Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Nordrhein-Westphalia
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Zeche Zollverein the most beautiful coal mine in the world changed into a World Heritage Site
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Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 02/08/2015
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"The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957-1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in Bauhaus style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the “most beautiful coal mine in the world”."
Wikipedia-Text.
"The Ruhr Museum is situated in the former coal washery of the
Zollverein Coal Mine, Shaft XII. It considers itself as the memory
and display window of the Ruhr Metropolis. With more than 6,000
exhibits, its permanent exhibition features the fascinating natural
and cultural history of the Ruhr Area. The present, the pre-industrial
memory and the region’s dramatic history in the industrial
era are illustrated on three levels."
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