Propstei pit

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Depiction of the shafts in a railway service document

The Propstei mine was a coal mine in the southeast of the Propsteier forest near Eschweiler-Aue . The pit was part of the so-called outer works of the Eschweiler Kohlberg . The mine of the same name was located in the southeast of the Propsteier Forest in Eschweiler , while the Glücksburg mine was located on the western edge of the Propsteier Forest .

history

In 1701 the pit reached a depth of 60 m and belongs to a trade union . In 1833 Christine Englerth acquired a 2500 hectare concession for the coal deposits in Eschweiler, Frenz , Inden , Lamersdorf , Lucherberg , Nothberg and Weisweiler and thus also the mining rights for the Propstei mine, but it was not until 1860 that industrial mining began in the Eschweiler mine Mining Association (EBV). While the original shaft as driving and air shaft is used new, teuft EBV a new shaft at 300 m from. In 1861, the two are seams Owl and Jülich intersected that do not turn out later than workable. There is also a breakthrough to the Atsch mine . In 1865 around 38,000 tons of coal were mined. Due to the dam break in the collecting ponds in the western Propsteier forest after a storm, the operation was shut down in 1870, but despite this damage, the sinking to the sixth level was still carried out. In 1879 the mine was finally closed. From 1862 to 1879 the mine had its own rail connection to the Stolberg main station, which was then located in Eschweiler .

location

The shafts 1–5 were in the area of ​​today's Stolberg train station, the shafts 6 and 7 in the area of ​​the Atscher train station of the Aachen industrial railway.

literature

  • Series of publications by the Eschweiler History Association
  • Kaemmerer, Walter: Eschweiler in his history, II: part: 800 to 1800, Mönchengladbach 1977

See also

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 43 "  N , 6 ° 14 ′ 4.1"  E