Knappsack colliery

Knappsack colliery
	General information about the mine
other names	Knapsackbäncke colliery
Mining technology	Underground mining
	Information about the mining company
Employees	Max. 7th
Start of operation	1771
End of operation	1856
Successor use	United Timmerbeil colliery civil engineering
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '41.5 " N , 7 ° 21' 9.7" E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '41.5 " N , 7 ° 21' 9.7" E
	Location Knappsack colliery
Location	At Hohenstein
local community	Witten
District ( NUTS3 )	Ennepe-Ruhr district
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Knappsack colliery in Witten- Am Hohenstein is a former hard coal mine . The mine was also known as the Knapsackbäncke colliery . Another name for the mine was Knapsack colliery on Hohen Steine in the Witten court .

Mining history

The mine was already in operation in 1771; there is no information about the establishment of the mine. On March 1st of 1771 were as trades Johann Henrich Supreme Frielinghaus and Baron Clemens August Johann Peter Merck Ling House, Johann Caspar dog Eicker from Elverfeldt in the documents noted. Each of the four trades had a share of 32 kuxes . At this point in time, the suspicion was put in, the measurement and mortgage lending had been requested and the legal fees were paid. The mine was measured in 1788 . On March 6 of 1790 was a length field for the reduction in seam Kreftenscheer awarded . Following the award, the tunnel was dismantled. In October 1798 a new tunnel was set up on the banks of the Ruhr . In the same year the old mine workings were cleaned. The mine was closed on February 23, 1799. In March 1848 the mine was put back into operation. In 1849 the upper (old) tunnel was mined. In addition, a lower tunnel was set up on the road between Witten and Wetter. This year 18,807 bushels of hard coal were mined. In the following year, seven miners extracted 43,210 bushels of hard coal. From March 4, 1852, the mine was again out of order. On September 20 of 1856 consolidated the bill knapsack with the mines Timmerbeil and Theodora to mine Timmerbeil civil engineering .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 .
↑ Thomas Schilp (Ed.), Wilfried Reininghaus, Joachim Huske: Das Muth-, Verleih-, and Confirmation Book 1770 - 1773. A source on the early history of Ruhr mining, Wittnaack Verlag, Dortmund 1993, ISBN 3-9802117-9-7 .

[Quelle_1-1] 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] Thomas Schilp (Ed.), Wilfried Reininghaus, Joachim Huske: Das Muth-, Verleih-, and Confirmation Book 1770 - 1773. A source on the early history of Ruhr mining, Wittnaack Verlag, Dortmund 1993, ISBN 3-9802117-9-7 .