Victoria colliery (Lünen)
| Victoria colliery | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Funding / year | Max. 1,276,900 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | up to 4175 | ||
| Start of operation | 1910 | ||
| End of operation | 1964 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 36 '59 " N , 7 ° 32' 28.8" E | ||
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| Location | Lünen-North | ||
| local community | Luenen | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Unna | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Victoria colliery was a hard coal mine in Lünen-Nord , Westphalia . The mine had a history of over ninety years and was in operation for over 50 years.
history
planning
The first beginnings of the Victoria colliery date back to the 19th century. In 1870, the Schlägel & Eisen company carried out the first mutation boreholes in the (Alt-) Lünen-Wethmar area. In the years 1873 to 1879, a total of more than ten mine fields on hard coal and partly on ore were lent . Specifically, these were the fields Schlägel & Eisen I, II, IV, VIII to X, XVI, XVII, XX to XXII. In the same year the fields were consolidated under the name Victoria . The entire Berechtsame included at this time an area of 15.7 km 2 . In 1907, sinking work for the Victoria 1 shaft began in Lünen-Wethmar . In 1908 the sinking work for shaft 2 began. This planned as a ventilation shaft shaft Victoria 2 was beside the shaft attached . On March 7th of the same year it was decided at the extraordinary general assembly of Harpener Bergbau AG to participate in the Victoria union . In the same year, 894 Kuxe were acquired by the Victoria Union . The remaining Kuxe of the Victoria Union were acquired over the following years. Thus, the Victoria colliery was taken over by Harpener Bergbau AG. In 1909, the shaft 1 reached at a depth that of 434 meters carbon . In the same year, at a depth of 518 meters (- 460 m above sea level ), the first level , also called 520 meters, was set. In 1910, the second level was set in shaft 1 at a depth of 608 meters (- 550 m above sea level). In the same year, the second level was set in shaft 2.
The first years of operation
The start of production on "Victoria" took place in 1910. Shaft 1 was used as a production shaft and shaft 2 as a weather shaft. Both shafts were a Tomsonbock as headframe equipped. In October 1911 a coking plant was put into operation. In 1912 a new contract for the management of the Victoria colliery was signed. Harpener Bergbau AG took over management as the sole owner of the Kuxen with the effect of the contract. On April 24, 1913, the entire entitlement was split into the entitlement Victoria and Victoria continuation. Victoria covered an area of 8.8 km 2 and Victoria Continuation covered an area of 6.9 km 2 . In 1919, the third level was set in shaft 1. (- m NN 701) was, in the same year the sole, which is at a depth of 759 meters was started by shaft 1 from align . On September 11, 1923, there was a firedamp explosion at the Victoria colliery . 40 miners were killed in this mining accident . A few days later, on September 12th, four miners lost their lives in a rope accident . In 1929, shaft 2 was sunk deeper to the third level.
Expansion of the mine
In 1931, the Prussia I field began to be aligned with the Prussian colliery, which had already been closed , but no further activities were carried out in this field after this work. In 1940 the Prussia I colliery in Lünen-Gahmen was taken over with the Prussia-North field. In the same year the mine was taken over by the Reichswerke Hermann Göring . In 1941 the Bochum Hermann and Lippe subfields were taken over. The entire right now covered an area of 29 km 2 . In 1944, the 4th level started to be aligned using dies . This bottom was at a depth of 848 meters (- 790 m above sea level) and was made accessible by means of a substation . In the same year there was an air raid on the mine. During this air raid, a coking plant battery was so badly damaged by bombs that it failed. In 1945, both shafts were so badly damaged in another bomb attack that funding be set needed. The coking plant was also hit in this bombing raid and another battery was destroyed. After the end of the Second World War , the coal union was confiscated by the Allied occupying powers. The union was renamed that same year. On July 15, 1945, the name was changed to Märkische Steinkohlegewerkschaft, Heessen (Westphalia) .
Expansion after the Second World War
In 1946, shafts 1 and 2 went back into operation, the main production level was the 3rd level. On September 7, 1947, a boiler explosion occurred above ground. Three employees were killed in this accident. Towards the end of the same year the coking plant was put back into operation. In 1948, when the field was swapped, the Victoria-Continuation-West field was acquired by the Stumm brothers. In 1949, the first gas coal was opened in the mine. In 1950, a mine gas extraction system was built above ground. In 1951 the existing weather connection between the 3rd level and the 4th level was extended. In addition, work began on expanding the power plant. In 1952 a new processing plant was put into operation. In 1953 work began on aligning the 4th level starting from shaft 1. In 1954, the fields of the Prussian colliery began to be swamped . In the following year, the fields of the Prussian colliery began to be cultivated . The shafts in Gahmen were renamed Victoria 3 and Victoria 4. It was intended to use the Victoria 3 shaft as a weather shaft and the Victoria 4 shaft as a production shaft. In 1956 Prussia I was renamed Victoria 3/4. Towards the end of 1956, a settlement was reached due to a long-standing legal dispute that Harpener Bergbau-AG had led. On the basis of this comparison, Harpener Bergbau-AG received the Victoria mine back and, with effect from January 1, 1957, also the Kuxe of the Victoria Continuation Union. In 1957, the shafts were repaired and the shafts began to be deepened. Both shafts should be sunk to the 4th level. In 1958, the new 3rd level was set on operating section 3/4 at a depth of 749 meters (- 689 m above sea level) and the 4th level at a depth of 839 meters (- 779 m above sea level). In 1959, extraction began on site 3/4 . The support is provided through the shaft 3 to the sole 3, from where the mined coal to the operation part 1/2 conveyed and brought there to the surface.
The last few years until the shutdown
In 1960 the coal production was stopped on the business section 3/4. In the same year, shaft 4 received a new steel box strut headframe . The coking plant was shut down on April 14 of the same year. In 1961, the rope ride began on operating section 3/4 . In 1962, a breakthrough with the 5th level of the Gneisenau colliery was created on site 3/4 . The connecting cross passage was referred to as the Victoria cross passage. In 1963 the western field, including shafts 3 and 4, was transferred to the Gneisenau colliery . After the coal reserves above the 4th level were depleted in 1964, the Victoria colliery was shut down. On April 1, 1964, the remaining field of the Victoria colliery was taken over by the Gneisenau colliery. Construction site 1/2 with shafts 1 and 2 were initially managed as a standstill area by the Gneisenau colliery. The Victoria 1, 2, 3 and 4 shafts were still used for ventilation. In 1983 the Victoria 3 and 4 shafts that were no longer needed were filled . Shaft 1 was sunk deeper up to the 10th level in Gneisenau in 1974 and remained open for aerial ropes and ventilation even after the building site was taken over by the Haus Aden colliery. In 1998 the Victoria 1 and 2 shafts were backfilled.
Promotion and workforce
The first production and workforce figures come from 1910, in that year 21,380 tons of hard coal were mined. The workforce was 483 employees. In 1913, 2,626 employees produced 630,740 tons of hard coal. In 1915 536,665 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 2116 employees. In 1920, with a workforce of 2,412, 410,000 tons of hard coal were extracted. In 1925 the workforce was 1971 employees, the production amounted to 483,747 tons of hard coal. In 1930 828,514 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 2683 employees. In 1935, 883,000 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 2100 employees. In 1940, the production at the mine exceeded the one million ton mark for the first time. This year 1,097,760 tons of hard coal were mined, the workforce was 2714 employees.
In 1945, the production sank to 307,997 tons of hard coal, there were still 2288 employees on the mine. In 1950, 984,000 tons of hard coal were extracted and the workforce was 3520. In 1955, the production in the mine again exceeded the one million ton mark. With 4,055 employees, a production of 1,224,000 tons of hard coal was achieved. The maximum production of the mine was achieved in 1956. With 4,175 employees, a production of 1,276,900 tons of hard coal was achieved. In 1960, 2959 employees produced 972,650 tonnes of hard coal. In 1963, 926 miners were still employed at the mine; 830,580 tons of hard coal were extracted. These are the last known sponsorship and workforce figures.
Current condition
Most of the daytime facilities of the Victoria 1/2 mine were demolished after they ceased operations in 1998, and the remaining structures, including the administration building, fell victim to the demolition excavators in 2007. Today, only the parking spaces are visible from the facility. The location of the former Victoria 1 and 2 shafts is now marked by two Protego hoods , and a mine gas extraction system is operated on the site to generate electricity.
At the Victoria 3/4 (formerly Prussia I) location on Gahmener Strasse there are still a chow house , workshop and lamp room that are now used commercially. Minegas GmbH has also been operating a mine gas recovery plant with electricity generation on the site since 2010 .
For the miners of the Victoria colliery, the Victoria Lünen union established a colliery , consisting of a civil servants 'and a workers' settlement. This Victoria settlement was built in the manner of a garden city and has been preserved to this day, the settlement is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 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 e f g h i Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr. 6th edition. Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, successor to Hans Köster, Königstein im Taunus 2008, ISBN 978-3-7845-6994-9 , pp. 271-272.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Peter Voss: The collieries in the Unna district. Picture chronicle of the mines Freiberg, Caroline, Massener Tiefbau, Alter Hellweg, Königsborn, Monopol, Haus Aden, Prussia, Victoria, Minister Achenbach, Hermann, Werne, Stollen- und Kleinzechen . Regio-Verlag, Werne 1995, ISBN 3-929158-05-1 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Gerhard Gebhardt: Ruhr mining. History, structure and interdependence of its societies and organizations. Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen 1957