Oberbergamt Halle

The Oberbergamt Halle was a Prussian authority for the administration of mines, smelters and salt works. It was dissolved in 1946. The subsequent mining office in Halle became part of the State Office for Geology and Mining of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in 2001 .

history

Seal mark

In 1777 King Friedrich II commissioned Friedrich Anton von Heynitz to manage the entire Prussian mining administration. The minister of the mining and smelting department arranged for the mining of Prussia to be divided into four main mining districts, following the British model:

1. the Kurmark , Neumark , East and West Prussia ,
2. Magdeburg , Halberstadt , Hohenstein and the county of Mansfeld ,
3. Silesia and the County of Glatz ,
4. the Westphalian provinces .

On December 7th, 1777 the Magdeburg-Halberstädtische Oberbergamt was formed in Rothenburg an der Saale , which was responsible for Magdeburg, Halberstadt, Hohenstein and the county of Mansfeld.

These four main mining districts were converted in 1815/1816 into the districts of the Berlin Oberbergamt, Halle Oberbergamt, Breslau Oberbergamt and Dortmund Oberbergamt . Later, the Bonn Oberbergamt was also created for the Rhine Province .

In 1946 the Oberbergamt was dissolved. The subordinate mining offices were renamed Technical Mining Inspections and placed directly under the Central Mining Inspection .

Service building

Building August-Bebel-Strasse 13 in Halle

A new service building for the Oberbergamt Halle was built in 1882–1884 according to plans by the architect and Prussian construction officer Albert Kiss on the property at Friedrichstrasse 13 (today August-Bebel-Strasse 13). The historic clinker brick building is a representative castle-like three-wing complex based on the models of the Italian Renaissance and is a listed building .

Miners

Head of the Oberbergamt (with the title Berghaupmann ) were:

• Hans Otto Philipp Martins (1836–1850)
• Gustav Brassert (1851-1857)
• Hermann von der Heyden-Rynsch (1884–1896)
• Gustav von Velsen (1896–1900)
• Max Fürst (1900–1907)
• Karl Hatzfeld (1945–1946)

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Halle (Saale) / northern city center

Archival sources

• Files of the Oberbergamt Halle and its predecessor and successor authorities in the State Archives Saxony-Anhalt, Wernigerode location ( researchable online ); Special printed inventory for the period 1763–1865: Jens Heckl ( arr .): The Prussian mountain, smelter and salt works administration 1763-1865 . The holdings of the Oberbergamt Halle in the state archive of Saxony-Anhalt, 4 volumes, Magdeburg 2001

literature

• Mining Administration in Transition - Karl Hatzfeld (1876–1961) ( online )
• Hermann von der Heyden-Rynsch u. a .: The royal mining authority in Halle / Saale. In: Die Stadt Halle / aS in the year 1891. P. 350 ff. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Oberbergamt Halle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 21.5 ″  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 10.9 ″  E