Colliery Flörchen

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Colliery Flörchen
General information about the mine
other names Flörken colliery
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1802
End of operation 1804
Successor use Colliery Flor & Flörchen
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 23 '56.5 "  N , 7 ° 4' 31.6"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '56.5 "  N , 7 ° 4' 31.6"  E
Flörchen colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Colliery Flörchen
Location Flörchen colliery
Location Heisingen
local community eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) eat
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Flörchen colliery was a hard coal mine in Essen - Heisingen . The mine was also known as the Zeche Flörken . It was located in the immediate vicinity of the road from Schellenberg to Baldeney. Today the reservoir arch is located in this area.

Mining history

On April 25, 1793, the Abbot von Werden also awarded the Flörchen side bank, which had been discovered at the same time as the concession to reopen the Flor colliery. The mine had been in operation since at least 1802. From 1804 it is no longer mentioned in the documents, it was probably shut down. On June 10 and July 3, 1844, was carried out ceremony of Berechtsame . In 1854, together with the Zeche Flor , the company was consolidated into the Zeche Flor & Flörchen .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c 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 .
  2. Walter Buschmann : Collieries and coking plants in the Rhenish coal mining industry, Aachen district and western Ruhr area. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-7861-1963-5
  3. Horst Detering: From evening light to dwarf mother. 400 years of mining in Heisingen, 1st edition, Klartext Verlag, Essen 1998, ISBN 3-88474-739-8 .

Remarks

  1. A seam that is lent in addition to the main seam, which is usually less thick than the actual seam, is called a side bank or stripe . (Source: Joachim Huske: The coal mines in the Ruhr area. )