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.
8 of 14 - Holland Colliery Shafts 1 and 2
This floodlight bears the name of the Holland colliery , or more precisely, shafts 1 and 2 in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf . Sinking work began here as early as 1873 – and Holland soon became a key part of the emerging Ruhr mining industry. The two shafts were the nucleus of a widely branched colliery network that later extended as far as Wattenscheid and Wanne-Eickel.
In Gelsenkirchen, the Holland 1/2 colliery was not only a place of hard work, but also a piece of home. The impressive brick buildings, the distinctive headframe, and the sound of the mill siren shaped life in the district for generations.
Mining at Shaft 1/2 ended in 1966 , but the name "Holland" remained. Even today, streets, settlements, and stories recall the mine, which for many was the beginning and center of their lives.
➡️ 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.