Moss cap
A moss cap is a traditional mining headgear . It protected the miner from small rock falls and bumping into the roof during his work .
Manufacturing
Moss caps were made from a hard green felt , but there are also said to have been "crocheted" designs. They have a cylindrical, conical or dome-shaped shape.
distribution
The moss cap was used in the Harz and Barsinghausen mountain areas. For example, it has been depicted on steel engravings by Wilhelm Ripe since around 1850 .
In 1824 Heinrich Heine drove the Clausthal mines Karolina and Dorothea . He wrote about this journey:
"These (miners) wear dark, usually steel-blue, wide jackets that hang down over their stomachs, trousers of a similar color, an apron tied at the back and small green felt hats, completely frameless like a trimmed cone."
literature
- Wilfried Ließmann : Historical mining in the Harz . a short guide. 2nd Edition. Springer, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-540-62930-0 .
- Eckard Steigerwald (editor): Barsinghausen: Under Klöppel, Schlegel and Eisen . Ed .: City of Barsinghausen. 1st edition. Phillip August Weinaug, 1994, DNB 942733088 .
- Horst Krenzel: Memories of the hard coal mining in the Deister Mountains . 3. Edition. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-195-5 .
- Margret Rettich : The book from the mine . 1st edition. Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-7891-4604-8 .
- Wolfgang Borges: Faces in the pit light . 1st edition. August Lax, Hildesheim 1982, ISBN 3-7848-5002-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Heine: The Harz journey . Cape. 4 ( archive.org ).