Coal defeat
A coal defeat was a storage facility for the hard coal , which was intended for transport down the Ruhr and for sale there.
At the end of the 18th century, most of the coal deficits were created in connection with the emergence of regular shipping on the Ruhr . Essentially, a coal deposit consisted of a fortified place surrounded by a wall and located directly on the bank of the river so that the Aaken could dock there to be loaded with coal. Separate camps were set up in the coal deficits . It was common to divide the stored coal according to quality and trades .
In the Ruhr area , every mine whose coal was shipped down the Ruhr had its own defeat. The coal was transported from the mines by carts or hunts . Later there were also the first railways such as the Muttentalbahn , which brought the coal from several tunnels to defeat. As the first railway company on German soil, Friedrich Harkort founded the Prinz Wilhelm Railway , inaugurated in 1830, in 1828 , which brought coal from Hinsbeck (Ruhr) to Kidneyhof in the Bergisches Land .
With the development of the Ruhr area by the railways, Ruhr shipping lost its importance and with it the coal deficits.
The coal defeat nightingale in Witten has been preserved and restored .