Pit Louise
| Louise | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Funding / total | 3.2 million tons of iron ore | ||
| Rare minerals | Beudantite , carminite , pyrolusite , rhodochrosite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 400 | ||
| Start of operation | before 1771 | ||
| End of operation | February 1, 1930 | ||
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| Degradation of | Brauneisenstein , Spateisenstein | ||
| Greatest depth | 502 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 '12 " N , 7 ° 30' 24" E | ||
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| Location | Niedersteinebach | ||
| local community | Niedersteinebach | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Altenkirchen | ||
| country | State of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg | ||
The pit Louise was an iron ore mine in the local areas of Niedersteinebach , Bürdenbach and Horhausen in district Altenkirchen in Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
The mine was first mentioned in 1771 when it was bought by Chur-Trier . The Trier tunnel was excavated and the first colliery was built. Planning started in 1825 and construction of the Alvensleben tunnel in Burglahr began in 1836 . With an annual advance of 41 m, construction lasted until 1864, when it reached the ore of the pit. The tunnel , which was driven 1546 m long with a gradient of 15 mm / m , was restored in 1987 and released as a visitor tunnel .
The mine changed hands several times, in 1803 it came to the Nassau-Weilburg house , from 1815 it belonged to the State of Prussia and it was during this period that it was given its name; it was named after Queen Louise of Prussia . In 1829 the workforce of the mine joined the "Siegen'sche District Knappschaftskasse". In 1832 a new colliery was built at the mouth of the tunnel, and in 1834 an ore wash.
Shaft I was built in 1852, it had a clear width of 2.2 × 2.2 and a depth of 197 m. In 1865 Krupp bought the mine. Shaft II or “Barbaraschacht” was sunk in 1875. It had a cross-section of 2.2 × 4.4 m and a depth of 503 m. In 1877 a steam pump was installed. In 1883 the shaft was put into operation.
In 1883 the company administration had a narrow-gauge railway , the "Krupp'sche Bahn", laid in the direction of the Seifen station . In 1889 a machine house was built on the “Barbaraschacht” and a steam reel was installed. An evangelical school was built in 1890 for the children of the evangelical mine officials. In order to be able to transport the ores from the nearby Georg mine on the narrow-gauge railway for further processing, a cable car to the Georg mine was built in 1898–99.
In 1902, houses for Steiger and Obersteiger were built near the pit. On February 1, 1930, operations on the mine were stopped. First brown stone was mined on the "Horhausen Gangzug", and with increasing depth also Spateisenstein. 400 employees extracted a total of 3.2 million t of iron ore.
Seminar center
After the closure, most of the buildings and the railway were demolished. After several years of vacancy, the owners of the Institute for Applied Creativity (IAK) took over the site in 1982 . They renovated in cooperation with a group of artists and the former Verlese- prayer hall of the miners and the neighboring building. Over the years an extraordinary seminar center with two independent seminar houses in a beautifully designed environment has been created.
See also
literature
- Ute Bosbach: Searching for traces in Eisenland - On the way on ore roads and miners ' paths, amadeusmedien, November 2006. ISBN 3-9808936-8-5
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
- The pit on the Horhausen website
- History on the website of the current operator