in Brünninghausen . At five kilometers, the tunnel was the longest heritage tunnel in the south of Dortmund. In addition, it was the most important heritage tunnel in the Dortmund area. It reached from Dortmund in a southerly direction into the Ardey Mountains . The tunnel was also called the Glückaufer Erbstollen or, after its owner, the Romberg Erbstollen .

history

The beginnings

Since 1616 won the family of Romberg around Castle Brünninghausen coal . An additional tunnel was necessary to develop their Glückauf colliery and to drain the pit water . In 1752 the deep tunnel was created by Mr. von Romberg. The tunnel mouth hole was located on the southern bank of the Emscher , 350 meters west of today's Ardeystraße. The tunnel was south towards the Ardeygebirges ascended . In 1757, seam No. 2 was loosened . On August 15 of the year 1769 the Glückauf Erbstollen was the Erbstollenrecht awarded . At the same time, the tunnel previously known as Tiefer Stolln was renamed Glückauf Erbstolln. The Erbstollen was in operation in 1784 and continued to be excavated from 1797.

The further operation until the shutdown

In 1801 the Erbstollen reaches a length of 710 lachterns . It was initially in operation from 1820 and in 1824 and 1825 it was further opened by the Storksbank colliery . In 1827 it was noted in the documents of the Märkisches Bergamt : “ Glückauf Erbstolln fully operational ”. In the same year, mining was also carried out in the tunnel . From 1831 the tunnel was driven further. On August 1 of the year 1835, the Erbstollen was verstuft , then the tunnel was at the expense of trades continue ascended the colliery Blankenburg. Following this were the Berechtsame several processes performed by the year 1842, especially with the owners of the mine Stork Bank . In 1838, the tunnel was driven further, around 500 Prussian tons of hard coal were extracted from the hereditary tunnel .

In 1840 around 604¼ tons of Prussian hard coal were mined from the hereditary tunnel, the tunnel was further excavated. In 1842 the pit fields Glücksanfang 1–3 were solved, as well as the pit field of the Wiendahlsnebenbank colliery via a wing location . In 1843 the Johannes Erbstollen colliery and the Güldene Sonne colliery were dissolved. In 1845 the tunnel was driven further in the direction of the “collar house”. In the first half of 1846, 175 Prussian tons of hard coal were extracted from the tunnel. In 1849 the Erbstollen reached a length of 2200 lachterns. In 1850 the Erbstollen already had several shafts , including the Abraham and Carolina shafts, as well as several light holes and the Neptun experimental shaft . In the same year the Erbstollen was taken over by the Zeche Glückauf , the authorized ones were renamed to Zeche Glückauf & Erbstolln. The tunnel was closed around the year 1880.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning to 2005 (= publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum 144) 3rd revised and expanded edition. Self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 .
  2. ↑ Marie-Luise Frese Strathoff, Kurt Pfläging, Joachim Huske: The coal mining in the Hörde mountain area at the time of Baron vom Stein. 1st edition. Regio Verlag Peter Voß, successor to Hans Köster, Werne 2007, ISBN 978-3-929158-21-2 .
  3. ↑ a b c Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Publishing house Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
  4. ^ Wilfried Reininghaus: The economic activity of the von Romberg family in the 17th to 20th centuries. (accessed on July 15, 2016).

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