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ERIH Annual Conference 2010 27th to 29th October 2010 in Barcelona, Spain
The registration for the ERIH conference is now open until 30th September 2010.
Guido Coal Mine awarded
ERIH Anchor Point Guido Coal Mine in Zabrze (Poland) awarded as Ambassador of Silesia
Days of Industrial Heritage in the Rhine-Main area
10 to 15 August 2010 more than 240 events at 150 sites will take place in the region between...
Welcome
to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the tourism information network of industrial heritage in Europe.
Currently we present more than 850 sites in 32 European countries. Among these sites there are 72 Anchor Points which build the virtual ERIH main route. On thirteen Regional Routes you can discover the industrial history of these landscapes in detail. All sites relate to ten European Theme Routes which show the diversity of European industrial history and their common roots.
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World Heritage Site Rammelsberg - Museum and Visitors Mine | Goslar
Narrow, crudely hewed out mining galleries: damp rock: glittering coloured crystal minerals....
Do you know...
where you can visit Europe's highest winding tower?
In Outokumpu, a town in the east of Finland with scarcely 8,000 inhabitants. Once Outokumpu was the largest mining town in Finland. Mining of copper ore started in 1913 and ended in 1989. In 1954 the Keretti shaft was sunk and topped by a 96 m winding tower, the highest in Europe. When the mine ceased working all buildings were pulled down except the winding tower. Today it is a far visible landmark and stands for the mining history of the region.
