The heritage: Mining in Saarland - Part VIII
Architecture, After the coal is before the coal, Black and green, Memorandum
By State Chancellery Saarland
Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Das Erbe, 250 Jahre Bergbau im Saarland
Ministerpräsidentin Anke Rehlinger zur Ausstellung.
Architecture
Winding towers and cable pulley frames have re- mained intact as obvious beacons of the mining industry. Partly still very old entrance tunnel mouths with their interesting architecture are usually only to be found after a deliberate search. The mining settlement buildings funded since the mid-19th century by the Prussian state mines and subse- quently by the Saarbergwerken have shaped the townscapes in the Saarland in many different ways, whether red brick buildings are involved or the development houses of the 1970‘s which appear monotonous today. A film once produced for the „The heritage“ exhibition shows some of these structures in a unique panoramic tour.
Architecture of the so-called "Bierkeller" of the Prussian state mining pit "Von der Heydt" by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Delicate winding tower as a half-timbered construction on the Delbrück shaft in Klarenthal by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Hammer head winding tower above shaft IV of the Camphausen pit by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Winding tower above shaft Iv of the former "Verbundbergwerk" Göttelborn/Reden in Göttelborn by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Building of the Königlich-Preußische Bergwerksdirektion (Royal Prussian Mining Directorate) in Saarbrücken by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Panoramafahrt durch Grubensiedlungen und zum saarländischen BergbauState Chancellery Saarland
The concept of panoramic trips is exemplified here: After a trip from Oberhausen to Dortmund with the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn in 1994, the trips on the Maas near Venlo and on the Lower Rhine near Düsseldorf in 2002, trips through the villages of the Saarland are planned as the next step in this series.
After the coal is before the coal
Far more people than just the miners themselves are affected by the end of mining. During 16 inter- views recorded for this exhibition, the reactions of men and women from the Saarland towards the end of mining and their assessments of their personal future and that of society are registered. Speakers included former miners and young miners, but also family members and people from the Saarland miner‘s social milieu.
Miners of the afternoon shift twelve days after the Luisenthal disaster, February 1962 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Horse carriages are being loaded with coal at the harbour of Saarbrücken, around 1870 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Open-cast mine on the north shaft of the Ensdorf pit in Falscheid by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Speech of Prime Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer at the "Mettenschicht" in the Saar mine on 30 June 2012 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
The end and the future The end and the future by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Black and green
Coal: born of wood and recovered from the depths of the earth. Entire forests were felled during the course of the 250 years of Saarland mining history, among other aspects in order to support the galleries and pit props in the mines. On the other hand, many wooded areas were replanted over the past years. Wood from which coal could theoretically once again originate in a few million years. This double paradigm change was recorded in film from the air for the exhibition: the golden autumn countryside of the Saar coal forest was captured during a slow hot air balloon flight with 6 cameras in October 2012.
Rural landscapes similar to this look at Medelsheim are considered "beautiful" even today. by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
A wind turbine, as shown here in Saar-Mosel-Gau, introduces a previously non-existent vertical component into the landscape. by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
A photo of high symbolic value: Symbols of the fossil and post-fossil ages in Göttelborn, a coal power plant and photovoltaic facilities by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Today, old industrial objects are often staged as elements of the traditional "homeland" or as symbols for a "hard, but just and comprehensible world" due to their symbolic potential, as exemplified by this furnace in Neunkirchen. by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Saarland Kohlenwald - Schwarz und GrünState Chancellery Saarland
The Saarkohlenwald flown over as part of these film recordings covers an area of approximately 61 square kilometres from Saarbrücken to Neunkirchen (Saar). The large-scale exploitation of this forested area, first for charcoal purposes, later for mining timber (pit prop) for the coal mines, started with the development of the Saarland to a steelworking and mining area. Since then, the region has become a thick forest once again and constitutes the green axis of the Saarland. This forested area captured here with six cameras in parallel is evidence for a double paradigm shift: while the 19th century saw the replacement of renewable fuel sources through fossilized ones, we are now transitioning back from fossilized fuels to renewables.
Memorandum
The exhibits are subdivided into four groups: - Objects with the Prussian insignia stand for mining festivals which represented one of the culminating points in course of the miners‘ year. - Sixteen tobacco processing busi- nesses existed in the Saarland until 1959. Whether in artful porcelain pipes or as chewing tobacco, the luxury item was part of the miners‘ lives both above and under ground. - The symbol of mining par excellence is the pick and hammer, which ad- orned every conceivable object from candles to plates, in addition to shafts and winding towers. - Artistic photographs that show three different views of objects respec- tively record some of the mining relicts virtually omnipresent in many Saarland communities.
"Glück auf" ("Good luck!") letters by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Information sign by RAG, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Pocket watch by Historisches Museum Saar and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Keychain by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Brooches and pendants Brooches and pendants by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Candlestick made of coke by Steffi Groß-Hanke, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Saarriva by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Wooden box with hammer and pick by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Porcelain box by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Knife rest by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Load-carrying spacers with hammer and pick by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Commemorative plate by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Number plates by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Number plates by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Der Pflüger" by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Der Arbeiterzug" by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Change of shift by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Am Schacht" by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Schlagende Wetter" by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Decorative candle with mining motive by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Codd-neck bottle by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Water bottle with hammer and pick by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Food box by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Box of matches by Historisches Museum Saar and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Match holder by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Prussian miner's pipe Prussian miner's pipe by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Cigar case by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Cigar case of the Saargruben Aktiengesellschaft Saarbrücken by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Cigar case of the Saar mine administration ("Saargrubenverwaltung") by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Chewing tobacco by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Can for chewing tobacco by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Beer mug of the Saargruben AG by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Glück auf" beer mug by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Two beer mugs of Saargruben AG by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Beer vouchers Beer vouchers by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Autograph card of Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Visit of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Visit of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Kauenimbiss" menu "Kauenimbiss" menu by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Chancellor Schmidt underground by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Helmut Schmidt's visiting programme by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Miner's figurine by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Decorative stone by Karl Heinz Janson, Heusweiler and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Sculpture of a miner by Rüdiger Ankele, Merten (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Uniform of a mining official by Bergmannsverein Fischbach-Camphausen and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Uniform by Bergmannsverein Fischbach-Camphausen and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Coat hooks by Historisches Museum Saar and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Soap tray and coat hook by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Ehrenhäckel" by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Pit scale model by Bergmannsverein Fischbach-Camphausen and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Various pennants Various pennants by Berg- und Hüttenarbeiterverein ›St. Barbara‹ Saarlouis-Fraulautern 1861 e.V. and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Scale model of the "St. Anna" coal barge by Günther Primm, St. Wendel and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Göttelborn pit alarm clock by Olaf Mehl/Jens Stoewesand and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Chess figures by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Briquette candy by Johannes Schäfer, Berlin and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Pit telephone by Steffi Groß-Hanke, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Two mine telephones Two mine telephones by RAG, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Historical aerial photographs Historical aerial photographs by Bernd Speicher, Bous and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Reden pit by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Reden pit by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Redener Hannes by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Entrance hall by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Verlesesaal" by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Coffee kitchen by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Steiger's office by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Miner's bathroom ("Mannschaftskaue") by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Bergleute auf dem Weg zur Arbeit ("Miners on their way to work") by Franco Pintus, Rehlingen and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Im Pott (unter Essen)" by Jürg Steiner, Berlin and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Steinkohlefinanzierungsgesetz (German Coal Financing Act) Steinkohlefinanzierungsgesetz (German Coal Financing Act) by Bundesarchiv, Koblenz and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Mining memorials in the Saarland Mining memorials in the Saarland by IndustrieKultur Saar GmbH, Göttelborn and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
