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At work, the miner of the Middle Ages in Europe wore the normal costume for his local region – pit trousers (Grubenhose), shoes and miner's jacket (Bergkittel).. Only gradually was the typical miner's uniform created by the addition of unmistakable elements of miner's apparel such as the miner's apron (Arschleder), knee pads (Kniebügel), miner's cap (Fahrhaube or Fahrkappe, later pit hat ...
The mining apron was introduced to German mining regions in the 15th century from the Slovakian mining area around Schemnitz (Banská Štiavnica). Early illustrations of it are found on the title page of the "Little Mining Book" (Bergbüchlein) by Ulrich Rülein von Calw (1505) and on the miner's altar of St. Anne's Church in Annaberg (1521).
A Dutch prospector, Cornelius de Vos obtained a gold mining contract in Scotland with Regent Moray. [15] George Nedham reported that Cornelius de Vos corresponded with Daniel Hochstetter and Johannes Loner at Keswick in October 1568, and sent a Dutch miner Rennier to them with requests, asking for assays of ores and skilled workmen to be sent to Scotland.
Medieval miners descending into the shaft (by Agricola). The miner's cap (German: Fahrhaube) is part of the traditional miner's costume.It consists of a white material (linen) and served in the Middle Ages to protect the miner when descending below ground (unter Tage).
Hausfrau Haven is a wine shop in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The store makes up the ground floor of 769 South Third Street, a contributing property to the German Village historic district, listed by the city and on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The building's earliest history is unknown.
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Miners' greeting Glückauf with hammer and pick symbol above the entrance of an old mine building in the southern Ruhr Glück Auf: motto in the coat of arms of the mining town of Tsumeb, Namibia. Glückauf (alternative spelling Glück auf; also, as an exclamation: Glück auf!) is the traditional German miners' greeting.
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