King's train pit
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Mining technology | Civil engineering , roof construction , tunnel construction , opencast mining | ||
| Rare minerals | Wavellite , goethite , chalcopyrite , barite , calcite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 500 | ||
| Start of operation | 1650 (approx.) | ||
| End of operation | 1968 | ||
| Successor use | Construction company, industrial park | ||
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| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Greatest depth | 545 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 45 '24.8 " N , 8 ° 21' 46.5" E | ||
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| Location | Eibach | ||
| local community | Dillenburg | ||
| country | State of Hesse | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Dillenburg mountain area | ||
The Königszug mine was an iron ore mine near Eibach ( Dillenburg municipality ) in the Lahn-Dill district . The pit lay between Oberscheld , Eibach and Nanzenbach .
history
The modern Königszug mine was built on June 30, 1819 as a consolidation of the Stollenhecke , Königsstein , Kohlengrube and Schlitz pits in the mountain-free area . The Königszug mine, which gives it its name , was already in operation around 1650. Two thirds of their mining area was in the Eibacher, a third of it in the Nanzenbacher district. The pit had two shafts, the old shaft and the east shaft (Witte shaft), which was 545 m deep . Ore deposits could be determined down to a depth of 900 m.
1866, after the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau by Prussia the mine was managed by the Prussian mountain inspection Dillenburg. In 1890 the old main shaft was sunk. In 1937 Buderus took over the Königszug mine. When war broke out in 1939, around 12,000 tons of ore were mined each month.
Between September 21, 1942 and April 1, 1943, there was a company warehouse of Buderus'schen Eisenwerke in Oberscheld. Between 17 and 20 forced laborers were housed there and had to work in the mine. With up to 500 employees, the Königszug mine was at times the largest iron ore mine in Hesse . The highest annual production was achieved in 1957 with 142,249 tons of iron ore.
In 1947, the preparatory work for the east shaft (Witte shaft) began. This shaft at 67 degrees was for the most part cut from the bottom up. From the bottom of the Anna tunnel down, only 125 m had to be sunk. The final depth of the shaft was 545 m. The costs including the concrete lining for the shaft amounted to approx. 677,500 marks. For the shaft expansion, 29,282.5 kg of explosives were used, 48,650 meters of drilling were carried out and 39,100 shots were fired. In addition, 105,424 wagons of mountains and 30,144 wagons of material were transported. Four miners died during construction. Trial operation could begin on November 21, 1955. Until May 1956 the old shaft and the Witte shaft were in operation at the same time for six months.
closure
In 1968 the production of iron ore was stopped.
Successor use
In 1971 the construction company Adolf Pitzer KG settled on the grounds of the royal train. Since 1996 the buildings have been used by a wide variety of companies as work and storage space. Almost all of the main buildings in the mine have been preserved to this day.
geology
In the southeast and east of the Rhenish Slate Mountains lies the so-called "Hessian Synklinorium", which also includes the Lahn-Dill area . The Hessian Synclinorium , which was formed by thrusting and folding in the Paleozoic ( Devonian ), has a complicated geological structure. It is characterized by fault lines, uplifts and faults. There are no large contiguous deposits in the Lahn-Dill area.
See also
literature
- H. Lippert: On the formation of rocks and deposits in red iron stone pits in the upper Dill area , treatise Senckenberg Naturforscher, separate special edition, p. 485.
- H. Harder: Contribution to the petrography and genesis of the hematite ores of the Lahn-Dill area , 1954, Contr. Min. Petr. 4 (1/2), pp. 54-66.
- S. Weiß: Mineral Findings Atlas , Weise Verlag, 1990, Munich, p. 74.
- Wilhelm Braner: The magnetic iron stone of the Königszug mine near Oberscheld and its genetic position. , From: Report of Oberhess. Ges. F. Natural u. Medicine to Giessen. NF Natural Science Abt. Vol. 16. 1934. Giessen, Phil. Diss., 48 pages.
- Mohammad Ali Salehi Murekani: The red iron ore from the Königszug mine near Oberscheld-Dillkreis , Mainz, 1963.
- A. Welker: Iron ore mining in the Schelden Valley near Dillenburg , in: Bergbau , 1978, Gelsenkirchen, pp. 166–170.
- H. Göbel, U. Horch: Historical mining guide through the Schelderwald , Dillenburg, 1992, 64 pages.
- Eisenerz - Slotta (Technical Monuments of the FRG), Volume 5/1, DBM Bochum, pages 752-758.
- F. Odernheimer: The mining and steel industry in the Duchy of Nassau: statist. News, geognost., Mineralog. u. techn. Descriptions d. Occurrence of usable minerals , Volume 2, Ed., Publisher: CW Kreidel, 1867, Wiesbaden.
- CE Stifft: Geognostic description of the Duchy of Nassau in special relation to the mineral springs of this country , L. Schellenberg, Wiesbaden, 1831.
- Johann Philipp Becher: Mineralogical description of the Orange-Nassau lands: together with a history of Siegen's iron and steel industry . 1789.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Königzug mine in the Mineralienatlas
- ↑ Königzug mine on mindat.org
- ↑ Königszug mine near Eibach (database on the route of industrial culture, Central Hesse)
- ^ Ernst Frohwein: Description of the Dillenburg mountain area . Bonn 1885.
- ↑ a b c Königszug industrial park
- ↑ Horst G. Koch: Before the lights went out. Verlag Gudrun Koch, Siegen 1982, p. 143.
- ↑ The inclined shaft was the masterpiece of local mining technology
- ↑ Oberscheld, company camp for forced laborers, "Grube Königszug". Topography of National Socialism in Hesse (as of November 11, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on February 13, 2019 .