Steiger (mining)

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A steiger in the Ruhr mining region with his cane (Häckel) and lamp

A Steiger (literally "climber") is the title of a mine manager or mining foreman, used in German-speaking Europe. He bears responsibility for part of the mine and the people subordinated to him. The name is derived from the former role of a Steiger, who continually had to climb into and out of the pit.[1] The Steiger is celebrated in a very popular German mining song the so-called Steigerlied (Glückauf, Glückauf; der Steiger kommt …).

References

  1. ↑ Heinrich Veith: Deutsches Bergwörterbuch mit Belegen. Verlag von Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1871
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