Hitzberg colliery

Hitzberg colliery
	General information about the mine
	Information about the mining company
Start of operation	1793
End of operation	1879
Successor use	Langenbrahm colliery
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 24 '14 " N , 7 ° 0' 28.4" E Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '14 " N , 7 ° 0' 28.4" E
	Location Hitzberg colliery
Location	Baldeney
local community	eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	eat
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Hitzberg colliery in Essen- Baldeney is a former hard coal mine . The colliery emerged from the Barenscheid colliery . The Hitzberg colliery was one of the founding members of the Association for Mining Interests.

Mining history

In 1566 a contract was signed between the abbot Hermann von Werden and his fellow trades. The subject of the contract was the mining of the coal seams in the Schenkenbusch, Barenscheid and Woushof areas. The deposit was located to the west of what would later become the Essen-Hügel train station. Thereafter nothing is mentioned in the documents about the Barenscheid colliery. On April 26, 1793, a concession was drawn up by the Abbot of Werden for the mining of hard coal. The colliery then went into operation. The Erbstollen is mentioned for the first time in 1803 . In the following year a steam engine was in operation, the machine was probably used for drainage . In 1807 dismantling was carried out, the daily operation No. 1 was in funding. In the years 1811 to 1815, daily operation No. 2 in funding. In 1825 it was merged with the Blumendelle colliery to form the United Hitzberg & Blumendelle colliery and with the Dickebank colliery to form the United Hitzberg & Dickebank colliery .

United Hitzberg & Blumendelle

The United Hitzberg & Blumendelle colliery in Essen-Baldeney was created in 1825 from the merger of the Blumendelle colliery with the Hitzberg colliery. Since the colliery was only in operation for almost four years, little is reported about the colliery. In the year of the unification, alignment work was carried out in the Blumendelle seam . The Peter shaft was sunk the following year . On October 21, 1829, the United Hitzberg & Blumendelle colliery was shut down.

Flower dell

The Blumendelle colliery in Essen-Bredeney emerged around 1774 from the Woushof mine , also known as Wüsthof. The Woushof mine field was part of the Barenscheid colliery. On February 21, 1774, the Abbot of Werden granted the concession for the mining of hard coal . Hard coal was then mined. In 1802 75 ringlets were mined each day. In 1825 it was partially merged with the Hitzberg colliery to form the United Hitzberg & Blumendelle colliery. In 1850 the union was re-established and the mine was put back into operation. The Berechtsame included into this year Langenfeld . In 1858 there were 30 miners at the colliery. In 1861, 19 miners extracted around 3300 tons of hard coal. In 1863 the mine was still in operation around the year 1865, the mine was in flower Delle deadlines set. Around the year 1870 , the Blumendelle colliery consolidated with two other collieries to form the United Hitzberg, Crusenberg & Blumendelle colliery.

United Hitzberg & Dickebank

The United Hitzberg & Dickebank colliery in Essen-Bredeney was created in 1825 from the merger of the Hitzberg and Dickebank collieries. The colliery was also known as the United Hitzberg Dickebank colliery . It was also called the United Hitzberg Colliery . In the year of the unification, a deep tunnel was excavated and tunnel construction was carried out. In 1828 mining was carried out and the deep tunnel was further excavated. On January 31 of that year, the depth tunnel reached a length of 232½ Lach Tern . This year the following was noted in the general report for the Werden mountain area :

" Among the continuous tunnels, only the Hitzberger tunnel deserves to be mentioned "

The tunnel was so well developed that it probably had the character of an hereditary tunnel. In 1829 a horse-drawn tram was built for the coal defeat on the Ruhr, the track had a length of 400 laughs. In the following year, the deep tunnel was driven further and mining continued. In the period from April 3rd to April 26th, the right to inherit the deep tunnel was granted . Since the tunnel was no longer advantageous, the right of inheritance was suspended from 1835. In 1844 the tunnel was driven further. In 1853 the Längenfeld seams Dickebank and seam Hitzberg were awarded. There is evidence that mining was carried out between 1853 and 1857. In 1858 several cross passages were driven. The purpose of the excavation was to solve the Jungfer and Fortuna pit fields. At the end of 1869 the United Hitzberg & Dickebank colliery was shut down. Around the year 1870 there was consolidation to the United Hitzberg colliery.

Promotion and workforce

The first known workforce figures come from 1830, when 35 miners were employed in the mine. In 1834, 47 miners mined 245,395 bushels of hard coal. In 1836, 59,921 Prussian tons of hard coal were mined. In 1840 the production sank to 43,087½ tons of hard coal. In 1842 the production increased to 49,442 tons of hard coal. In 1846 158,548 bushels of hard coal were mined. In 1858 40 miners were employed at the colliery. In 1861, 2880 tons of hard coal were mined with 13 miners. In 1867 the production sank to 669 tons, this production was provided by eleven miners. The last known production and workforce figures for the mine are from 1869, in that year 320 tons of hard coal were extracted with two miners.

Dickebank

The Dickebank colliery in Essen-Baldeney was only in operation for a few years. Already in 1802 the mine was closed. The Dickebank colliery was in operation the following year. In 1825, the Dickebank colliery consolidated into the United Hitzberg & Dickebank colliery.

United Hitzberg

The United Hitzberg colliery in Essen Baldeney emerged from the consolidation of the Blumendelle, Vereinigte Krusenberg and Vereinigte Hitzberg & Dickebank collieries . The colliery was also known as the coal mine United Hitzberg, Crusenberg & Blumendelle . In the 1870s the colliery was also called the United Hitzberg & Dickebank colliery. The colliery was mentioned in the documents in 1875 , but no information on funding was provided. In 1879, too, there was no information on funding, and the United Hitzberg colliery was probably shut down afterwards. In 1920 a contract was signed with the Langenbrahm colliery that allowed the Langenbrahm colliery to dismantle it.

Individual evidence

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

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e 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 .

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Barenscheid / Hitzberg colliery (accessed on March 29, 2011)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on March 29, 2011)
Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on March 29, 2011)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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] Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957.