Knappbank colliery
| Knappbank colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Knapbanck colliery Knapp & Knappbank colliery |
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| Mining technology | Underground mining | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1755 | ||
| End of operation | 1867 | ||
| Successor use | Sprockhövel colliery | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 21 '21.9 " N , 7 ° 14' 45" E | ||
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| Location | Niedersprockhövel | ||
| local community | Sprockhövel | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Knappbank colliery was a hard coal mine in the Sprockhövel district of Niedersprockhövel . The colliery was also known under the name Zeche Knapbanck or Zeche Knapp & Knappbank . Despite its 120-year history, little is reported about the mine.
Mining history
In the year 1739, it was noted in the documents “lies still” . A survey was carried out on October 7 of the same year . In the years 1755, 1758 and 1759, 1766 and 1769 the mine was demonstrably in operation. The mine was in operation again around 1775. Before 1867 , the Knappbank colliery consolidated with the Diefhausen colliery to form the Knappbank & Diefhausen colliery. Very little is reported about the Diefhausen colliery. After being awarded a square , the Diefhausen colliery was only in operation for ten years until it was consolidated. After the consolidation, the new mine was initially in operation. In 1867 the mine was closed in time limits . In October 1880, the Knappbank & Diefhausen colliery consolidated with further mines to form the Sprockhövel colliery .
Current condition
Today in Sprockhövel only a Pingenfeld , which is located in the Brelo forest, reminds of the Knappbank colliery. This Pingen field probably also shows traces of the mining activities of the Knappbank colliery.
literature
- 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 .
Individual evidence
- ^ The early mining of the Ruhr: Zeche Knappbank (accessed on July 31, 2012)
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed July 31, 2012)
- Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on July 31, 2012)