Munster Kohlberg

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The Münsterkohlberg was the southwestern part of the Inderevier in the Aachen coal mining area . It was essentially in what is now the Stolberg district of Münsterbusch . Both locations owe their name to the long membership of the Kornelimünster Imperial Abbey .

Hard coal was mined here in Pingen as early as 1500 . The brothers Gerlach and Wilhelm Beck received a concession for commercial coal mining in 1591 . Zander Morenou obtained the mining rights in 1608, before production was temporarily stopped around 1650. In 1780 a new concession was granted to Baron Rudolf Konstanz Geyr von Schweppenburg . In 1793 Johann Joseph de Berghes and Thomas D. Ehlers leased the mine .

In 1830 John James Cockerill acquired the mining rights in association with the Siegwart brothers and operated the so-called Grube James until 1891 .

literature

  • Anton Kohlhaas: History of hard coal mining in today's urban area of ​​Stolberg (Rhld.). Contributions to the history of Stolberg and local history, Vol. 12, Stolberg 1965.

Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 7 ″  N , 6 ° 12 ′ 50 ″  E