Recklinghausen colliery

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Recklinghausen colliery
General information about the mine
Recklinghausen - Recklinghausen colliery - shaft mark (Halde Hoheward) 04 ies.jpg

Zeche Recklinghausen Schachtzeichen from the stockpile Hoheward seen from
Information about the mining company
Start of operation 1883
End of operation 1974
Successor use Industrial monument
Funded raw materials
Degradation of Hard coal
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 33 '39.3 "  N , 7 ° 11' 47.3"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '39.3 "  N , 7 ° 11' 47.3"  E
Recklinghausen Colliery (Ruhr Regional Association)
Recklinghausen colliery
Location Recklinghausen colliery
Location Recklinghausen
local community Recklinghausen
District ( NUTS3 ) Recklinghausen
country State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
District Ruhr area

The Recklinghausen colliery was a hard coal mine in the south of the city of Recklinghausen .

Mining history

The Belgian stock corporation Société Civile Belge des Charbonnages d 'Herne-Bochum began sinking a first shaft in 1869 . The Clerget shaft was soon called Klärchen by the miners . Because of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, work was initially interrupted, but resumed immediately after the end of the war. In 1873 the coal- bearing layers were reached at a depth of 225 meters .

In 1882 another shaft began to be sunk in Hochlarmark , which was initially called Clerget II . 1883 this reached the bay at a depth of 254 meters seams , one year later, was promoting added. In 1889 the mine was taken over by Harpener Bergbau AG and the shafts were renamed Recklinghausen I and Recklinghausen II .

In 1899 and 1901, two more shafts were sunk right next to the old shafts. At the same time, the triangle settlement was built next to Recklinghausen II . A coking plant was operated on Recklinghausen I between 1889 and 1931 . Coke was also produced on Recklinghausen II between 1891 and 1928 .

As a result of the global economic crisis , the Recklinghausen I shaft was closed. The mine field was from now on exploited by Recklinghausen II . Some of the miners employed at Recklinghausen I were taken over to Schacht II, but most of them were fired.

During the Second World War , the Recklinghausen I coking plant was operated again between 1937 and 1945.

The Recklinghausen colliery was often affected by mine accidents . A total of seven incidents with 57 fatalities are documented:

  • On April 30, 1889, a firedamp explosion occurred on shaft 2 with three fatalities.
  • Another firedamp explosion on August 14, 1895 at the Recklinghausen II mine cost three lives.
  • On July 9, 1898, four miners died in a longwall break .
  • A mountain blow on July 14, 1899 killed four people.
  • On March 10, 1900, a firedamp explosion left 19 people dead.
  • An explosives explosion on July 6, 1917 on Recklinghausen I killed 16 miners.
  • On April 23, 1942, another firedamp explosion claimed nine victims.

The promotion to Recklinghausen II was stopped in 1974. The Ewald colliery took over the mine field and the shafts from then on . In 1988 the Recklinghausen II construction site was dropped and the shafts were filled in until 1990 .

What is left

Today the chewing and administration buildings are still preserved from the colliery . The daytime facilities of Recklinghausen I have been a listed building since 1981 . On Recklinghausen II in Hochlarmark, the headframe of Shaft IV " Konrad Ende " and the restored steam hoisting machine in the neighboring machine house bear witness to the history of the mining industry. This steam engine from 1967 is also the last to be built for German hard coal mining and for industrial purposes in general. Under the former slag heap at the coal mine Recklinghausen II is the training mine Recklinghausen the RAG .

photos

  • Shaft IV "Konrad Ende" from Recklinghausen II

  • Restored steam winder, Recklinghausen II

literature

  • Joachim Huske: The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning to 2005 . 3rd, revised and expanded edition, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum 1998, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 , pp. 808-809.
  • Norbert Meier: The Recklinghausen, Julia and von der Heydt mines. Coal mining in Recklinghausen-Süd and Herne. Friends of Mining Historic Sites Ruhrrevier eV, Recklinghausen 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053149-1 .

Web links

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