Mooskappe

A moss cap is a traditional miner's hat. It protected the miner at his work from minor stone chips and the abutting against the ridges.

Production

Moss caps were made ​​of a hard green felt, but it is also " crochet " have given versions. They have a cylindrical, conical or dome-shaped form.

Dissemination

The moss cover was used in the Harz and Barsinghäuser mining district. It has been mapped since 1850, for example, on steel engravings of William Ripe.

In 1824 Heinrich Heine sailed the Clausthal mines Karolina and Dorothea. He wrote about this Befahrung:

"This ( miners ) wear dark, usually steel-blue, wide, up over the belly hanging jackets, pants of a similar color, a rear aufgebundenes leather apron and small green felt hats, all rimless like a abgekappter cone. "