Hans Röhrs

Hans Röhrs 2012

Hans Röhrs worked intensively on the history of the Ibbenbüren mine .

Hans Röhrs in 2013 in the Ibbenbüren mining museum, which he co-founded and co-supervised

Hans Georg Röhrs (born October 15, 1932 in Quakenbrück ) is a German mining engineer and mining historian .

Above all , he dealt intensively with the Ibbenbüren coalfield and its history, but also with ore mining in the region. The standard work is the continuation of an older work by Hubert Rickelmann , The Ibbenbürener Steinkohlenbergbau from its beginnings to the present (1983). Röhrs is also the founder of the Ibbenbüren mining museum.

Live and act

After graduating from Artland-Gymnasium in his native Quakenbrück, Hans Röhrs studied mining at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen and graduated with a degree in engineering . He then gained his first professional experience in iron ore mining in Salzgitter and Siegerland as well as in the Ruhrkohlen - Friedrich Heinrich colliery in Kamp-Lintfort .

In February 1960, he began working as a Steiger in the Ibbenbüren mine of Preussag AG Coal in Ibbenbüren (since 2008 RAG Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH), where over the years he made it to the department head of the mining technical staff unit. At the end of 1989 he retired.

During his active service, Röhrs had already dealt intensively with mining in the Tecklenburger Land and Osnabrück Land . In addition to publications in specialist journals and the local press, as well as in the Osnabrücker Land home yearbooks , he wrote several books on the subject, the best-known of which is Der Ibbenbürener Steinkohlenbergbau from its beginnings to the present (1983). Röhrs wrote it as a continuation and update of the basic work from 1935 on the history of the Ibbenbüren coal mine up to the 20th century by Hubert Rickelmann. In addition to hard coal, however, ore was always the focus of his historical investigations. This resulted in the book The early ore mining and the iron and steel industry in Tecklenburger Land in 1985 . Röhrs took it even further in 1992 when he portrayed ore and coal. Mining and ironworks between Ems and Weser presented. With the smaller treatise Ibbenbürener Kleinzechen and wilde Pütts , he concluded the series of his numerous publications in 2009. According to his own statement, it should be his last publication: “I think I have dealt with the subject of mining exhaustively.” However, the following year he published the illustration 200 years of Gravenhorster ironworks .

Hans Röhrs is the founder and director of the Ibbenbüren mining museum, which has existed since 1990 and is affiliated with RAG Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH. He had the idea of ​​securing and collecting old mining machinery and equipment as early as 1981. Gradually, a fund of exhibits came together. He also helped found the Tecklenburger Land Knappenverein and has actively supported its activities ever since. For example, he was significantly involved in the design of several mining hiking trails around Ibbenbüren.

In addition to his commitment as a mining historian, he also cultivates his musical talent and works as a saxophonist and clarinetist in the big band of the Ibbenbüren city music school.

In 2010 the "father of the Ibbenbüren mining museum" and "walking encyclopedia of hard coal" was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services as a mining chronist . In November 2011, Röhrs received the 2011 honorary award from the City Marketing Association and the City of Ibbenbüren's Economic Development Agency. Another honorary award went to the Knappenverein Tecklenburger Land.

Hans Röhrs lives with his wife Ingrid in Ibbenbüren- Bockraden . The couple has four grown children.

Fonts

Own book publications

• together with Hubert Rickelmann : Ibbenbürener hard coal mining from the beginning to the present . Schöningh, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna and Zurich 1983 (2nd, revised edition. Schöningh, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna and Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-506-77224-4 ).
• The early ore mining and the iron and steel industry in the Tecklenburger Land . Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei (IVD), Ibbenbüren 1985 (2nd edition. IVD, Ibbenbüren 1987, ISBN 3-921290-23-6 ).
• Ibbenbüren coal and ore mining and its minerals . Bode, Haltern 1989.
• Ore and coal. Mining and ironworks between Ems and Weser . IVD, Ibbenbüren 1992 ( ISBN 3-921290-62-7 ).
• Ibbenbüren mining in the 20th century in pictures . IVD, Ibbenbüren 1997 (2nd, revised and expanded edition. IVD, Ibbenbüren 1998, ISBN 3-921290-97-X ).
• Ibbenbürener small mines and wild putti . IVD, Ibbenbüren 2009 ( ISBN 978-3-941607-01-9 ).
• 200 years of Gravenhorster ironworks . IVD, Ibbenbüren 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-941607-12-5 ).
• together with Georg Kipp : Ibbenbürener mining on old postcards. IVD, Ibbenbüren 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-941607-15-6 ).

Contributions to other publications

• Geological notes from the community of Mettingen (p. 29–36) and mining in the community of Mettingen (p. 260–277), in: Mettingen - Heimatbuch zur 900-year celebration . IVD, Ibbenbüren 1987, ISBN 3-921290-27-9 .
• Coal mining in Uffeln (pp. 269–287), in: Uffeln - history of a district of Ibbenbüren . IVD, Ibbenbüren 1994, ISBN 3-921290-78-3 .
• Contributions to the history of the community of Recke, volume 4: The coal mining in Buchholz near Recke , Ibbenbüren 1999, ISBN 3-932959-08-6 .
• A historical foray through Ibbenbüren's hard coal mining (p. 309–330) and evidence of a terrible time (field post letters, World War II) (p. 443–472), in: 850 Years Ibbenbüren . IVD, Ibbenbüren 1997, ISBN 3-921290-95-3 (2nd, revised and expanded edition).

literature

• Klaus Rotte (-kr-): Personally: Hans Röhrs 75 . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from October 13, 2007.
• Annette Kleinert, Elke Kockmeyer: Hans Röhrs . In this: people in Ibbenbüren . Ibbenbürener Vereindruckerei, Ibbenbüren 1994, ISBN 3-921290-76-7 , p. 150.

Web links

Commons : Hans Röhrs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hans Röhrs: The cradle of the coal plane
• Hans Röhrs: König found little pleasure in state mining . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from March 25, 2002 and the railway boosted mining . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung dated June 21, 2006 (each as an online version in the Westline archive)
• Ibbenbüren mining museum celebrates its 20th anniversary . mazzTV report by Irja Most (contains an interview with Hans Röhrs)
• Klaus Rotte: Cross of Merit for the father of the Ibbenbüren mining museum . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung (online version from December 14, 2010; with mazzTV report Hans Georg Röhrs honored with Federal Cross of Merit by Irja Most)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Klaus Rotte: Personal: Hans Röhrs 75 . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from October 13, 2007.
2. ↑ quoted from: Klaus Rotte (-kr-): Hans Röhrs and the Wild West . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of August 5, 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2009.  
3. ↑ Klaus Rotte (-kr-): Visitors are not only interested in kitchen stoves . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of July 24, 2004  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Westline archive; Retrieved June 20, 2008.  
4. ↑ Elke Lutterberg: 20 years of the Ibbenbüren mining museum: 90,000. Visitors are expected soon . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of March 3, 2010; with photo spread by Elke Lutterberg and mazzTV report by Irja Most  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 15, 2010.  
5. ↑ Cornelia Ruholl (-ru-): “Plus for tourism in the region” . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of October 20, 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Westline archive; Retrieved June 20, 2008.  
6. ↑ Klaus Rotte: Cross of Merit for the father of the Ibbenbüren mining museum . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version of December 14, 2010; with mazzTV report by Irja Most  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 15, 2010.  
7. ↑ Claus Kossag: Mining tradition is worthy of all honor. City Marketing Association honors Knappenverein Tecklenburger Land and Hans Röhrs . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from November 19, 2011 ( online short version Knappen and Hans Röhrs honored with honorary prize in Ibbenbüren with photo series from November 17, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).