Rheinhauser mining collection

The Rheinhauser Bergbausammlung is a collection and a registered association in Duisburg - Rheinhausen . It is part of the route of industrial culture .

The association runs its mining museum in the former day care center "Auf dem Berg" in Rheinhausen- Bergheim opposite the Bergheim water tower .

history

After the closure of the last mine in Rheinhausen ( Diergardt 1967 and Mevissen 1973) private collectors and former miners came together and, with the support of the sponsor Götzen, created a collection of around 500 exhibits.

Joachim Schulze opened the mining collection in the atrium of the former Diergardt colliery on June 29, 1983.

In 1993, a large part of the collection and the entire archive were destroyed in a fire in the Götzen company's administration building. In 1994 a revised collection was reopened. In 1998, Joachim Schulze, the driving force behind the collection, was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his more than 30 years of activities in support of charitable organizations and the collection and maintenance of mining history .

In 1998 the Götzen company went bankrupt , the collection housed there had to move to the premises of the Lower Rhine Caritas workshops, which were located on the former coal storage area of the Diergardt colliery. To further safeguard the collection, the association "Rheinhauser Mining Collection - Association for the History of Mining in the Duisburg Area" was founded. It has been recognized as a non-profit organization since 1999.

In 2004 Caritas registered its own needs for the premises, the collection had to move again.

The move will be completed in August 2007, and the collection has been on display at its current location ever since.

collection

1000 exhibits can be seen in the permanent exhibition, including tools, lights, functional models such as the headframe of the Diergardt I / II colliery on a scale of 1:30, signaling devices , minerals , documents, historical photos and plans as well as personal memorabilia and an extensive library the mining industry . The collection is open on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and every first Sunday of the month from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., admission and a guided tour are free.

literature

Contemporary witness exchange Duisburg: Duisburg mines in historical photographs , Sutton Verlag Erfurt, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95400-747-9

Web links

Commons : Rheinhauser Bergbausammlung - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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