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.
7 of 14 - Hibernia Colliery
This floodlight bears the name of the Hibernia colliery – one of the most historic mines in Gelsenkirchen-Mitte , which helped shape the region's heartbeat for over a century. Founded in the 1850s , Hibernia was one of the first large-scale mines in the Ruhr region and quickly became the city's industrial powerhouse.
The facility grew steadily – with massive winding towers, its own coking plants, and connected railway lines. Hibernia AG , named after the Latin name for Ireland, was one of the largest coal companies of its time. And even after the actual mine was closed in 1973 , the name remained prominent: as the parent company of the later Ruhrkohle AG (RAG).
Today, many of the old buildings have disappeared – but the modern Hibernia Industrial Park has been built on the former mine site. The place lives on, transforms – and carries the spirit of the past into the present.
➡️ 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.