Opencast mining future

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Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Expansion: 2300  ha
geographer. Location: 50 ° 51 '18 "  N , 6 ° 16' 27"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '18 "  N , 6 ° 16' 27"  E
Approved extension: ? Ha
Coal content: 530 million  tons
Annual amount of spoil: ? Million  t
Annual coal production: ? Million  t
Coal-overburden ratio: 3.5: 1 (?)
Approved operating time: 1910 to 1987
Resettled people: approx. 2,925
Residual hole: Replenishment to the Blausteinsee

The open pit future was an open pit of Rheinbraun AG for the production of brown coal between Eschweiler and Aldenhoven in the Rhenish lignite mining area .

Miners and backhoes in the Zukunft opencast mine, 1912

history

Beginnings

1910 saw the start of lignite mining in the Eschweiler area by BIAG Zukunft . The future opencast mine between Eschweiler and Hehlrath took place on November 4, 1935, with a bucket wheel excavator being used for the first time in the western mine area and on February 21, 1938 at the start of lignite mining there. In November 1939 the road between Eschweiler and Hehlrath and the tram route Eschweiler – Hehlrath – Alsdorf were relocated. Because of the fighting during the Second World War , the Zukunft opencast mine came to a standstill in October 1944. The coal stick caught fire and burned until August 1945. Furthermore, the operating facilities were largely destroyed.

After 1945

Rhenish lignite district

On February 1, 1946, BIAG Zukunft resumed funding. From 1971 to 1973, the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn collected and registered archaeological finds on the Aldenhovener Platte at Rittergut Hausen . The manor was demolished on May 14, 1976 and partially rebuilt on fire .

In November 1973, the recultivation of the opencast mine on the western edge had progressed to the Kinzweiler Castle . On the other hand, the Catholic church in Fronhoven , built in 1904 as a branch church of the Lohn parish , was demolished in the eastern part in April 1974 . In 1984 the 12 residents of Fronhoven-Ost were resettled.

The depression created by the landslide in 1983 with a rebuilt works road

On November 10, 1983, a landslide occurred at the edge of the opencast mine in the Dürwiß recreational area , in which around two hectares of land, hiking trails, the mini golf course and 200 meters of works road slipped into the opencast mine.

End of lignite mining

Blausteinsee

The end of lignite mining in the Eschweiler area took place on September 3, 1987, after the Zukunft-West opencast mine had produced a total of 530 million tons of lignite. On January 26, 1983, when the end of the opencast mine was already foreseeable, Aldenhoven, Alsdorf, Eschweiler and Würselen founded the sponsoring company for the Blausteinsee , which arose from the remaining open pit .

Resettled localities

Resettlement sites people Dismantling year
Boring 369 1972
Laurenzberg 363 1972
Langendorf 250 1977
Velau near Hehlrath 217 1953
Fronhoven-West 162 1979
Upper pain 107 1972
Turk 105 1965
Good house 21st 1976
Warden East 20th 1966
Fronhoven East 12 1984

See also

literature

  • Materials for primary school: The Rheinische Braunkohlenrevier - K. Chavet, M. Chavet, A. Müller, H. Rademacher, Rheinbraun 1988, ISBN 3-926732-02-4

Web links

Commons : Opencast mining future  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data & facts from Blausteinsee GmbH