Spiesen-Elversberg , Saarland

Heimatmuseum Spiesen – Haus Lion

Gründungsdatum
2015

Die Geschichte der Orte Spiesen und Elversberg wurde wesentlich vom industriellen Kohlenbergbau des 19. Jahrhunderts bestimmt. Dabei spielte die nördlich von Elversberg ab 1847 entstandene Grube Heinitz eine wichtige Rolle. In der Umgebung entstanden Schlaf- und Wohnhäuser für die bis 1910 auf ca. 6.000 Bergleute angestiegene Belegschaft. Das 2015 in einem Bauernhaus untergebrachte Heimatmuseum Haus Lion dokumentiert mit seinen Sammlungen auch die Lokalgeschichte des Bergbaus. Zu sehen sind neben Werkzeugen auch die Arbeits- und Repräsentationskleidung der Bergleute. Geologische Fundstücke und eine Fotosammlung runden die Bestände ab.

 


Gänselieselplatz 1, 66583 Spiesen-Elversberg
https://www.spiesen-elversberg.de/sport-freizeit-kultur-tourismus/museen-gemein…

Träger
Stadt Spiesen-Elversberg

Literatur

Müller, Herbert: Die Grube Heinitz-Neunkirchen. Deutschlands frühester Steinkohlenbergbau, Neunkirchen 2015.

Schinkel, Helmut: Heinitz. Von der Kohlengrube zum Neunkirchener Stadtteil im Grünen, Neunkirchen 2004.

die Museumsgebäude auf der Internetseite des Heimatmuseums

49.316625, 7.151971

Object groups according to relevance

An overview of all object groups can be found here.

Miner’s lamps, a collective term used in mining for all lighting equipment used underground. (following: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon, [The small mining glossary], 1998)

Tools used in mining work. In German-speaking countries, the miner's toolset is known as a "Gezähe". (following: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon [The small mining glossary], 1998)

Objects with a close connection to mining customs, miners’ associations as well as personal mementos

This is protective clothing designed to withstand the tough working conditions underground.

Machines and accessories for making cylindrical cavities in the rock, for prospecting, extraction, alignment or lining work, or for preparing blasting work.

Meaning a miner's personal effects for use underground, and which do not directly serve as work tools. These might be the miner's lunch box or snuff pouch.

Image, film and audio material particularly containing historical images of collieries and audio-visual documentation of underground mining work.

Extraction, loosening of coal and other deposit content from the hard rock with the aid of the extraction procedure. (following: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon [The small mining glossary], 1998)

This object group encompasses mining-related map materials, including maps showing colliery sites or graphical representations based on surveys performed above and below ground, known as Grubenrisse [mine layouts].

Alongside sculptures, the range of mining-related artworks particularly includes paintings, especially portraits and depictions of mines. A significant portion of these are naïve paintings created by amateur artists, frequently former miners who use this medium to describe their day-to-day work and leisure time.

Objects in the areas of geology, mineralogy and palaeontology, frequently used to document the structure of various deposits

Facilities enabling communications to be relayed from aboveground to underground, and enabling people underground to communicate with one another

Uniforms worn by mining officials and miners on festive and formal occasions.

These are written records (files, books, company brochures etc.), which are found in practically all the recorded collections and museums, alongside the objects kept there.