Zollverein III colony

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Schlägel & Eisen, namesake for the streets
Glance into Schlägelstrasse
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The Zollverein III colony (Schlägel & Eisen) is the youngest of the three colliery colonies in the Katernberg district of Essen . The other two are Hegemannshof and Ottekampshof .

history

The colony began in 1880 at the same time as the eponymous shaft III of the Zollverein colliery . From here, the workers and officials could easily reach this shaft as well as shafts 1/2. It was on the border between the former farmers of Katernberg and Schonnebeck on two newly laid roads; the Schlägelstrasse and the Eisenstrasse. These are named after the miner's tools, mallets and irons , and are also used as a synonym for the settlement name.

Workers 'and officials' houses were strictly separated; eight workers 'houses were initially built on Schlägelstrasse, and four officials' houses on the slightly elevated Ückendorfer Strasse. The background was the deliberate control of order even after the end of working hours:

"To maintain order in the colonies, special supervisors are employed who also have to ensure that the provisions on house rules contained in the rental contracts are followed."

- Robert Hundt, "Miners' Apartments in the Ruhr Area", 1902

For the first time, the workers' apartments were not designed according to the typical cross-shaped floor plan used in the other colonies. Four families were still housed under one roof, but two of the apartments had entrances from the front and the two outer ones continued to have entrances from the gable end. All apartments each had two rooms on the ground floor and first floor and a fifth in the attic of the extension on the courtyard side. This annex for keeping small animals and lavatories was now connected directly to the house and not, as usual, further back in the kitchen garden, which led to unpleasant smells. Another disadvantage of the new layout was that the living spaces were of different sizes, as some space for corridors was wasted, which led to complaints from tenants. The first eight houses on Eisenstrasse were built according to the same floor plan, but after 1901 the other houses were built according to the tried and tested cross floor plan with farm buildings further away. A more varied facade design with partial plastering was used.

The officials 'houses on Ückendorfer Straße were built in brick like the workers' houses, but had a larger floor area, more comfort and a more elaborate facade design with lenses and various cornices. In addition, around the turn of the century two-story houses were built again, this time with more elaborate roofs and small turrets, also for officials from the Zollverein colliery.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quoted from the city of Essen's list of monuments

Web links

Commons : Kolonie Zollverein III  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '24.8 "  N , 7 ° 3' 27.6"  E