Friedrich the Great colliery
| Friedrich the Great colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1874 | ||
| End of operation | 1978 | ||
| Successor use | Industrial park, especially logistics | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 33 '40.4 " N , 7 ° 15' 11" E | ||
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| Location | Horsthausen | ||
| local community | Herne | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Herne | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The bill Frederick the Great , popularly beeping Fritz , was a coal - mine in Herne district Horsthausen (or Schacht III / IV in Börnig ). It last consisted of the shafts 1 & 2 and 3, 4 & 6, as well as the weather shaft 5.
history
In 1870, the sinking of shaft 1 began. Four years later, in this bay from the 2nd sole coal to 303 meters promoted . In the same year the railway connection to the train station in Herne was put into operation.
The first coal separation was operated from 1885 . The following year, a coking plant for coke production was built near Shaft 1 . The second shaft next to shaft 1 was sunk in 1890 . Three years later, in 1893, the fourth level was put into operation at 420 meters in shaft 2.
The port on the Dortmund-Ems branch canal was opened in 1895 and the coal washing and screening plant was rebuilt in 1899 .
In 1902, plant 3/4 was built when the sinking of shaft 3 began; shaft 4 was sunk in 1903. Shafts 3 (2nd level, 384 meters) and 4 (4th level, 407 meters) were put into operation in 1907.
A brick factory was built on site 3/4 in 1908 . Shaft 5 (5th level, 536 meters) was sunk in 1913 and put into operation in 1915. In the same year, a port was built for plant 3/4 on the branch canal of the Dortmund-Ems canal.
In 1918, a severe firedamp explosion occurred on facility 1/2, with a total of 26 deaths. From 1929 there is a central coking plant with 60 ovens on 3/4.
The operating parts 1–5 were combined in 1930 to form a uniform system. In 1938, the port 1/2 was closed and the canal section between the end at Bahnhofstrasse and the confluence of the Rhine-Herne Canal drained. This corresponds to the current route of the A 42 .
During the Second World War, 1944, 3/4 100 workers died when British bombs hit the wash houses . In 1953, for operational reasons, the entire facility was divided up into facilities 1/2/5 and 3/4.
From 1962 to 1965 sinking work was carried out in shaft 6 (1007 meters). At the same time, shaft 5 was rebuilt. In February 1967 the shaft was put into operation. Plant 1/2 was shut down on January 3 of the same year.
The colliery was incorporated into Ruhrkohle AG in 1969 and in 1972 a connection with the Mont Cenis colliery was established at a depth of 1000–1300 meters . From 1973 both mines form a single conveyor unit.
In 1974 the coking plant and four years later the entire Friedrich der Große - Mont Cenis colliery were shut down.
Frederick the Great Today (2007)
Appendix 1 & 2
Except for a few buildings, parts of the building and part of the surrounding wall, the premises were completely cleared. The shaft openings are closed with covers . Excess mine gas can escape through standpipes with Protego hoods . The mine was located directly on the branch canal , the end of a branch of the Dortmund-Ems canal at that time, and had a port there for the loading of coal. The operating parts north of the canal, the coking plant and tar utilization , were dismantled before the Second World War . The mine dump , which was supplied with trams via its own canal bridge , was removed in the course of the construction of the A42 motorway and the material used to fill the old canal bed to the motorway embankment. The coking plant site was released for residential development; after its completion, the coking plant residues were discovered as contaminated sites , which made cumbersome and expensive subsequent soil renovation necessary.
Use of the site: The site houses the tennis facilities of the sports community of the same name, various industrial companies, car and tile dealers, several service providers and a Turkish event hall. The rail connection of the site was dismantled in 2011 and released for residential development. The last user of the former track system after the mine was closed in 1967 was a pipe refining company ( pipeline pipes), but which left Herne in the 1970s.
Appendix 3, 4 & 6
All buildings and facilities on this site were cleared, then the spoil dump was spread across the site to the east of the colliery, raising the entire site 8 to 12 meters to the level of the bank and the old quay wall of the coal loading facility on the Rhine-Herne Canal . The steel strut frame of shaft 3 was dismantled during the demolition work, which dragged on until 1980, and then set up again at the Zollern colliery in Dortmund . There, this industrial monument already served as the backdrop for the television show “Immer wieder Sonntags” with Max Schautzer .
Use of the site: This is where large logistics companies (Dachser food logistics , UPS parcel service , Phönix Arzneimittelvertrieb) and a number of smaller industrial companies, tradespeople and service providers have settled, benefiting from the nearby motorway connection to the A42 . As far as can be seen, the area is fully in use. The quay wall is not used (only by anglers). The boats of the recreational skippers are moored in the former base . The siding was adapted to the elevation of the terrain, but is not used. Parts of this former railroad were converted into a pedestrian and cycle path in 2007.
Weather shaft 5
The area around the weather shaft 5, about 2 km west between the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Emscher , is used privately and is therefore inaccessible. No buildings can be seen from this shaft.
Coordinates
- Well 1: 51 ° 33 '11.17 " N , 7 ° 13" 38.9 " E
- Bay 2: 51 ° 33 ′ 9.31 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 40.77 ″ E
- Bay 3: 51 ° 33 '40.86 " N , 7 ° 15' 7.38" E
- Shaft 4: 51 ° 33 '40.39 " N , 7 ° 15' 10.98" O
- Bay 5: 51 ° 33 ′ 48.6 " N , 7 ° 13 ′ 40.8" E
- Bay 6: 51 ° 33 ′ 37.2 ″ N , 7 ° 14 ′ 45.69 ″ E
- Former mine administration: 51 ° 33 ′ 2.2 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 35 ″ E
- Headframe shaft 3 in its new position on Zeche Zollern, shaft 4.
Map with all coordinates of the shafts: OSM
literature
- Rudolf Eistermann et al. (Ed.): Our Horsthausen: History and stories experienced and written down by Horsthauser pensioners . Frischtexte Verlag, Herne 1999, ISBN 3-933059-00-3 .
- Wilhelm u. Gertrude Hermann: The old mines on the Ruhr . Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1982, ISBN 3-7845-6991-9 .
- Joachim Huske: The coal mines in the Ruhr area . 3. Edition. German Mining Museum , Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 .
- Mesut Sipahi: Tectonic surface structure in the coal seams of the Bochum strata in the Friedrich der Große mine field near Herne , Ruhr carbon. 1973. Dissertation.
- Wolfgang Viehweger: Trace of Coal. The mines in Herne and Wanne-Eickel . 1st edition. Fresh texts, Herne 2000, ISBN 3-933059-03-8 .
- Friedhelm Wessel: The Friedrich der Große colliery: history and stories about "Piepenfritz" in Herne . 1st edition. Regio, Werne 2010, ISBN 978-3-929158-24-3 .
Web links
- Herne collieries: Friedrich der Große colliery , game center of the city of Herne
- http://ruhrzechenaus.de/herne/her-friedrich-der-grosse.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. v. Knorre: The development of the city of Herne with special consideration of the mining industry . In: E. Beier (Hrsg.): The historical development of the Ruhr area . Study publisher Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1988, p. 122 .