Kirschbaum colliery (Bochum)

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Kirschbaum colliery
General information about the mine
other names Kierßbaum
colliery Kirschebaum colliery
Mining technology Underground mining
Information about the mining company
Employees Max. 4th
Start of operation 1744
End of operation 1791
Successor use United Kirschbaum & Neumark colliery
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 26 '14.1 "  N , 7 ° 10' 22.2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '14.1 "  N , 7 ° 10' 22.2"  E
Kirschbaum Colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Kirschbaum colliery
Location Kirschbaum colliery
Location Weitmar
local community Bochum
Independent city ( NUTS3 ) Bochum
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The bill Kirschbaum in Bochum district Weitmar , district Munscheid is a former coal mine . The mine was also known under the names Zeche Kierßbaum and Zeche Kirschebaum . The mine was located in the area of ​​today's streets Am Röderschacht and Am Kirschbaum.

history

The beginnings

Already before the year 1744 the Lindener wood was being mined . In 1744, which were trades of the mine prompted by the Mining Authority sword, a Belehnungsurkunde submitted to prove that their mining activities were approved. In 1745 a mutation was lodged. On November 26th, 1748, Johann Heinrich Köllermann and his fellow tradesmen made a request. The award of a seam under the name Kirschbaum was applied for. Drilling of the Kirschbaumer adit started before 1754. On July 3, 1754, a permit to create a deep tunnel was granted. Was a condition of the award that the deeper tunnel 14.6 meters below the old tunnel ascended would after the old tunnels to break left. On July 18 of the same year, the mine field was measured and the award was confirmed. In retrospect, dismantling was carried out. In 1755 four miners were employed at the mine. The mine was in operation from 1755 to 1768.

The other years

In 1768 the award was extended. The field expansion was awarded to the trades Johann Heinrich Köllermann, Henricus Vossnacke, Johann Dietrich Varsholt and Heinrich Jürgen Scheidtmann. In 1775 the mine was mentioned in the documents, it is not clear whether it was in operation. By 1787, four seams had already been opened up with the deeper tunnel . The ventilation of the mines took place at this time if there is insufficient natural Wetterzug by fire buckets . In 1784 the mine was operated with a main and a secondary shaft. In June of the same year the mine by the head of the Brandenburg district mining office, the Baron von Stein , navigate . Vom Stein provided information on the condition and performance of the mine in his protocol. In his protocol, he particularly dealt with the form of ventilation for the mine. He gave instructions to improve the insufficient ventilation in the deeper pit structures by installing weather doors . On July 18 of 1791 consolidated the bill cherry tree with the colliery New Marck for colliery Kirschbaum & Neumark .

What is left

Today the street Am Kirschbaum in Linden is reminiscent of the former Kirschbaum colliery.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g 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 d e f Kurt Pfläging: Stein's journey through the coal mining industry on the Ruhr. 1st edition, Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1999, ISBN 3-89570-529-2 .
  3. ^ 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 .
  4. ↑ The early mining of the Ruhr: street names in Bochum (accessed on July 20, 2012)

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