European Route of Industrial Heritage

The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a network (theme route) of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. This is a tourism industry information initiative to present a network of industrial heritage sites across Europe. The aim of the project is to create interest for the common European Heritage of the Industrialisation and its remains. ERIH also wants to promote regions, towns and sites showing the industrial history and market them as visitor attractions in the leisure and tourism industry.^[1]

Anchor points

The – virtual – main route is built by the so-called Anchor Points. These are Industrial Heritage sites which are the historically most important and most attractive for visitors. The route leads through 13 countries thus far (in 2014): Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.^[2]

The anchor sites in 2015 are:

Location	Site	Theme(s)
Amlwch	Mynydd Parys and Porth Amlwch	Mining, Transport and Communication, Landscapes
Amsterdam	Heineken Experience - Heineken Brewery	Production and Manufacturing
Augsburg	Textile and industrial museum (tim)	Textiles
Birmingham	Museum of the Jewellery Quarter	Production and Manufacturing
Blaenavon	Big Pit National Coal Museum	Mining, Landscapes
Blegny	Blegny-Mine	Mining
Bocholt	TextilWerk Bocholt LWL Industrial Museum	Textiles
Calais	The International City of Lace and Fashion	Textiles
Carbonia	Italian Centre for Coal Mining, Culture	Mining, Landscapes
Chatham	The Historic Dockyard	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Chemnitz	Chemnitz Museum of Industry	Textiles, Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Copenhagen	Visit Carlsberg / Carlsberg Visitors Centre	Production and Manufacturing
Cornellà de Llobregat	Museu Agbar de les Aigües	Water
Cromford	Derwent Valley Mills	Textiles, Landscapes
Delmenhorst	Nordwolle	Textiles, Housing and Architecture
Dortmund	LWL Industrial Museum Zollern II/IV Colliery	Mining, Housing and Architecture
Duisburg	North Duisburg Landscape Park	Iron and Steel, Landscapes
Dundee	Verdant Works	Textiles
Duxford	Imperial War Museum Duxford	Transport and Communication, Industry and War
Elsecar	Elsecar Heritage Centre	Mining
Enschede	TwentseWelle	Textiles
Essen	Zollverein XII Colliery & Coking Plant World Heritage Site	Mining, Housing and Architecture
Euskirchen	LVR Industrial Museum Mueller Cloth Mill	Textiles
Falun	Falun Mine, World Heritage Site	Mining, Landscapes
Furtwangen	German Clock Museum, German Clock Route	Production and Manufacturing
Gent	Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textile	Textiles
Goslar	Mines of Rammelsberg World Heritage Site	Mining
Gräfenhainichen	Ferropolis - Town of Iron	Mining, Iron and Steel
Grimeton	World Heritage Grimeton	Transport and Communication
Grossouvre	Charcoal halle of Grossouvre	Iron and Steel
Haarlemmermeer	Steam Pumping Station De Cruquius	Water, Housing and Architecture
Hamburg	Hamburg Museum of Work	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Hoorn	Hoorn-Medemblik Steam Tram Museum	Transport and Communication
Hoyerswerda	Lusatia Mining Museum, Knappenrode Energy Factory	Mining, Application of Power, Landscapes
Kerkrade	Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade	Mining, Production and Manufacturing
Kongens Lyngby	Brede Works	Textiles, Production and Manufacturing, Housing and Architecture
Lage	Westphalian Industrial Museum Brick Works Lage	Production and Manufacturing
Lanark	New Lanark	Textiles, Housing and Architecture
Lichterfeld	Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60	Mining, Iron and Steel, Landscapes
Llanberis	National Slate Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Housing and Architecture, Landscapes
Łódź	Manufaktura, Museum of the Factory	Textiles
London	London Museum of Water & Steam	Application of Power, Water
Marcinelle	Bois du Cazier	Mining
Market Harborough	Foxton Locks:Foxton Inclined Plane and Lock Staircase	Transport and Communication
Medemblik	Netherlands Steam Machine Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Application of Power
Narvik	Museum Nord, Narvik	Transport and Communication
Newtongrange	National Mining Museum	Mining
Northwich	Lion Salt Works	Mining, Salt
Oberhausen	Gasometer next to CentrO	Iron and Steel, Application of Power
Oslo	Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine	Textiles
Ostrava	Michal Mine	Mining
Papenburg	Meyer Shipyard	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Peenemünde	The Peenemünde Historical Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Application of Power, Landscapes
Pendeen, Penzance	Geevor Tin Mine	Mining, Landscapes
Petite-Rosselle	Carreau Wendel Museum	Mining
Pilsen	Pilsner Urquell Brewery and Museum	Production and Manufacturing
Prato	Campolmi Factory, Lazzerini Library, Textile Museum	Textiles
Redruth	Heartlands	Mining
Rhondda	Rhondda Heritage Park	Mining, Landscapes
Rjukan	Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum	Application of Power
Sheffield	Kelham Island Museum	Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Application of Power
Solingen	LVR Industrial Museum Hendrichs Drop Forge	Iron and Steel
Spillum	Norwegian Sawmill Museum	Production and Manufacturing
St Austell	Wheal Martyn	Production and Manufacturing, Landscapes, Mining
Swansea	National Waterfront Museum	Mining, Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Tarnowskie Góry	Tarnowskie Góry silver mine	Mining
Telford	Ironbridge Gorge Museums	Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Terrassa	Catalonian Museum of Science and Industry	Textiles, Transport and Communication, Application of Power
Tychy	Tyskie Brewing Museum	Production and Manufacturing
Tyssedal	Norwegian Museum of Hydro Power and Industry	Application of Power, Landscapes
Völklingen	World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works	Iron and Steel, Application of Power, Landscapes
Wakefield	National Coal Mining Museum for England	Mining
Waltham Abbey	Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication, Landscapes
Zaandam	Zaanse Schans	Application of Power, Water
Zabrze	Guido historic coal mine	Mining
Zehdenick	Mildenberg Brick Work Park	Production and Manufacturing
Zevenaar	Brick Works De Panoven	Production and Manufacturing
Zwickau	August Horch Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
Żywiec	Żywiec Brewery Museum	Production and Manufacturing

Regional Routes

Regional Routes (like the Route der Industriekultur in the Ruhr) cover regions as where industrial history has left its mark. Currently (2015) there are seventeen:

Belgium: Euregio Maas-Rhine
France: Saar Lor Lux
Germany: Northwest; Ruhrgebiet; Industrial Valleys; Euregio Maas-Rhine; Saxony-Anhalt; Lusatia; Rhine-Main; Saar Lor Lux
Great Britain: Northwest-England; East Peak; Heart of England; South Wales; The Industrious East; Cornwall
Netherlands: HollandRoute; Euregio Maas-Rhine
Poland: Silesia
Spain: Catalonia

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European Theme Routes

Fourteen European Theme Routes show the diversity of industrial landscapes all over Europe and the common roots of industrial history:

Textiles: From fibre to fabric
Mining: The treasures of the Earth
Iron & Steel: The glow of the blast furnaces
Paper:
Salt: White gold
Manufacturing: Goods for the world
Energy: What makes us go
Transport & Communication: The tracks of the Industrial Revolution
Water: Blue Gold
Industry and War:
Housing & Architecture
Service & Leisure Industry
Industrial Landscapes

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References

External links

ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage

[1] European Route of Industrial Heritage home page

[2] Anchor Points. The milestones of European industrial heritage

[3] ERIH regional routes

[4] ERIH Themed routes

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v t e European Route of Industrial Heritage
Anchor sites	Augsburg textile and industry museum August Horch Museum Zwickau Beringen coal preparation plant Big Pit National Coal Museum Blaenavon Ironworks Bocholt textile museum Bois du Cazier Calais lace museum Chatham Historic Dockyard Brick Works De Panoven Continium Derwent Valley Mills Espace Métal, Grossouvre Gasometer Oberhausen Geevor Tin Mine Guido mine Heartlands, Redruth Heineken Experience Hendrich's Drop Forge, Solingen Historical Technical Museum, Peenemünde Jewellery Quarter Kelham Island Museum Lion Salt Works London Museum of Water & Steam Manufaktura, Museum of the Factory Medemblik steam museum Merkers Adventure Mines Důl Michal, Ostrava mNACTEC Terrassa Museum over industrie, arbeid en textiel National Coal Mining Museum for England Nordwolle Museum Nord, Narvik Norks Teknisk Museum Parys Mountain Carreau Wendel musée de mineurs Prato textile museum Quarry Bank Mill Rammelsberg Rhondda Heritage Park Saltaire Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry Tyskie brewing museum Tyssedal Hydroelectric Power Station TwentseWelle Verdant Works Völklingen Ironworks Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
Former Anchor sites	Beringen coal preparation plant Science and Industry Museum