Hohenlohe-Fanny coal mine

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The Hohenlohe-Fanny coal mine was a coal mine operated from 1814 to 1936 on the border between Siemianowice Śląskie and Katowice , Poland.

The family of the princes of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, who were also dukes of Ujest (Groß Strehlitz district) from 1861 , belonged to the circle of aristocrats who were involved in the industrial development of Silesia. Initially more active in the field of iron smelting (in 1828 largest Upper Silesian iron producer with a share of 28% of total production), the focus shifted to zinc production. As a result, the charcoal from our own forests was no longer sufficient for smelting and had to be broadened by acquiring hard coal mines. This development was accelerated when Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen took over the helm in 1849 . With the establishment or takeover of the Hohenlohe-Steinkohlengrube , Chassée-Fanny , Maxgrube , Oheim , Hoym-Laura and Georg mines , Hohenlohe-Werke AG became the largest private producer of hard coal in Upper Silesia in 1913. This stock corporation was created on January 1, 1905 from the private property of Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen's successor, Christian-Kraft . As part of the division of Upper Silesia, it was split into a German part, the "Oehringen Bergbau AG" based in Gleiwitz / Gliwice and a Polish part, the "Hohenlohewerke AG" based in Katowice.

history

Consolidated Hohenlohe coal mine

The colliery created in 1869 by consolidating the individual fields “Caroline”, “Marie”, “Hohenlohe”, “Hut”, Alfred and August with an area of 4.80 km² initially built the saddle seams “Fanny-Glück” and “Caroline” with one Overall thickness from 13-14 m, in the "Caroline" field since 1787.

In 1912 the mine had three production shafts, "Fürstin Pauline" (82 m; location ), "Fürst Hugo" (192 m; location ) and Alfred (180 m; location ). Both on the northern and on the southern wing of the saddle it had four retracting weather shafts, while the above-mentioned extraction shafts were extending. Because Hugo had no siding, the coal was only lifted up to the first level and then transported to Pauline.

In 1912 it was assumed that the coal reserves of the mine would be exhausted by 1920; Nevertheless, in 1923, 13 years before the final closure, the merger with Chassée-Fanny zu Hohenlohe-Fanny took place.

Chassée-Fanny

Both mines, Chassée with 0.37 km² and Fanny with 0.34 km², were small mines whose history began independently of each other. Fanny - like the Maxgrube later - was muted by Mr. von Rheinbaben in 1809 and put into operation in 1814. It was not until 50 years later that the same owner assumed the Chassée field and only started mining there in 1870.

Like the Maxgrube, both mines were transferred from the heirs of Rheinbaben to Prince Hugo von Hohenlohe-Oehringen in 1892.

As early as 1890 the saddle seams of the very small mine field had already been excavated, in 1903 also seam IV. Since in 1893 the extraction of the Fanny shaft (230 m depth in 1912; location ) had ceased due to the penetration of fire gases and the inclination due to rock pressure this only via Alma, who was also the moving weather shaft.

In 1912 the mine had three extending weather shafts, of which the Max and Theresia shafts had depths of 100 and 120 meters, respectively.

In 1923 it merged with the Hohenlohe coal mine in Hohenlohe-Fanny .

Hohenlohe-Fanny

In 1923 the mine was formed as a merger of the Hohenlohe coal mine with Chassée-Fanny . The closure took place on April 4, 1936 as a result of the global economic crisis. Shortly before its closure, the mine was given the name Wełnowiec .

Funding figures

Hohenlohe pit 1873: 411,400 t; 1913: 149,197 tons

Chassée-Fanny 1873: 78,000 t; 1913: 52,055 tons

swell

  • Jerzy Jaros: Słownik historyczny kopalń węgla na ziemiach polskich . Śląski Instytut Naukowy, Katowice 1984, ISBN 83-00-00648-6 .
  • Yearbook for the Upper Mining District Wroclaw . Phönix-Verlag, Kattowitz / Breslau / Berlin 1913, digitized version at http://www.dbc.wroc.pl/dlibra/publication?id=3349&tab=3 (last accessed on May 5, 2015).
  • Kurt König: The coal mining in Upper Silesia from 1945–1955. Scientific contributions to the history and regional studies of Eastern Central Europe. Published by the Johann Gottfried Herder Institute. Marburg 1958.
  • Klemens Skibicki: Industry in the Upper Silesian Principality of Pless in the 18th and 19th centuries. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 978-3515080361 .

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