Lohberg is one of seven subdivisions of
Dinslaken
Dinslaken is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known for its harness racing track, its now closed coal mine in Lohberg and its wealthy neighborhoods ''Hiesfeld'' and ''Eppinghoven''.
Geography
Dinslaken ...
, a city located at the northwestern margin of the
Ruhr area
The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...
. Lohberg is mainly known for its now closed
coal mine ''Zeche Lohberg''.
History
Lohberg was built between 1907 and 1924 based on the architectural concept of a
garden city in order to accommodate the miners and other employees of the ''Zeche Lohberg''. Subsequent plans to expand Lohberg were dropped.
Zeche Lohberg
In order to supply Dinslaken's
ironworks
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Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
with
coke the industrialists
Fritz Thyssen
Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen (9 November 1873 – 8 February 1951) was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families. He was an early supporter of the Nazi Party, but later broke with them.
Biography
Youth
Thyssen w ...
,
Joseph Thyssen
Joseph Thyssen, also Josef Thyssen (14 February 1844 – 15 July 1915), was a German industrialist. He was the son of Friedrich Thyssen and the younger brother of August Thyssen, who was also his closest colleague and confidant.
Biography ...
,
August Thyssen
August Thyssen (; Eschweiler, 17 May 1842 – Landsberg Castle, Ratingen, near Kettwig, 4 April 1926) was a German industrialist.
Career and marriage
After he had completed his studies at the RWTH Aachen University, University of Karlsruhe and ...
as well as the
assessor
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* ''Assessor'' (fish), a genus of fishes
* Assessor (law), the assistant to a judge or magistrate
* Assessor (Oxford), a senior officer of the University of Oxford
* Assessor (property), an expert who calculates the value of pr ...
Arthur Jacob founded the
mining corporation ''Lohberg'' on December 30, 1905.
In 1907 sinking of the
shafts ''Lohberg 1'' and ''Lohberg 2'' began at the country road between Dinslaken and
Hünxe.
During the course of time the coal mine expanded: new shafts were sunk, workers from
Korea
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,
Yugoslavia
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and
Turkey
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were hired; and the capacity increased, until it reached its maximum in 1979 with 3,135,415
ton
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Mainly it describes units of weight. Confusion can arise because ''ton'' can mean
* the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds
...
s of coal.
The mine was closed on January 1, 2006. The remaining 1,400 workers were hired by other coal mines or went into retirement.
Demography
As of December 31, 2009, Lohberg had 6,000 residents. Because of the high number of ''
Gastarbeiter'' at the coal mine, approximately 40% of them have a Turkish background.
External links
Official site
Garden suburbs
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