Albert mine (Eschweiler)
| Albert Pit | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Stolberger zinc | ||
| Start of operation | 1846 | ||
| End of operation | 1906 | ||
| Successor use | Nature reserve | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Lead ore / iron stone / smithsonite | ||
| Greatest depth | 138 m | ||
| Degradation of | Eisenstein | ||
| Degradation of | Smithsonite | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 '5.6 " N , 6 ° 16' 40.8" E | ||
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| Location | Hastenrath | ||
| local community | Eschweiler | ||
| City region ( NUTS3 ) | Aachen | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Albert mine is a former ore mine located 1 km south of the outskirts of today's Eschweiler district of Hastenrath . It was used for lead and zinc extraction and processing. Remnants of the foundations of their ores can still be seen today. Their tunnel served the Hastenrath population as an air raid shelter during World War II .
The Eschweiler streets "Albertshof" and "Albertstraße" are named after the mine. The street called “Im Stollen” in 1966 also commemorates them.
The nature reserve ACK-031 "Hastenrather Kalksteinbrüche - Albertsgrube" is located in the area .
history
In 1840 the concession on calamine , lead ore and iron stone was granted to the two concessionaires, widow JW Heinen from Hastenrath and Albert Ostländer from Stolberg , after whose first name the mine was named. The ore was extracted from several tunnels and brought to the hut by horse along the “Napoleonsweg”. The mining and driving tunnel was opened in 1846 on behalf of the majority shareholder Jakob Bredt. In 1851 the mine was operated by “ Allianz ”, which leased it to the Eschweiler “Concordia” metal works between 1853 and 1859. After the liquidation of the "Allianz", the mine came to Rainer Ahren from Bergheim in 1863 . It is later combined with the “ Ore Mine Satisfaction ”. In 1906 it came to the Stolberger Gesellschaft and was finally closed in 1917 at a depth of 138 meters due to inefficiency. The site of the mine came to Eschweiler in 1932 in the course of the incorporation of Hastenrath; At that time, the Hastenrather "Stolberger Strasse" was renamed "Albertstrasse".
literature
- Street names in Eschweiler, Leo Braun, Eschweiler Geschichtsverein 2005, ISBN 3-9803354-7-X
- Eschweiler: Local history circular hiking trail, June 1980
Web links
- Nature reserve "Grube Albert (Eschweiler)" (ACK-031) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia