Vosshege colliery

Vosshege colliery
	General information about the mine
	Tunnel mouth hole of the mine
other names	Vosshecke colliery
	Information about the mining company
Start of operation	1800
End of operation	1871
Successor use	Colliery Flor & Flörchen
	Funded raw materials
Degradation of	Hard coal
	Geographical location
Coordinates	51 ° 23 '36.8 " N , 7 ° 3' 47.6" E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '36.8 " N , 7 ° 3' 47.6" E
	Location Vosshege colliery
Location	Heisingen
local community	eat
Independent city ( NUTS3 )	eat
country	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
District	Ruhr area

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The Vosshege colliery was a hard coal mine in Essen - Heisingen . The mine was also known as the Vosshecke colliery . The mine was operated on the western slope of the Heisinger Bergsporn. Today the reservoir arch is located near the former mine.

history

The beginnings

The mine was already in operation at the beginning of the 19th century; tunnel construction was carried out near the reservoir arch. The tunnel mouth hole was located between the Flor & Flörchen and Wasserschneppe collieries . The Mühlmann farm was later located above the tunnel mouth hole. The mine operated well beyond the middle of the 19th century. Shortly afterwards the mine was shut down. Around the year 1871 the mine field of the Vosshege colliery was taken over by the Flor & Flörchen colliery. In 1889 the mine became the property of the Rheinische-Anthrazit-Kohlenwerke AG.

The time as a small mine

In 1947 the mine was put back into operation as a small mine . The reason for this commissioning was the lack of fuel after the Second World War. A new tunnel was excavated on a plateau on the slope of the Heisinger Bergsporn to operate the mine . The tunnel mouth hole was located on Wuppertaler Straße (today the reservoir arch) near the Ruhr bridge. It was 1.8 meters high and 2.2 meters wide. The tunnel was thus driven above the old tunnel in the Dickebank seam. The Stollenzeche was called Zeche Vosshege, Dickebank & Fledermaus in 1948 . From 1948, the owner was Bergbau Bellingen GmbH . On April 1st of the same year the mining started, with 33 miners 1718 tons of hard coal were extracted that year . From this year the colliery was again called the Vosshege colliery . In 1949, around 5000 tons of edible coal were mined with 41 miners.

In the vicinity of the tunnel, Bergbau Bellingen GmbH excavated a second tunnel in the Angelika seam , but it was only 17 meters long. The tunnel mouth hole of this tunnel was approximately the same size as the first tunnel. On June 30, 1950, the mine was closed. On January 2, 1951, the mine was taken over by Georg Reitz GmbH and reopened. The coal wholesaler Georg Reitz GmbH acted on behalf of the city of Essen, which had leased the mining rights from the Essen hard coal mines. The city of Essen intended to use the coal mined to heat the hospitals, schools and offices. This year around 14,000 tons of hard coal were mined with 115 miners. This was the highest funding from the Vosshege colliery. The tunnel reached a final length of 320 meters. On August 30, 1952, the Vosshege colliery was finally shut down.

Current condition

Years after the mine was closed, the tunnels were restored. Around 1980 the tunnels in the front area were expanded with a new wooden door frame . Both tunnels were provided with a brick dam at a distance of five meters from the tunnel mouth hole . The tunnels were secured by iron bars. A rotary tipper from the Waltrop colliery was set up in front of the Angelika tunnel. Both tunnels belong to the Geological Wall Kampmannsbrücke, which was built by the higher landscape authority. The object is looked after by the Essen Ruhrland Museum.

Picture gallery

Notice board 1
Notice board 2
Notice board 3
Rotary tipper in front of the tunnel mouth hole
Side view of the plant

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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 ^j Walter Buschmann : Collieries and coking plants in the Rhenish coal industry, Aachen district and western Ruhr area. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-7861-1963-5
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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 .

Web links

Early mining on the Ruhr: Voßhegge colliery (accessed on September 3, 2013)
Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed on September 3, 2013)
Early mining in the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed on September 3, 2013)

[Quelle_1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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_3-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Walter Buschmann : Collieries and coking plants in the Rhenish coal industry, Aachen district and western Ruhr area. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-7861-1963-5

[Quelle_2-3] 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 .