Geitling colliery at Wittenberge

Geitling colliery at Wittenberge
General information about the mine
other names	Amsel colliery Geitling colliery at Wittenberge Oberstollen
Funding / year	Max. 10,774 pr t
Information about the mining company
Employees	Max. 55
Start of operation	18th century
End of operation	1888
Successor use	Langenbrahm colliery Ludwig colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '45.7 "  N , 7 ° 1' 35.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '45.7 "  N , 7 ° 1' 35.4"  E
Location Geitling colliery am Wittenberge
Location	Essen city forest
local community	eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	eat
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

The Geitling colliery am Wittenberge is a former hard coal mine in Essen-Stadtwald . The colliery was originally called the Amsel colliery and was also known as the Geitling colliery on the Wittenberge Oberstollen . The colliery is probably identical to the Geitling colliery west of Rellinghausen. The Geitling union was one of the founding members of the association for mining interests .

Mining history

The colliery was already in operation in the 18th century. In 1802 the colliery was set in time limits . In 1803 the Oberstollen was in operation. In 1851, the company was re-established and the company was located near the Rüttenscheid train station. On November 2, 1852 a length field was awarded . In the years 1854 and 1857 there was evidence of mining . In 1868 the mine was shut down until the railway in the Ruhr valley was in operation. In 1873 the mine was put back into operation. In 1879, the coal reserves above the bottom of the tunnel were depleted, and the Geitling colliery on the Wittenberge was finally closed. In 1888, at the trade union meeting, the trades decided to sell the mine field to the Langenbrahm colliery . In the same year the rightful owner was initially assigned to the Langenbrahm colliery and, in 1897, to the Ludwig colliery.

Promotion and workforce

At the founding meeting of the Association for Mining Interests, which took place on December 17, 1858 in the Hotel Berghaus in Essen, the workforce was put at 30 miners . The next known workforce at the mine is from 1858, when 55 miners were employed at the colliery. The first known production figures of the mine come from the year 1861, 10,774 tons of Prussian hard coal were produced . In 1867, 5642 bushels of hard coal were mined. In 1873, five miners extracted 1,025 tons of hard coal. In 1877 the production sank to 696 tons of hard coal, this production was provided by three miners. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1878, in that year 207 tons of hard coal were extracted with two miners.

Geitling west of Rellinghausen

Very little is known about the Geitling colliery west of Rellinghausen in Essen-Rellinghausen; it was probably identical to the Geitling colliery on the Wittenberge. The colliery was already in operation in the 18th century and was set in deadlines in 1802. The colliery was mentioned again in the documents around 1839.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} 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. ↑ ^{a b c} Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 4th edition, unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster KG, Königstein i. Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 .
3. ^ Karlheinz Rabas, Karl Albert Rubacht: Mining History Atlas for the city of Essen . 1st edition, Regio Verlag, Werne 2008, ISBN 978-3-929158-22-9 .