Contents 5 // INTRODUCTION 9 // DESCRIPTION OF THE OSTRAVA-KARVINÁ COALFIELD 13 // Territory 13 // Geology 14 // HISTORY OF MINING IN THE OSTRAVA-KARVINÁ COALFIELD 15 // The beginnings of mining and the discovery of coal deposits 15 // Shallow mining 17 // Deep mining 19 // The beginnings of deep mining 19 // Western part of the coalfield (Ostrava) 19 // Eastern part of the coalfield (Karviná) 21 // The growth of deep mining in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early 20th century 23 // The First World War and the period up to the Second World War 25 // The Second World War 25 // The nationalization of the collieries and post-war developments 27 // Limited mine closures and subsequent rise in production levels 28 // Extensive mine closures 29 // The history of conservation work and the care of industrial heritage 30 // TECHNICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENTS 35 // Drift mining 35 // Shallow mining 36 // Deep shaft mining 37 // Mechanization 38 // Vertical transportation and winding engines 38 // Compressors 44 // Pit-head buildings 46 // L-shaped pit-head buildings, i.e. complexes with an L-shaped ground plan 46 // Linear pit-head buildings with an l-shaped ground plant 46 // ‘Central’ (T-shaped) type pit-head buildings, with a symmetrical ground plan // in the shape of the letter T 46 // Winding towers (headframes) 46 // Brickwork or masonry winding towers 49 // Pyramid-shaped winding towers 49 // English-type strut-supported winding towers (English support) / Tomson support 50 // German-type strut-supported winding towers 51 6 Cultural Monuments of the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield // Individual winding tower designs 51 // Winding towers with raised engine rooms 52 // Central shafts 52 // The engine hall as the central feature of the site 54 // The development of architectural design 56 //
ENTREPRENEURS AND MINING COMPANIES 59 // Archbishopric of Olomouc (Olmiitz) 59 // Austrian Alpine Mining Company 60 // Austrian state / Imperial and Royal Prospecting and Boring Commission 61 // Bludovský family 61 // Chamber of the Těšín Estates / Chamber of the Estates of the Těšín Principality / // Coal Mines of His Imperial Majesty Archduke Albrecht 61 // Doubrava and Orlová Coal Mining Company 63 // Doubrava-Orlová Mining Company 63 // Eichendorf, Johann Friedrich 63 // Geymüller, Johann Heinrich 64 // Grutschreiber, Johann Adam 64 // Gutmann,Wilhelm, David, Max 64 // Handwerk, Franz 65 // Harrach, Franz Ernst 66 // Hesse, Josef and Sahl, Samuel 66 // Klein, František, Albert, Libor, Hubert 67 // Laryš / Larisch-Mönnich, Jan Florian Erdman, Jan Vaclav, Heinrich (senior), Johann, // Eugen, Heinrich (junior) / Coal Mines of His Excellency Count Johann Larisch-Mönnich / The Count Larisch-Mönnich Coal and Coke Works, Karviná 67 // Magerle, František / Magerle & Co. Mining Company 69 // Marie Anna Coal Company / Marie Anna Moravian Ostrava Coal Company 69 // Mattencloit, Anton, Nicolaus 69 // Miesbach, Alois and Dräsche, Heinrich 70 // Mining and Iron Company / Austrian Mining and Iron Company / Mining and Iron // Company 70 // Moravian Ostrava Coal and Coke Company 72 // Northern Ferdinand Railway / Exclusively Privileged Northern Railway of the // Emperor Ferdinand / Imperial and Royal Exclusively Privileged Northern Railway of // the Emperor Ferdinand / Coal Mining Company of the Imperial and Royal Exclusively // Privileged Northern Railway of the Emperor Ferdinand 72 // Orlová-Lazy Coal Mining Company 73 // Orlová-Lazy Coal Mining Company / Gorgosch & Co. / Orlová-Lazy Coal Mining Company 74 // Ostrava Mining Joint-Stock Company, formerly of Prince Salm 74 //
Ostrava-Karviná Mining Company (OKBS) / Coal Mines of His Excellency Count // Eugen Larisch-Mönnich, Petřvald / ‘Heinrich’ Mining Company of Count Eugen Larisch-Mönnich, Petřvald / Ostrava-Karviná Mining Company / State Mining // Directorate in Porubá, Orlová 75 // Ostrava-Karviná Mining Corporation (OKD) 75 // Reibnitz, Ernst Wilhelm 76 // Rothschild, Salomon Mayer, Anselm Salomon, Albert Salomon 76 // Salm-Reifferscheidt, Hugo Karl, Hugo Karl Franz, Hugo Leopold 77 // Stücker von Wayersdorf, Hubert 78 // Thomke, Georg 79 // Vítkovice Coal Mining Company / United Vítkovice Coal Mines 79 // Vítkovice Mining and Iron Company 79 // Vítkovice Mining Company / Vienna Mining Company 80 // Vladimír Vondráček & Co. 81 // Vondráček, Ignác, Vladimír 81 // Wilczek, Franz Josef, Stanislav, Johann Nepomuk Maria / Coal Mines of His Excellency // Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek / Count Wilczek Coal Mines and Coking Plant in // Polish Ostrava / Count Wilczek Ostrava Coal Mines and Coking Plants 83 // Zwierzina, Josef 83 // Zwierzina Mining Company / Zwierzina Coal Mining Company 84 // Zerotín, Zdeněk, Otto 84 // Zofie Mining Company, Poruba 85 // CATALOGUE OF CULTURAL MONUMENTS OF THE OSTRAVA-KARVINÁ COALFIELD 87 // Dolní Suchá, Emperor Franz Josef / Suchá / Dukla Colliery 87 // Hrušov, Hubert / Stachanov Colliery / Site No. 3 91 // Hrušov, Ida / Hoffnungsschacht / Generalisimus Stalin 1 / Red October I Colliery 95 // Hrušov, Vrbice ventilation shaft 98 // Karviná-Doly, Austria / Barbora / Pilsudski / 1st of May / Barbora Colliery 101 // Karviná-Doly, Gabriela / UNRRA 1 / Mír (‘Peace’) 1 / Gabriela Colliery 106 // Karviná-Doly, ColHery no. VI / Gabzdyl / Jindřich Colliery 110 // Kunčičky, Alexandr Colliery 113 // Michálkovice, Imperial and Royal Colliery no. 3 / Michal / Petr Cingr Colliery 119 //
Moravská Ostrava (Moravian Ostrava), Hlubina / Laušman / Hlubina Colliery 125 // Moravská Ostrava (Moravian Ostrava), Colliery no. X / Jindřich Colliery 133 // Moravská Ostrava (Moravian Ostrava), Jiří Colliery 137 // Nová Ves, Ignát no. 3 / Jan Sverma no. 3 ventilation shaft 140 8 Cultural Monuments of the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield // Petřkovice, Anselm / Petershoffen I-IV / Masaryk 1 / Eduard Urx Colliery / OKD // Mining Museum 142 // Petřkovice, Oskar / Petershoffen V—VI / Masaryk II / Lidice Colliery 150 // Petřvald, Habsburg / Pokrok / Fučík I Colliery 153 // Porubá, Colliery no. I / Alpine / Vaclav / Czechoslovak Pioneer Colliery 157 // Přívoz, Odra Colliery 160 // Slezská Ostrava (Silesian Ostrava), Jan Marie Colliery 163 // Slezská Ostrava (Silesian Ostrava), Jan Nepomuk / Jan Michaeli / Michálka Colliery 166 // Slezská Ostrava (Silesian Ostrava), Terezie / Bergschacht / Petr Bezruč Colliery 170 // Slezská Ostrava (Silesian Ostrava), Holy Trinity / Trojice (‘Trinity’) Colliery and // Conical Spoil Tip 175 // Slezská Ostrava (Silesian Ostrava), Conical spoil tip of the Trojice Colliery // and Coking plant / Emma-Lucie Colliery slag heap 178 // Sviadnov, Staříč 1 - Sviadnov Colliery 180 // Vítkovice, Nová jáma (New shaft) / Louis / Steinböck / General Jeremenko / Marshal // Jeremenko Colliery 182 // LITERATURE AND SOURCES 187 // Literature 187 // Sources 195