Mining in Lower Saxony?
"There is evidence of a coal mine in operation in the Deister as early as 1639. In the middle of the 19th century, new mines were built near Barsinghausen on the higher slopes of the Deister to extract the Wealden coal, which can be found in seams up to 100 cm thick. On September 1, 1856, the driving of the monastery tunnel began in the district behind the long Kamp. His name refers to the monastery chamber of Hanover as the owner of the parcel. It was lower on the Deister slope than the tunnels that were already conveying and, in addition to finding deeper seams, was also intended to serve as a water solution. Since 1867 the administration was under the Prussian state.
A coal seam 70 cm thick was reached on October 7, 1869 with a tunnel length of 1,474 meters and production started on November 10. Pit horses were used for the first time in 1876. In 1888, the first of three shafts on the colliery site began to be sunk east of the tunnel mouth hole.
The 750 m² colliery hall, which is still used for events, was built in 1898. Coal production in the monastery tunnel was stopped in 1921. The tunnel was used for weather control until the colliery was closed. After the coal production of the Barsinghausen hard coal mine was stopped in February 1957 for reasons of profitability, the cloister tunnel was filled with backfill material to about 75 m and the mouth hole was bricked up." (Wikipedia)
Unfortunately the museum wasn't open due to, well, you know why.
But there were a lot of things to see along with old photographs. Definitely a place I will re-visit when it's possible to do so without restrictions.
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In Barsinghausen wurde tatsächlich auch Steinkohle abgebaut. Bis 1957. Das Gelände wurde erst stillgelegt und dann kam in den 1980er Jahren die Idee eines Besucherbergwerks auf.
Leider konnte man das gerade nicht besichtigen, aber das Freigelände ist zugänglich und auch schon sehr interessant.
Auf Wikipedia steht da einiges zu hier
und natürlich hier Klosterstollen
Mining in Lower Saxony?
"There is evidence of a coal mine in operation in the Deister as early as 1639. In the middle of the 19th century, new mines were built near Barsinghausen on the higher slopes of the Deister to extract the Wealden coal, which can be found in seams up to 100 cm thick. On September 1, 1856, the driving of the monastery tunnel began in the district behind the long Kamp. His name refers to the monastery chamber of Hanover as the owner of the parcel. It was lower on the Deister slope than the tunnels that were already conveying and, in addition to finding deeper seams, was also intended to serve as a water solution. Since 1867 the administration was under the Prussian state.
A coal seam 70 cm thick was reached on October 7, 1869 with a tunnel length of 1,474 meters and production started on November 10. Pit horses were used for the first time in 1876. In 1888, the first of three shafts on the colliery site began to be sunk east of the tunnel mouth hole.
The 750 m² colliery hall, which is still used for events, was built in 1898. Coal production in the monastery tunnel was stopped in 1921. The tunnel was used for weather control until the colliery was closed. After the coal production of the Barsinghausen hard coal mine was stopped in February 1957 for reasons of profitability, the cloister tunnel was filled with backfill material to about 75 m and the mouth hole was bricked up." (Wikipedia)
Unfortunately the museum wasn't open due to, well, you know why.
But there were a lot of things to see along with old photographs. Definitely a place I will re-visit when it's possible to do so without restrictions.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Barsinghausen wurde tatsächlich auch Steinkohle abgebaut. Bis 1957. Das Gelände wurde erst stillgelegt und dann kam in den 1980er Jahren die Idee eines Besucherbergwerks auf.
Leider konnte man das gerade nicht besichtigen, aber das Freigelände ist zugänglich und auch schon sehr interessant.
Auf Wikipedia steht da einiges zu hier
und natürlich hier Klosterstollen