Cologne Mining Association

The Cologne-based mine-Verein AG was founded in 1845, early industrial mining - companies .

The mining association, licensed in 1849, had a vertically organized mining group as its goal very early on . Coal mining, coal refining , iron ore extraction and smelting should be organized under one roof. The stock corporation , which was endowed with two million Reichstalers, acquired mining rights very early on in an area on the emerging Cologne-Minden railway .

The driving forces behind the Cologne Mining Association were the industrial pioneers Gustav Mallinckrodt and Gustav von Mevissen , who were influenced by Rhenish liberalism .

After the death of the long-time "Special Director" Peter Kirch on August 28, 1886, Emil Krabler , the secret miner, was appointed as his successor. The trust that Krabler had gained as a mine director at the Cologne Mining Association since 1868 prompted the board of directors to appoint him "special director". In addition, the administrative headquarters were moved from Cologne to Altenessen . After the board of directors accepted the tasks of a supervisory board due to the amended statutes , Krabler was raised to the board of directors of the company with the power to represent it alone.

To those specified by the Cologne mine association mines included:

• Carl colliery
• Christian Levin colliery
• Colliery Neu-Cöln
• King Wilhelm colliery
• Colliery Anna
• Emil-Emscher colliery
• Fritz-Heinrich colliery

literature

• Volker Then: Railways and Railway Entrepreneurs in the Industrial Revolution. A Prussian / German-English comparison. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1997, ISBN 3-52535-783-4 .

Web links

• Sandra Zeumer: The Cologne private banks and industrial finance in the early 19th century. Thesis