Shift in the shaft, but never in the heart.

⚒️ 14 floodlights. 14 mines. 14 stories.

This bar table was built from an original floodlight from the Parkstadion – made of real steel, which carried the light over the home of FC Schalke 04 for 28 years.

Carefully cleaned and restored , it still retains its traces. Every scratch and rust spot tells of great games, goals, tears, and triumphs. Of what makes Schalke what it is.

The frame is inspired by the old winding towers of Gelsenkirchen's mines. A symbol of Schalke's origins – from the Ruhr area, from work, from the community.

Schalke was built on coal. And that spirit lives on:

Work hard. Stick together. Never go under.

That is why each floodlight bears the name of a mine that was once in operation here.

2 of 14 - Alma Mine

The Alma colliery was one of the most historic hard coal mines in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf. It began operations in 1872 and shaped life in the district for over a century. The Alma shafts remained in operation until the end of the 1970s – right in the heart of the mining area, just a stone's throw from the Thyssen AG steelworks.

Where heavy machinery once rattled, the Alma Central Coking Plant was built in the late 1920s and remained in operation until 1963. Many of the secondary mines have disappeared, been built over, or demolished – but the memory lives on . In Ückendorf, Almastraße still bears the mine's name.

And the site itself continues to tell its story: Since 2017, Alma Park has been inviting people to enjoy sports and leisure activities on the former mine site – a modern contrast to the region's rugged roots.

➡️ 50% of the proceeds go directly to “Schalke hilft!” , the charitable foundation of FC Schalke 04.

➡️ The other 50% goes into the costly restoration and preservation of such historical monuments.

A donation receipt cannot be issued because this is an auction. 50 percent of the proceeds will be donated to Schalke hilft! following the auction. The floodlights show signs of wear due to their age.