Bergamt
A Bergamt or mining office is a mining supervisory authority in German-speaking countries below the level of the state. It exercises immediate supervision of all activities, facilities and equipment associated with mining within a mining district. This includes the promotion and monitoring of operational safety and Occupational [safety and health|workplace safety].
Germany
In Germany, the legal basis for the supervision of mining operations is the Federal Mining Act. The states are responsible for the execution of the act through their respective state authorities which are:- Freiburg Regional Authority for Baden-Württemberg
- North Bavaria Mining Office and South Bavaria Mining Office for Bavaria
- State Office of Mining, Geology and Raw Materials for Berlin and Brandenburg
- State Office of Mining, Energy and Geology for Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein
- Darmstadt, Gießen and Kassel regional authorities for Hesse
- Stralsund Mining Office for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Arnsberg Regional Authority, office in Dortmund, previously Landesoberbergamt Nordrhein-Westfalen in Dortmund
- State Office of Geology and Mining for Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarbrücken Mining Office, subordinate to the Head Mining Office of the Saar
- Saxon Mining Office for Saxony
- State Office of Geology and Mining for Saxony-Anhalt
- Thuringian State Mining Office for Thuringia
Austria
In Austria it used to be the Berghauptmannschaft until the Mineral Raw Material Act came into force on 1 January 1999, when that was replaced by the Montanbehörden.Netherlands
In the Netherlands, state supervision of mining is carried out by the Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen . An important role is its oversight of oil extraction in the North Sea.Regional Mining Offices
- Bergamt Kamen
Historic Mining Offices
- Bergamt Hamm