Mining engineering

Include Montanwerke Sciences ( partly also called Montanistik and Mont estate ) as the science of mining ( in the broad sense, including tunnel / drift mining, rock engineering / Gesteinsbau ), mine surveying, metallurgy, processing and mineralogy the knowledge and techniques that deal with the detection of raw materials in the earth's crust, the favorable operation of mines and smelting of ores zuwie of basic and applied research to employ construction activities below the floor. In some cases, aspects of the secondary sector ( manufacturing industries ) are the subject of the Coal and scientist.

The mining science has a long tradition in German speaking countries. In teaching and research, the mining science is represented at several German universities such as the University of Leoben in Austria and in Germany especially at the Technical University of Clausthal and the Technical University of Freiberg. The TU Freiberg and Clausthal University of Technology were founded with a focus on the mining sciences.

The term goes back to the word stem montane, which in turn from the Latin word for mountain: mons comes. He is numerous terms that relate to the mining and metallurgy prefixed.

As its own scientific discipline in Europe applies the mining science since the High Middle Ages. Formative This was mainly due

• Rülein Ulrich von Calw (1465-1523),
• The geologist and mineralogist Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), he is considered the father of modern mining sciences,
• The economist and Freiberg Hauptmann Friedrich Anton von Heynitz (1725-1802), the founder of Freiberg, and
• The South Tyrol / Styrian mining pioneer Peter Ritter von Tunner (1809-1897), on the back the University of Leoben.