Germany colliery

Germany colliery
	General information about the mine
	Perforated stone from the Stöcker and Stock & Scherenberger main mines
Funding / year	Max. 386,404 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	up to 1276
Start of operation	1871
End of operation	1925
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 22 '20 " N , 7 ° 14' 37" E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '20 " N , 7 ° 14' 37" E
	Location colliery Germany
Location	Sprockhövel
local community	Sprockhövel
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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Consolidation of the Hasslinghauser collieries to form Zeche Deutschland

Kuxschein from the Germany mine dated February 9, 1903

The Germany colliery is a former hard coal mine in Sprockhövel- Hasslinghausen-Hiddinghausen. The colliery arose from the union of several previously independent mines. The Germany colliery was one of the founding members of the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Kohlen-Syndikat .

history

The beginnings

In 1871, consolidated the tunnel mines coal mine Leveringsbank , mine Sybille , colliery rabbit , colliery Nightingale & Neuglück , mine Kranich & Hasenberg and the mine roof & Grevelsloch to put together in civil engineering under the cleats soles of each Berechtsamen with the aid of dirt bankers Erbstollens coal develop and dismantle . With the merger to form Zeche Deutschland, all the mines in the Haßlinghausen area have now been combined. The new civil engineering was laid out and aligned in the period from 1872 to 1876 . The seigere shaft Rudolph was from the Erbstollensohle deeper the dirt bankers Erbstollens geteuft . The first underground level was set at a depth of 214 meters (+ 8 m above sea level ) . In the further course of the sinking work, the 2nd underground level was set at a depth of 310 meters (- 88 m above sea level) and the 3rd underground level at a depth of 390 meters (- 168 m above sea level). In 1877, mining began in civil engineering. The most important shafts at that time were Harkort, Rudolph and Regina. The shaft Harkort had been taken over by the colliery rabbits and was banker to the dirt Erbstollensohle 196 meters tonnlägig and then 173 meters cowardly. Shaft Regina was a barrel length shaft, the maximum construction height was 160 meters seiger. Before 1883, the disused mine at Frischer Morgen was taken over. From 1885 a coking plant was put into operation.

Expansion of the mine

After civil engineering began, coal and iron stone were mined in addition to hard coal . The mined ore was delivered to the Haßlinger Hütte and processed there. In 1886 operations in the United Nachtigall & Neuglück field were discontinued. In 1889 the legitimate Leveringsbank, United Rabbits and United Nightingale & New Luck were taken over. In addition, there were the remaining beneficiaries of Kranich & Hasenberg, Sybilla and Dachs & Grevelsloch. The following year, the two Längenfelder Charlotte & Henriette and The Capture of Paris were acquired. In 1891, the sinking work for a new underground construction shaft began. It was named after the mine owner Julius Ulenberg in the Ulenberg shaft. The shaft was 200 meters west of manhole Harkort set . On April 14th of the same year the Längenfeld Frischer Morgen was acquired. In 1892, alignment work was carried out in the Harkort shaft at the level of the Dreckbänker Erbstollen Sole. In the same year, the first level was set in the Ulenberg shaft at a depth of 162 meters. In 1893, that was in the shaft Harkort promotion set. However, the shaft was still used for the cable car. On January 16 of the same year, mining began in the Ulenberg shaft. The shaft was sunk deeper in parallel with the production operation. In the same year, the quarter field Julius was awarded . The Harkort shaft was filled in the following year . At that time, the mine had six shafts in operation, two of which were used for ventilation . In addition, the second level was set in the Ulenberg shaft at a depth of 338 meters this year. The shaft reached a final depth of 350 meters, making it the second deepest shaft in the mine. The mine was drained from this shaft . For this purpose, the pit water was pumped up to the Dreckbänker Erbstollen and drained from there. The shaft also received a rail connection.

In 1895, the sinking work for the Lustig weather shaft began. The shaft was sunk as a ton-length shaft in the Lustig seam up to the bottom of the Dreckbänker Erbstollen. In 1896 the 4th underground level was set in the Rudolph shaft at a depth of 490 meters (- 268 m above sea level). In the following year, mining in the Rudolph mine was stopped. At the beginning of 1898 a section of the mine collapsed and some of the workforce was laid off. In the same year the Kuxen majority of the dog union was acquired. In 1899, the Rudolph shaft, which had since been closed, was re-occupied and built for the eastern field. In 1900 it became more and more apparent that the mine field of the Zeche Deutschland only had small deposits. For this reason, the mines' trades tried to merge with the neighboring Stock & Scherenberg mine.

Further mergers and operations

In 1902 the Germany colliery was consolidated with the other large colliery in Obersprockhövel , the Stock & Scherenberg colliery . This merger resulted in greater advantages for the mine, which is now consolidated under the name Zeche Deutschland. The remaining deposits of the old Germany colliery were mainly above the underground level and were developed. The underground level was deeper than the deepest level in the Stock & Scherenberg field. This resulted in a more favorable exposure of the as yet undeveloped deeper reserves in the Stock & Scherenberg field. A total of three building plots were available, Ulenberg, Beust and Hövel. The shaft extraction concentrated on the shafts Beust, Ulenberg and Hövel. In 1903 a drainage shaft was sunk. The shaft was set up next to the Ulenberg shaft. In the same year, the Beust shaft began to be enlarged in cross section . Beust shaft was also provided with a railway connection. For this purpose, the shaft was broken open from the first level up to several days . After this reconstruction work, the shaft was supposed to be used for the promotion of backfill mountains . In addition, the Rudolph shaft was used as a conveyor and cable car shaft. In 1904 the Ulenberg shaft was penetrated with the first level . The shaft then went into production. Iron stone mining was stopped at the Beust shaft. In the same year, the old substation structures were swamped below the Dreckbänker Erbstollen .

In 1905 a pit fan was installed at the Rudolph shaft . In addition, production in the Hövel shaft was discontinued this year. On July 1 of the same year, a ten-year lease was signed with the United Neu-Herzkamp colliery . On the basis of this contract, the Heinrich and Hövel pits were transferred to the United Neu-Herzkamp colliery. In addition, this year a cut was made from the 338 meter Ulenberg sole to the Beust sole, which was 80 meters above the Ulenberg sole. From this year mining locomotives with petrol engines were used underground for transporting the route . A new coking plant with 60 coke ovens was put into operation at the Ulenberg shaft. In 1906 the shaft was sunk deeper and reached the second level at a depth of 291 meters (-69 m above sea level). It was also penetrated with the first level of the Ulenberg shaft. In the following year, the third level was set in the Beust shaft at a depth of 390 meters (- 168 m above sea level). In the years 1909 and 1910, nine shafts were now in operation. On April 1, 1910, a briquette factory was put into operation. The briquette factory was set up on the Schacht Beust site. On July 1, 1911, the lease contract with the United Neu-Herzkamp colliery was terminated prematurely and the Hövel shaft and the associated mine field were taken back. In the same year the shaft was finally closed. In the following year, six shafts were still in operation. In 1912 the Germany colliery was taken over by the United Constantin the Great .

The last few years

In 1913, a coal washing plant was put into operation and the shaft sunk deeper again. The shaft named after Ernst August Graf von Beust , President of the Mining Authority , reached its final depth of 495 meters this year. On October 1st, 1914, a coking plant was put into operation on the site of the former Haßlinger Hütte. The coking plant was shut down again in the same year. In 1915 the 4th level was set in the Beust shaft at a depth of 493 meters (- 271 m above sea level). In 1923 five shafts were still in operation. On September 5, 1924, the Ulenberg shaft was shut down. In the meantime, the global economic crisis and the associated colliery death also had an impact on the Germany mine. On January 27, 1925, the Germany mine was shut down. The daytime facilities were largely demolished.

Promotion and workforce

The first production figures come from the year 1877, in that year 3780 tons of hard coal were produced . The first known workforce figures come from the year 1880, at that time 33 miners were employed at the mine who produced 3591 tons of hard coal. In 1885, 43 employees mined 5,104 tons of hard coal. In 1890, the production was 21,133 tons of hard coal, the workforce was 128 employees. In 1895 there were 302 employees on the mine, the production amounted to 58,892 tons of hard coal. In 1900 126,529 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 376 employees. In 1902 around 280,000 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1905 there were 1044 employees on the mine, the production amounted to 251,723 tons of hard coal. In 1910, 310,422 tons of hard coal were extracted and the workforce was 1178. The highest production of the mine was achieved in 1913. With 1276 employees, 386,404 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1915, 257,744 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 820 employees. In 1920 around 170,000 tons of hard coal were mined with 940 employees. In 1924 there were still 800 employees on the mine, 139,253 tons of hard coal were extracted. These are the last known sponsorship and workforce figures.

Current condition

Only a few buildings of the colliery's daytime facilities have survived. The hoisting machine house from the Harkort shaft has been preserved. The building is used by the Krauthausen company as an administration building. Buildings from the daytime facilities have also been preserved from the Beust shaft. The shaft house is still largely preserved. Two other buildings have been modernized. The modernized houses are used as residential buildings. The buildings are located in Haßlinghausen on the street Zum Sackschacht. All buildings are part of the Germany Way . In addition, the mansion of the operations director of the Zeche Deutschland, built in 1911, has been preserved. The house is located at Wittener Straße 108.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning to 2005 (= publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum 144) 3rd revised and expanded edition. Self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Publishing house Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
^ ^A ^b ^c Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Förderverein Bergbauhistorischer Ststätten Ruhrrevier eV, Sprockhövel Working Group (ed.): The trace of coal - Route 1 . The Deutschland-Weg hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and a hiking map. Sprockhövel 1997.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kurt Pfläging: The cradle of Ruhr coal mining. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, 4th edition, Essen 1987, ISBN 3-7739-0490-8 .

Maps

The trace of coal, published by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Sprockhövel 1996
- Germany mining trail
- Herzkämper-Mulde-Weg
Topographic map number 4609 Hattingen scale 1: 25,000, published by the State Surveying Office of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1999

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Deutschland (accessed on March 28, 2013)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on March 28, 2013)
Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on March 28, 2013)
Early mining on the Ruhr: machine house of the Beust shaft (accessed on March 28, 2013)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Nacelle from Schacht Harkort (accessed on March 28, 2013)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning to 2005 (= publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum 144) 3rd revised and expanded edition. Self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 .

[Quelle_2-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition. Publishing house Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor Hans Köster, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .

[Quelle_3-3] A ^b ^c Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957

[ahws-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Förderverein Bergbauhistorischer Ststätten Ruhrrevier eV, Sprockhövel Working Group (ed.): The trace of coal - Route 1 . The Deutschland-Weg hiking trail through the history of early mining with directions and a hiking map. Sprockhövel 1997.

[Quelle_4-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kurt Pfläging: The cradle of Ruhr coal mining. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, 4th edition, Essen 1987, ISBN 3-7739-0490-8 .