Kaysbergerbank colliery
| Kaysbergerbank colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| other names | Kaisbergstollen | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1836 | ||
| End of operation | 1839 | ||
| Successor use | Biotope area | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 23 '38 " N , 7 ° 25' 31" E | ||
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| Location | Baukey | ||
| local community | Hagen | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | Hagen | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Kaysbergerbank colliery or the Kaisbergstollen is a former mine in Hagen in the eastern Ruhr area .
location
The mouth hole of the Kaisberg tunnel was at the eastern foot of the Kaisberg not far from the Ruhr . After the construction of the railway line, it is no longer accessible. The map from 1888 notes the course of the tunnel. A current map (in color) is superimposed on it.
The mining was aimed at the Sengsbank seam , which is the geologically oldest, mineable coal seam in the Ruhr area.
history
A document dated April 10, 1592 says: “Ducal mountain concession for Reiner van der Capellen, Hans Jorien Gruter zu Werdringen and Reinoldt Woertmann, judge from Hagen and consorts, concerns a kaelberg in the vorhelder or Hulßberger marcke in one place, the Keyßberg called, Herdick and Werderingen are tussling, before that by mistake kaelen to win. ”(Source: Dösseler, Süderländische Geschichtsources und Forschungen Volume III). This is the first documentary mention for the awarding of a mine on the Kaysberg.
A new application was made for the mining of hard coal in 1831 at the Dortmund Oberbergamt . However, it did not start until 1836 and operations were stopped again in 1839 due to the poor quality coal and the low yield. After the Second World War, mining operations were resumed for a short time in order to counteract the scarcity of coal as a raw material. This was caused in particular by the so-called "coal blockade" in the neighboring town of Herdecke .
For a long time, the access in the south was considered part of the Kaisberger tunnel. As the map shows, it is a few hundred meters away from the coal seam. Probably the passage and the adjoining crypt are a bunker from the Second World War.
Today, this tunnel is a safe haven for fire salamanders , water bats and common frogs , which is managed by BUND Hagen.
The Kaisberg Geopfad provides information about the tunnels on on-site boards.
literature
- Joachim Huske and Rainer Slotta : The coal mines in the Ruhr area: data and facts from the beginnings to 1997 , Bochum 1998, ISBN 3-921533-62-7 .