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.

3 of 14 - Bergmannsglück Mine

This floodlight bears the name of the Bergmannsglück colliery – one of the northernmost hard coal mines in the Hassel district of Gelsenkirchen. The mining claim was granted as early as 1870 , and the first shaft followed in 1881. For many decades, the colliery was a major employer in the region and shaped the lives of entire generations.

The mining facilities were continually expanded – most recently, Bergmannsglück was connected to the neighboring Hugo colliery via an underground tunnel. Active mining operations ended in 1981 , and most of the surface facilities were subsequently dismantled. Only the Malakow scaffolding above Shaft 1 survived and is now a listed monument – ​​a silent witness to an era in which coal and miners shaped the Ruhr region.

➡️ 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.