District Officer

A Revierbeamter , also known as a Bergrevierbeamter or a royal Revierbeamter , was a mining official who either formed the first instance of the mining authority or did not. The division as the lowest instance depended on the one hand on the time at which the police officer was active. On the other hand, it was also decisive in which country the police officer was active.

Different classification in the hierarchy

Until the second half of the 18th century, the Revierbeamten in Prussia formed the lowest mining authority, so they were directly subordinate to the Oberbergamt. Towards the end of the 18th century, the mining authorities were introduced as a lower authority instead of the mining authorities, and the mining authorities were subordinate to these mining authorities. In 1861 the Competence Act came into force, which means that the district officials again formed the lowest level of authority. When the ABG came into force , this hierarchy of mining authorities was retained. This three-tier division of the mining authorities - minister as the highest instance, the upper mining authority as the middle instance and the district officer as the lowest instance - had proven itself well in Prussia, so it was incorporated into the ABG. It was different in Saxony. In Saxony-Meiningen, for example, the police officers were responsible for handling the mountain police and for exercising state rights. In the Kingdom of Saxony the Revierbeamte was an officer or supervisor at a Revieranstalt. The district official in Saxony did not form his own mining authority. In the course of the 20th century, the position of the district officer was completely abolished and the mining authority was reinstated in the place of the district officer.

Duties and powers

The duties and powers of the district officers were clearly regulated by instructions for royal district officers. So in 1824 an instruction was issued for the district officials, according to which they should punish the mine officials and miners in case of misconduct. In 1839 an instruction for the district officials was issued, in which the duties and powers of the district officials were regulated. In particular, the district officials were in charge of mining operations in the mines in their district. They were also responsible for the management of the mines under their control. It was clearly regulated in the instruction that all steers, shift supervisors and all other mine officials were subordinate to the district official and had to obey his instructions. In addition, the district officer also had to perform the mountain police duties. In particular, he had to investigate accidents at companies that were located in his area and were subject to mountain supervision, where there were seriously injured people or people killed in an accident. Based on the findings from these accidents, expert opinions were drawn up and measures to avoid future similar accidents were identified. The district official also had to perform mining court tasks. In addition, he had to perform the duties of the trade inspectorate in the companies for which he was responsible and regulations that also applied to the mining industry, such as: B. monitor youth protection , working time regulations and the employment of women.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Heinrich Veith: German mountain dictionary with evidence. Published by Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1871.
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Karl Heinz Bader, Karl Röttger, Manfred Prante: 250 years of coal mining in the Brandenburg region. A contribution to the history of mining, the mining administration and the city of Bochum. Study publisher Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1987, ISBN 3-88339-590-0 , pp. 82-86.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Instruction for the royal district officials of the coal district. Printed by GD Bädeler, Essen 1839, pp. 1–4.
^ R. Willecke, G. Turner: Grundriß des Bergrechts . 2nd revised and expanded edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, Berlin 1970, p. 17.
^ General mining law for the Prussian states. In force from October 1, 1865, published by RL Friderichs, Elberfeld 1865, pp. 36-37.
^ Jens Heckl, Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen (Ed.): Sources on mining in Westphalia. Digital Print Witten, Düsseldorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-932892-28-8 , pp. 32-35.
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Walter Gantenberg, Rolf Köhling, Wilhelm Spieker: Coal and steel determined their lives . Mining in the south of Wattenscheider, 1st edition, Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2000, ISBN 3-88474-281-7 , p. 28.
↑ Instructions in which cases and how the mine officials and miners are to be punished by the royal district officials. Printed by GD Bädeler, Essen 1824, pp. 2–8.

Remarks

↑ In this law, the competence of the senior mining offices was re-regulated and their responsibilities expanded. The mining offices were abolished again, and in their place came the district officials as the lowest level. In addition, the metallurgy was spun off from mining law with the Competence Act. (Source: R. Willecke, G. Turner: Grundriß des Bergrechts. )
↑ The first step in this direction was the Reichsberggesetz, which came into force in 1942. However, the three-tier structure of the Berghörde remained, except that the Mining Authority took the place of the district officer. (Source: Jens Heckl, Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen (Hrsg.): Sources on mining in Westphalia. )

[Quelle_1-1] Heinrich Veith: German mountain dictionary with evidence. Published by Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1871.

[Quelle_4-2] A ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Karl Heinz Bader, Karl Röttger, Manfred Prante: 250 years of coal mining in the Brandenburg region. A contribution to the history of mining, the mining administration and the city of Bochum. Study publisher Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1987, ISBN 3-88339-590-0 , pp. 82-86.

[Quelle_2-3] Instruction for the royal district officials of the coal district. Printed by GD Bädeler, Essen 1839, pp. 1–4.

[Quelle_3-4] R. Willecke, G. Turner: Grundriß des Bergrechts . 2nd revised and expanded edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, Berlin 1970, p. 17.

[Quelle_5-6] General mining law for the Prussian states. In force from October 1, 1865, published by RL Friderichs, Elberfeld 1865, pp. 36-37.

[Quelle_8-8] Jens Heckl, Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen (Ed.): Sources on mining in Westphalia. Digital Print Witten, Düsseldorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-932892-28-8 , pp. 32-35.

[Quelle_6-9] A ^b ^c ^d Walter Gantenberg, Rolf Köhling, Wilhelm Spieker: Coal and steel determined their lives . Mining in the south of Wattenscheider, 1st edition, Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2000, ISBN 3-88474-281-7 , p. 28.

[Quelle_7-10] Instructions in which cases and how the mine officials and miners are to be punished by the royal district officials. Printed by GD Bädeler, Essen 1824, pp. 2–8.

[Anm._Will.-5] In this law, the competence of the senior mining offices was re-regulated and their responsibilities expanded. The mining offices were abolished again, and in their place came the district officials as the lowest level. In addition, the metallurgy was spun off from mining law with the Competence Act. (Source: R. Willecke, G. Turner: Grundriß des Bergrechts. )

[Anm._Heckl.-7] The first step in this direction was the Reichsberggesetz, which came into force in 1942. However, the three-tier structure of the Berghörde remained, except that the Mining Authority took the place of the district officer. (Source: Jens Heckl, Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen (Hrsg.): Sources on mining in Westphalia. )