Colliery Hermann (Essen)

Colliery Hermann
	General information about the mine
Funding / year	Max. 40,590 t
	Information about the mining company
Employees	to 192
Start of operation	1948
End of operation	1964
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 22 '30.7 " N , 7 ° 2' 22.2" E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '30.7 " N , 7 ° 2' 22.2" E
	Location of the Hermann mine
Location	Heidhausen
local community	eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	eat
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Hermann colliery in Essen-Heidhausen is a former hard coal mine . The mine was a small mine that was operated in the post-war period. The owner was initially the Bergbau-Union GmbH, after a while the Rudolf Damm mining operations took over the mine.

history

Herrmann

Bergbau-Union GmbH was founded in 1948. On June 1st of the same year the mine was put into operation. In the lease field of the Kaiserin Augusta colliery , residual coal in the near-surface area was extracted . The leased mine field belonged to the United Pörtingsiepen colliery. It was located south of the Baldeneysee . In the same year was begun at the Ludscheidstraße, a tonnlägigen shaft to sink , also was in Hespertal tunneling operated. In 1950 was in the seams Kreftenscheer, Mausegatt , Fine Fine woman and woman side bench and Geitling coal mined. The Finefrau and Finefrau secondary bank seams were in a tunnel , the Kreftenscheer, Mausegatt and Geitling seams in the shaft section. In 1951, the tonnage shaft reached a shallow depth of 70 meters. The shaft was planned for a shallow depth of 300 meters. In 1959 the shaft department was separated and renamed to Zeche Ludscheid. On May 31, 1964, the Hermann colliery was closed and the miners' insurance ended on September 30 of the same year.

Ludscheid

The Ludscheid colliery in Essen-Heidhausen was also a small mine that came into being after the mining division of the Hermann colliery was outsourced. The owner of this small mine was initially Rudolf Damm, from January 1, 1964, the German-Dutch Fuel and Shipping GmbH & Co KG took over the mine. In 1959, work began on digging a separate shaft for Ludscheid near Ludscheidstrasse. In 1961 the shaft reached a depth of 200 meters. Promotion began in the same year . On April 14, 1967, the Ludscheid colliery was shut down.

Promotion and workforce Hermann

Anthracite coals were mined at the Herrmann colliery . The first known production and workforce figures come from 1948, when 16 miners were employed in the mine, who produced 1,360 tons of hard coal. In 1950 the production rose to 20,159 tons of hard coal, this production was provided by 94 miners. The maximum funding was provided in 1952. This year, with 192 employees, 40,590 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1955, 29,727 tons of hard coal were mined; this was done by 143 miners. In 1956, 129 employees produced 33,122 tons of hard coal. After that, the production sank continuously year after year, initially in 1960 to 27,428 tons, this production was provided by 96 miners. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1963, in that year more than 26,000 tons of hard coal were extracted with 70 employees.

Promotion and workforce Ludscheid

The first known workforce figures come from 1959, when 18 miners were employed in the mine. The first known production figures come from 1961, with 123 miners a production of 4926 tons of hard coal was achieved. The maximum funding was provided in 1964. With 230 miners 100,174 tons of hard coal were mined. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1965, in that year 36,566 tons of hard coal were extracted with 64 miners.

What is left

After the closure, the mine site was cleared and leveled. Since then, the mine site has been fallow and is gradually being overgrown by nature. Some remains of buildings from the former Hermann colliery are still preserved today. In addition, the location of the former tunnel can still be seen. The former Steigerhaus is located in the Hesper Valley on the opposite side of the street.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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 Karlheinz Rabas, Karl Albert Rubacht: Mining historical atlas for the city of Essen. 1st edition, Regio Verlag, Werne 2008, ISBN 978-3-929158-22-9 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 .

^ The early mining on the Ruhr: Zeche Hermann (last accessed on March 21, 2014)

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (last accessed on March 21, 2014)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (last accessed on March 21, 2014)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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 .