Velsen mine
| Velsen mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1899 | ||
| End of operation | 1965 (loss of independence) | ||
| Successor use | Commerce, tourism | ||
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| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 '56.2 " N , 6 ° 49' 56.2" E | ||
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| Location | Klarenthal | ||
| local community | Saarbrücken | ||
| Regional Association ( NUTS3 ) | Saarbrücken | ||
| country | State of Saarland | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Saar | ||
The Velsen mine is a former hard coal mine in the Klarenthal district of Saarbrücken .
history
As part of the expansion of the Geislautern mine , the Rossel shaft north of Großrosseln was sunk in 1899 and a new mine was founded. In 1902 the east shaft (later Ludwig shaft) was built. In 1907 the mine was named after the chief miner Gustav von Velsen (1847–1923) and in the same year it was connected to the Fürstenhausen − Großrosseln railway line . Between 1913 and 1917 the daytime facilities were expanded and expanded to include the Gustav II shaft , which received a German strut frame in 1915 . The delivery rate was greatly increased during this time to meet the needs of the First World War . In the corresponding carriers house is in the right part nor the original twin steam engine of Dingler works from the years 1916-17, which is and still in function belongs in addition to the copies in Ensdorf and speeches of the oldest steam engine in the Saar mines. After the war, the French administration (Régie des Mines de la Sarre) continued the expansion and sunk the West shaft in 1951 (from 1962 the Ludweiler shaft ).
During the League of Nations -Mandats over the Saar (1920-1935) insisted on the mining area a Domanialschule .
In 1965 the mine became part of the Warndt composite mine. In 2005 the dismantling stopped. Gustav II shaft was used as a weather and cableway shaft for the Warndt mine until 2005 and was then partially filled.
In 2013, the Velsen mine was identified as one of four priority sites for the presentation of the history of coal mining in Saarland in an expert report commissioned by the state government .
architecture
The buildings are located on an artificial terrace above the former mining station. The preserved part of the daytime facilities with the headframe of the Gustav II shaft is considered a "top-class ensemble" of Saarland mining and is a listed building. The building ensemble of the mine is the only one that has been almost completely preserved from the era of the Prussian mining treasury.
In addition to the headframe, the hoisting machine houses, the wash houses , the colliery and the administration buildings have also been preserved. In addition, Velsen owns the only coffee kitchen in the Saarland that is still in operation , the interior of which has remained unchanged in space and dates from 1915.
The focus is on the massive colliery house with the two-storey administration wing. The building has an elaborately designed central portal with a risalit with a pyramid roof . A plastered upper floor follows the ground floor made of open sandstones with arched window openings. To the side, after short, single-storey intermediate buildings, the washrooms are connected to the left and the reading room with large segmented arched windows on the right on the narrow sides. The gatehouse with brand control is a single-storey plastered building with a high hipped roof and mid-height buildings .
Administration building of the Velsen mine
Coffee kitchen
Headframe
Velsen adventure mine
The mine, which is still under supervision today, was excavated on the steeply rising red sandstone slope behind the pit. A small part of today's Velsen adventure mine served as an air raid shelter for the workforce as early as the Second World War . After the Second World War, the tunnel was expanded considerably and was used as a teaching tunnel for prospective miners until 2011 . The adventure mine is located underground , but can be accessed through an above-ground tunnel . The adventure mine includes more than 700 m of route on three different levels with functional machines, including the only blind shaft with compressed air-driven hoisting machine with traction sheave conveyance (Koepescheibe) in Germany. Shields in several struts, cutter rollers , conveyor belts , transport lanes , loading machines , drilling equipment , a blind shaft with a cable car for up to 8 people and a pumping station can be viewed and put into operation.
Web links
- Velsen adventure mine
- Velsen mine on the saar-heimat.com website, with numerous photos of the mine
- Literature on Grube Velsen in the Saarland Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Velsen mine , saarlandbilder.net
- ↑ The group mine Warndt , memotransfront, sites of transnational memory
- ↑ Arnold Ilgemann: "French schools". The French domain schools during the League of Nations , lecture manuscript from June 22, 1993
- ^ Ways to deal carefully with mine sites , press release of the state government, August 27, 2013
- ↑ Saar Mining Monuments (PDF; 1.4 MB), Saar Monuments Office, p. 28
- ↑ Pub, kiosk, place of cult: The canteen in Velsen , article about the coffee kitchen of the Velsen mine. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from December 31, 2011