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Miner's cap

Linen cap worn by miners in German-speaking countries in the Middle Ages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miner's cap

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The miner's cap (German: Fahrhaube) is part of the traditional miner's costume. It consists of a white material (linen) and served in the Middle Ages to protect the miner when descending below ground (unter Tage). Later it was replaced by the miner's hat (Fahrhut or Schachthut), from which the leather cap or helmet were developed and subsequently today's mining helmets.

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Thumb — Medieval miners descending into the shaft (by Agricola)

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See also

Miner's habit
Mooskappe - miner's cap from the Harz Mountains

Further reading

Karl-Ewald Fritzsch; Friedrich Sieber (1957), Bergmännische Trachten des 18.Jahrhunderts im Erzgebirge und im Mansfeldischen (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, p. 79

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