List of mines in the Vogelsberg

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In Vogelsberg is mining documented for a few hundred years, as in 1489 forging at low-Ohmen . However, this only had regional significance. Initially iron and later, to a lesser extent, other mineral resources such as B. Bauxite mined. Found remains of slag testify to the smelting of the ore obtained by means of racing furnaces in ancient, undocumented times. Vogelsberg iron ores are usually surrounded by iron-containing clays and were extracted in open-cast mining or consisted of so-called lump ore, which was mined in tunnels . The ore mining ended in the 1960s. About 40 iron stone pits are known in the area of ​​the Vogelsberg. As a rule, these belonged to the mountain area of ​​Upper Hesse .

genesis

The Vogelsberg is an extinct volcano and therefore rich in basalt soils . Due to the deep weathering of the ferrous basalt in geological depressions, brown ironstone was able to separate out and accumulate in the form of cords and nests. Loamy layers often lie over a clay-like decomposition mass.

Ore mining

Surname District location Remarks Beginning The End image
Evening star Hunger location Brown iron stone; Opencast mining; Stollen; 1870 Consolidation of the Heckenwald , Mühlberg and Eisenkaute pits east of Hungen ; from 1915 prisoners of war in the pit; 1936 machine shaft with a depth of 40 m (2 levels, extraction until 1940); Total production: 923,640 t ore 1859 1957
Albert Nieder-Ohmen , Bernsfeld location Iron; 60 employees (1953); Open pit 1931 (before) 1954 (at least)
Antonie Solutions location Brown iron stone; Open pit
Atzenhain Atzenhain location Brown iron stone; Opencast mining; today's wood meadow pond 1827 (before) 1934
bear Bernsfeld iron 1870
builder Bernsfeld iron
Bernhard Races Iron; only guesswork
Bersrod Reiskirchen - Bersrod iron
Bornwiese Ruddingshausen iron
Clara Races Iron; only guesswork
Germany Weickartshain location Iron; Opencast mining; final end of 1943/44 1828 1940
Dorothea-Elisabeth Ilsdorf -Solms location iron
Ebertsteich Ilsdorf location iron
Oak wood Bernsfeld Iron; Tunnels and shafts; Operating times: 1863–1865, 1871–1875, 1880, 1888–1892 1862-09-23 1892
iron Merlau location iron 1936 1961
Eisenberg Grebenhain Iron; Tunnels and shafts
Iron hope Lumda iron
Iron chews Hunger Brown iron stone; east of Hungen; 1870 to Abendstern 1870 (before)
Iron chews Freiensee location Brown iron stone; Opencast mining; Shaft with a depth of 40 m; 500 m east of Schöne Aussicht ; Funding from January 17, 1938 1934 1940 (after)
Iron chews Bernsfeld location Iron, opencast mining
Iron pants Lich location Iron, bauxite; Open pit 1990
Elisenburg Hunger Brown iron stone; in the Feldheimer Wald south of the city of Hungen; 1872 Consolidation with the fields Wilhelm and Landwehr to United Wilhelm 1872 (before) 1964-03-15
Emil Solutions location Iron; Open pit
Emma Bernsfeld iron
Ernestine (old) Low ohms iron 1890 1904
Ernestine (new) Low ohms iron 1966
Ferdinand Bernsfeld location Iron, bauxite; Speculation in the 1860s; 186 *
salary Solutions location iron
Hanna Races Iron; Operating times: 1884, 1900–1902 1874 1902
pike Bernsfeld iron
Hedge forest Hunger Brown iron stone; east of Hungen; 1870 to Abendstern 1870 (before)
Hedwig Low ohms Iron; Operating times: 1872–1876. 1883-1885 1872 1885
Heidstruth Lardenbach location Iron; Pingenfeld
hope Stockhausen location Iron; Open pit 1888 1932
Ilsdorf Ilsdorf location Iron; Open pit
Jacob's beet Merlau iron 1966
Laura Bernsfeld iron 1868
Hedge forest Hunger Brown iron stone; east of Hungen; 1870 to Abendstern ; 1906 machine shaft with a depth of 25 m 1870 (before)
In the light forest Bernsfeld bauxite 1900
Landwehr Hunger Brown iron stone; in the Feldheimer Wald south of the city of Hungen; 1872 Consolidation with the fields Elisenburg and Wilhelm to United Wilhelm 1872 (before) 1964-03-15
Louise Low ohms Iron; Consolidation from 25 mine fields; Total production 3,760,967 t of pure ore; up to 600 staff members (1930s); owned over 250 other mine fields 1889-03-13 1966-04-30
Ludwig's blessing mosquito location Brown iron stone
Luse Large oaks location Iron; Open pit
Maria Solutions location iron
Maximus Lardenbach location Brown iron stone; 1906 exploration work; Opencast mining; Tunnel construction 1906 1942-06
mosquito Ilsdorf location Iron; Open pit
Muhlberg Hunger Brown iron stone; east of Hungen; 1870 to Abendstern ; 1906 machine shaft with a depth of 50 m 1870 (before)
New green hope Freiensee location Iron; in operation 1909–1923 1898-11-30 (before) 1923
Otto-Elisabeth Atzenhain location iron
Red moat Weickartshain Iron; Digging pit
Rüddingshausen III Ruddingshausen iron
Beautiful view Freiensee location Brown iron stone; Tunnel construction 1934 1939
Sophie Solutions location Iron; Open pit
Very much Bernsfeld iron
Rod rod Rod rod iron
Stockhausen Stockhausen location Iron; Open pit
Piece field Bernsfeld bauxite 195 *
chair Bussfeld Iron?
Toni Low ohms location Iron; Total output 50 t; Shafts and tunnels; old man was found 1872 1914
United Wilhelm Hunger location Brown iron stone; Opencast mining, conveyor tunnels; east of evening star ; in the Feldheimer Wald south of the city of Hungen; 1872 consolidation of the fields Wilhelm , Elisenburg and Landwehr ; last 55 company members; Total production: 1,059,331 t ore 1872 1964-03-15
volcano Bleidenrod Iron, bauxite
Waterworks Bernsfeld Iron?
Weickartshain Weickartshain location Iron; Opencast mining; Lump ore mining using tunnels and shafts 1908 1920
Wilhelm Hunger Brown iron stone; in the Feldheimer Wald south of the city of Hungen; 1872 Consolidation with the fields Elisenburg and Landwehr to United Wilhelm 1872 (before) 1964-03-15
Wühlacker Weickartshain Iron; Digging pit
? Bernsfeld bauxite 1921
? Meiches Silver (experimental shaft) 1741 1741

Lignite mining

At Nieder-Ohmen there are deposits of lignite in addition to ferrous deposits in the earth's strata. On the border of the Vogelsberg towards the Wetterau there are several flooded opencast mining lakes of the former Friedrich lignite mine . Flooded lignite opencast mines further to the west are already in the Wetterau (e.g. the Wölfersheimer See near Wölfersheim ).

Surname District location Remarks Beginning The End image
Barth Low ohms Brown coal; Conjecture 1874-04-10
Friedrich Trais-Horloff location Brown coal; flooded opencast mines 1875 1950 Trais-Horloffer See from the north.jpg

See also

literature

  • G. Greim: The minerals of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Roth, Gießen 1894. (Reprint: Berger, Bad Vilbel 1994, ISBN 3-926854-04-9 .)
  • C. Köbrich: The mining of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Darmstadt 1914, DNB 362508437 .
  • C. Köbrich: Place names in the Alsfeld district that indicate usable mineral resources. In: Heimatblätter for the Alsfeld district. Alsfeld 1933.
  • E. Schönhals: Iron extraction in the Vogelsberg in past centuries. In: Heimatblätter for the Alsfeld district. Alsfeld 1933.

swell

  1. ^ Mining in the Vogelsberg . ( Mining in Vogelsberg [accessed on September 11, 2017]).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Brauneisenstein mining . ( Brauneisenstein-Bergbau [accessed September 11, 2017]).
  3. ^ A b c d Rolf Georg, Rainer Haus, Karsten Porezag: Iron ore mining in Hesse. Historical photo documents with explanations. 1870-1983 . Friends of the Fortuna visitor mine , Wetzlar 1985, ISBN 3-925619-00-3 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Grube Abendstern on www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y H. Kosog: The ore mining in the area of ​​the former court of Nieder-Ohmen .
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Erzweg Süd . ( Erzweg Süd [accessed on September 11, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Grube Antonie on www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  8. ↑ Atzenhain mine at www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  9. ↑ a b c Gustav Einecke: The iron ore mining and the ironworks on the Lahn, Dill and the neighboring districts - a representation of their economic development and current situation . Ed .: Communications from the Society for Economic Education. Fischer, Jena 1907 ( deutschefotothek.de ).
  10. ↑ Iron chews
  11. ↑ Grube Deutschland on www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  12. ↑ a b Ilsdorf mine at www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  13. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Erzweg Nord . ( Brochure Erzweg Nord [PDF; accessed on September 12, 2017]).
  14. ↑ Eisenkaute mine at www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  15. ↑ Pit Iron Pants in the Mineral Atlas
  16. ↑ a b c d Grubenfeld United Wilhelm on www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  17. ^ Stockhausen in the Mineralienatlas . ( Stockhausen in the Mineralienatlas [accessed on September 11, 2017]).
  18. ↑ Ludwigssegen mine at www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  19. ↑ Grube Maximus at www.industriekultur-mittelhessen.de
  20. ↑ C. Chelius: Geological guide through the Vogelsberg . Emil Roth, Giessen 1904, p. 16-17 .
  21. ↑ Mineral Atlas