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Saarbrücken
Regionalverband Saarbrücken Saarland Trierer Straße 1
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Persönlichkeiten des Bergbaus und BergbauberufenPersonalities of Mining and Mining Occupations |
Albert Küppers & Gebrüder Menges
1880 |
The former building of the Royal Prussian Mining Administration Headquarters in the former town of St. Johann an der Saar (now part of Saarbrücken) was built between 1877 and 1880 after designs by the architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden.
The statues and coats of arms of the corner bay and the statues of the central bay are from the workshop of the Menges brothers from Kaiserslautern. Significant contribution to the designs had probably Jakob Menges (1846-1916), the eldest of the four brothers, and his brother Karl (1853-1937). The Menges brothers were the third generation of a respected Palatine sculptor family.
The portrait medaillons are from the workshop of the Bonn sculptor Albert Küppers.
 Hüttenarbeiter / Iron worker |
 Bergmann / Miner |
Top row the coats of arms of noble ruling families, which were of greater importance in the history of the Saarland. Lower row those of the German Empire, Prussia, St. Johann and Saarbrücken.
 Herzogtum Lothringen / Duchy of Lorraine (Wikipedia). |
 Grafschaft bzw. Fürstentum Nassau-Saarbrücken (county, later principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken) (Wikipedia). |
 Grafen bzw. Fürsten von der Leyen (Wikipedia). |
 Freiherren von Kerpen (Wikipedia). |
 Deutsches Reich / German Empire |
 Kögreich Preußen / Kingdom of Prussia |
 St. Johann an der Saar |
 Saarbrücken |
 Kohlehauer / coal-worker wearing the typical hat with hammer and mallet (the old miner's symbol) and leaning against his wedge |
 Bergwerksdirektor / Mine director in proper state uniform holding a saber in his left hand and a sketch of a pit in his right. |
 Steiger / Overseer resting on his staff |
 Gesteinshauer / Rockshaker in working clothes holding a fist in his raised right hand and a rock drill in his left. |
 H. BOECKING Heinrich Böcking (Trarbach 1785 - Bonn 1862) Mayor of Saarbrücken, 1814, and of Alt-Saarbrücken 1832-38, Mining councilor ('Bergrat') since 1834 (Wikipedia). |
 H. v. DECHEN Heinrich von Dechen (Berlin 1800 - Bonn 1889) Geologist and director of the Prussian Mining Authority ('Oberbergamt') in Bonn (Wikipedia). |
 KRUG v. NIDDA Otto Ludwig Krug von Nidda (Sangerhausen 1810 - Berlin 1885) Undersecretary of the Prussian mountain administration in Berlin (Wikipedia). |
 L. SELLO Leopold Sello (Potsdam 1785 - Saarbrücken 1874) Director of the Royal Prussian Mining Authority ('Bergamt') in Saarbrücken, 1816-1857 (Wikipedia). |
