The Industrial Heritage Trail

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Instruction plate of the main trail

The Industrial Heritage Trail (German: Route der Industriekultur) links tourist attractions related to the industrial heritage in the Ruhr area in Germany.[1] It is a part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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[edit] The route

The trail network connects museums and exhibitions that present the industrial revolution during the last 750 years in the Ruhr area. It includes 400 km of road network and about 700 km of bicycle tracks.[2]

[edit] The attractions

The Industrial Heritage Trail – Visitor Centres, Anchor Points, Theme Routes

German Inland Waterways Museum | Duisburg Inner Harbour | Oberhausen Industrial Museum | Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord | Gasometer Oberhausen in CentrO | Aquarius-Wassermuseum | Villa Hügel | Nordsternpark | World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein | Marl-Chemiepark Power Station | Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum | Henrichshütte | Jahrhunderthalle Bochum | Umspannwerk Recklinghausen | Deutsches Bergbau-Museum | Zeche Nachtigall | Henrichenburg boat lift | DASA | Kokerei Hansa | Zeche Zollern II/IV | Hohenhof | Hagen Westphalian Open-Air Museum | Lindenbrauerei Unna | Maximilianpark Hamm | Halde Rheinpreußen

Theme routes (ascending numbers):  1. Duisburg: Town and Harbour | 2. Industrielle Kulturlandschaft Zollverein | 3. Duisburg: Industriekultur am Rhein | 4. Oberhausen: Industrie macht Stadt | 5. Krupp und die Stadt Essen | 6. Dortmund: Dreiklang Kohle, Stahl und Bier | 7. Industriekultur an der Lippe | 8. Erzbahn-Emscherbruch | 9. Industriekultur an Volme und Ennepe | 10. Sole, Dampf und Kohle | 11. Frühe Industrialisierung | 12. Geschichte und Gegenwart der Ruhr | 13. Auf dem Weg zur blauen Emscher | 14. Kanäle und Schifffahrt | 15. Bahnen im Revier | 16. Westfälische Bergbauroute | 17. Rheinische Bergbauroute | 18. Chemie, Glas und Energie | 19. Arbeitersiedlungen | 20. Unternehmervillen | 21. Brot, Korn und Bier | 22. Mythos Ruhrgebiet | 23. Historische Parks und Gärten | 24. Industrienatur |

25. Landmarken-Kunst
RouteIndustriekultur Hinweisschild schmal.svg

There are 52 main attractions on the trail.
In the category Panoramas are lots of spoil tips, e.g. here the Halde Rheinpreußen
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
The gas elephant in Hamm

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "What is the Industrial Heritage Trail?". http://www.route-industriekultur.de/menue/menue.html&lang=2. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
  2. ^ "Routes". http://www.ruhr2010.de/en/ruhr-metropolis/visiting-the-ruhr-metropolis/routes.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 

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