Colliery United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen
| Colliery United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Funding / year | Max. 20,710 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | Max. 70 | ||
| Start of operation | 1831 | ||
| End of operation | 1908 | ||
| Successor use | United Catharina colliery | ||
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| Degradation of | Bituminous coal / coal iron stone | ||
| Degradation of | Coal iron stone | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 24 '26.5 " N , 7 ° 4' 58.9" E | ||
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| Location | Byfang | ||
| local community | eat | ||
| Independent city ( NUTS3 ) | eat | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen colliery in Byfang , a district of Essen since 1929 , is a former hard coal mine that emerged from the consolidation of several mines. The mine was shut down several times and then put back into operation.
Mining history
In 1831, the United Crone, Lubricating , United Catharina and other mines consolidated with the Himmelsfürster Erbstolln to form the United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen mine. This year the Hope mine was in operation. In 1834, a cross passage in a southerly direction was driven from the tunnel of the Getreuefreundschaft colliery . This year, for the first time after consolidation, dismantling was carried out. 1836 was sough in the area of the tunnel mouth hole to break gone, and sometimes had to be abandoned. For this reason, an agreement was signed with the mining association, the promotion of mined the colliery sky Fürster Erbstollen regulated coal through the tunnel of the mine union. In addition, the contract regulates the use of the 70 Lachter-long railroad of the Zeche Vereinigung zum Kohlenmagazin an der Ruhr. 1838 replaced the Erbstollen together with the Altendorfer Erbstolln the mine fields Altendorfer mines and pits, for the civil engineering wanted to go. These included the United Alte Sackberg & Geitling collieries , Dreieinigkeit, Alte Aproche, Große Varstbank , Mülheimerglück , United Neue Sackberg & Schrutenberend , Poland, the United Prussian Eagles and others.
In 1840 the cross passage was driven further south. This year the Erbstollen was the deepest in the Märkische area. On November 2nd of the year 1841 there was a seam fire and consequently the plant was closed. Operations resumed on January 10 of the following year. In 1855 the tunnel reached a length of 2,759 meters. In 1856, coal iron stone was opened in the Neu-Essen I authorized property and the first ore was mined the following year . In 1861 a crosscut was driven in the Bänksgen seam . In the same year the breakthrough took place with the descending operation in the partial hollow section of Flöz Bänksgen. At that time, the mine was part of the Altendorf mining area . For the years 1863 to 1870 a contract was signed with the United Henriette colliery . According to the contract, the United Himmelsfürster colliery was allowed to mine ore totaling 19,500 tons in the mine field of the United Henriette colliery, as well as hard coal . In 1870, the authorized person included a square . In 1879 there were only small coal reserves left in the mine field of the United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen colliery. In the following year, the United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen colliery was laid within deadlines . In 1881 the mine was put back into operation. In 1884 the company ceased operations again. In 1887 the colliery was put into operation again. In the following year, the remaining coal stocks above the bottom of the tunnel were also depleted, for this reason the United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen colliery was finally closed. In 1908 it was consolidated into the United Catharina mine . In 1915 a lease was signed that regulated the mining by the Charlotte Mining Company. In 1925 the United Himmelsfürster colliery was added to the Prinz Wilhelm-Steingatt colliery.
Promotion and workforce
The first production figures come from the year 1836, 63,936 tons of Prussian coal were produced. The maximum funding was provided in 1837. 20,710 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1840 13,846 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1842 the production sank to 9744 tons of hard coal. In 1847, 224,476 bushels of hard coal were mined. In 1865, 7,685 tons of hard coal were mined. The first workforce dates from 1872, there were 63 miners working at the mine who produced 9121 tons of hard coal. In 1875, 70 miners extracted 8,825 tons of hard coal. In 1879, both the workforce and the production figures fell, with 21 miners producing 4,749 tons of hard coal. In 1881 the production sank to 4065 tons, this production was provided by 40 miners. In 1884 only 957 tons of hard coal were mined with eight miners. The last known production figures of the mine come from the year 1887, 1788 tons of hard coal were extracted.
Current condition
The colliery house and other operational buildings of the United Himmelsfürster Erbstollen colliery have been preserved to this day. They were probably built in the middle of the 19th century. During the construction of the colliery house, the tunnel mouth holes were integrated into the colliery house. The buildings that have been under monument protection since 1991 are in Essen-Byfang on today's Langenberger Strasse on the corner of Deipenbecktal (house numbers: Langenberger Strasse 719 and Deipenbecktal 2-4).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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 .
- ^ A b c d Karlheinz Rabas, Karl Albert Rubacht: Mining history atlas for the city of Essen . 1st edition, Regio Verlag, Werne 2008, ISBN 978-3-929158-22-9 .
- ↑ a b c 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 .
- ↑ Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Tenth volume, published by the royal and secret Ober-Hofdruckerei (R. Decker), Berlin 1862.
- ↑ The early mining on the Ruhr: Zechengebäude Ver. Heavenly Lord Erbstollen ; Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ Monument company building in Essen-Byfang (PDF; 416 kB); Retrieved July 25, 2014.
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Himmelsfürster colliery Erbstollen (accessed on April 16, 2011)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: map of the area (accessed on April 16, 2011)