Wodan colliery
| Wodan colliery | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General information about the mine | |||
| other names | Bill God's gift | ||
| Funding / year | Max. 12,943 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | to 34 | ||
| Start of operation | 1845 | ||
| End of operation | 1902 | ||
| Successor use | Westphalian coal works | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 '20 .9 " N , 7 ° 12' 18.9" E | ||
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| Location | Hattingen- Bredenscheid | ||
| local community | Hattingen | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Ennepe-Ruhr district | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Ruhr area | ||
The Wodan colliery is a former coal mine in Hattingen - Bredenscheid . The mine was already in operation in the 18th century under the name Zeche Gottesgabe . The mine belonged to the Märkisches Bergamts district.
history
The beginnings
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Gottesgabe colliery in the Wodan valley was mining . The Wodan colliery was already mentioned in the documents in 1839, but was not yet in operation at that time. On May 19, 1845, a square was awarded . After the award, the mine was put into operation with two tunnels . In 1854 a new conveyor tunnel was set up in the area of the road from Hattingen to Sprockhövel. The tunnel mouth hole was located on today's Johannessegener Straße at a level of +130 meters above sea level . The tunnel was in a westerly direction ascended and was already at the end of a length of 89 Lach Tern . A seam was approached with the tunnel during the drive . The seam was three feet thick and dipped to the south at 77 gons . The dismantling began in the same year . At that time, the mine was part of the Dahlhausen jury area . The coal mined was used for the house fire and for the operation of the brick and lime kilns.
The further operation
On May 28, 1856, the mining tunnel was granted hereditary rights. The tunnel known as the “Wodan Erbstollen” had a length of 140 Lachtern and was planned for the driveway to the west. The tunnel was intended to solve the Sunderbank, Prince Wilhelm, Peaceful Neighbor and Black Raven pit fields . There is evidence that the mine was in operation in 1857. In 1858 the Wodan Erbstollen was expanded. Around the year 1860 a siding was put into operation. The train ran from the mine through the Wodan Valley to the Leberhof station. In the 3rd quarter of 1861, the extension work was stopped with a length of 32 lobes from the tunnel mouth hole. At this point in time no tunneling had taken place. On March 5, 1864, the right to inheritance was repealed. The mine was in operation from 1863 to 1875, and was decommissioned in 1876. After the mine had been out of service for several years, it was reopened in 1884. In the same year a new tunnel was set up. The tunnel mouth hole was located on the Paasbach near today's Bergmannsweg. The tunnel mouth hole was at a level of +109 meters above sea level. However, no coal was mined that year. In 1886 began a tonnlägigen shaft to sink . The shaft was needed for ventilation underneath the tunnel floor. The following year, the shaft reached the bottom of the tunnel at a shallow depth of twelve meters. In a shallow depth of 64 meters ( Seiger 56 meters) was Bausohle applied. The shaft made it possible to mine below the bottom of the tunnel.
Production began in 1887. The promotion took place in the shaft to the tunnel floor, from where the coal was through the tunnel up to day promoted . In 1892 a cross passage was driven to the south. In the same year, a horse-drawn towing line to Bredenscheid station was built. In 1895, mining was only carried out above the bottom of the tunnel. The Berechtsame included at this time a square box. In 1897 there was no mining activity whatsoever . Coal was mined, but it came from the fixture factories . In the same year the mine was taken over by the Hoffsthal union . Despite the takeover, the Wodan mine continued to operate independently. At that time the mine belonged to the Hattingen mining area . In 1898 the Hopesthal colliery began to sunk a central shaft in the Wodan colliery field . The shaft starting point was 500 meters southeast of Bredenscheid train station. This shaft was intended to be used as a conveyor shaft for the Rabe, Hoffnungsthal and Wodan fields. In 1899 the Wodan colliery was taken over by the Westphalian coal works. Even after this takeover, the Wodan colliery remained independent. In 1901 the breakthrough took place with the new shaft 2. In the same year, the operation of the Wodan colliery was stopped, the reason for this was the change in operation. After the breakthrough, mining could be carried out from the new shaft. In 1902 the Wodan colliery was merged with the Rabe and Hoffnungsthal collieries, and the new operation was named Westphalian Coal Works .
Promotion and workforce
The first mining and workforce figures come from the year 1855, in that year 16 miners were employed at the colliery who produced 7,687 Prussian tons of hard coal . In 1867 the production sank to 958 tons of hard coal. In 1869 almost 1,100 tons of hard coal were mined. In 1873, seven miners extracted 324 tonnes of hard coal. In 1884, eight miners were employed at the colliery, but there was no coal production. In the following year, ten miners extracted 110 tons of hard coal. In 1887 ten miners extracted 1585 tons of hard coal. In 1890 the mine employed 21 miners who produced around 4,000 tons of hard coal. In 1895 there was a sharp drop in production, 20 miners extracted 898 tons of hard coal. In 1897 the production rose again to 4232 tons of hard coal, this production was provided by 14 miners. The maximum production was achieved in 1900, with 34 miners 12,943 tons of hard coal were extracted. These were also the last known workforce and production figures for the mine.
Current condition
Today the Wodan valley is still reminiscent of the former Wodan colliery. The valley is located between Hattingen-Leberhof and Niederstüter. The mine’s horse-drawn tram ran through the valley.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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 Ludwig Herrmann Wilhelm Jacobi : The mining, metallurgy and trade of the government district Arnsberg in statistical representation. Published by Julius Bädeker, Iserlohn 1857. from a newly edited and completed edition, publishing house of the M. DuMont-Schauberg'schen Buchhandlung, Cologne 1874
- ↑ a b c d e f g 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 .
- ↑ a b Ministry of Commerce and Industry (ed.): Journal for the mountain, huts and saltworks in the Prussian state. Volume 46, published by Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1898.
- ↑ Early mining on the Ruhr: street names with reference to early mining (accessed November 8, 2012)
Web links
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Wodan colliery (accessed on November 8, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Historical map around 1840 (accessed November 8, 2012)
- Early mining on the Ruhr: Map of the situation around 2000 (accessed November 8, 2012)