german  |  dutch  |  french
Font size
My ERIH-Route contains 0 document(s) >>

Current events

Viel Stoff. Textile Muster und Musterbücher 1900 bis 2000 | Dortmund, LWL Industrial Museum Zollern II/IV Colliery
HORCH - EIN AUDI! | Zwickau, August Horch Museum
Da Vinci - The Genius | Manchester, The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
Armand Heins, etser, lithograaf en drukker. De technische wereld van e | Gent, Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textile
Dein Gehirn. denken.fühlen.handeln. | Völklingen, World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works
more events >>

Latest News:

20.01.10

New Regional Route in Poland connected to ERIH network

The Silesian Voivodeship is another address on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.


11.01.10

European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 now open!

The Ruhr is the European Capital of Culture 2010.


10.11.09

Reusing Industrial Heritage TICCIH Conference - Call for Papers open until 16th November

TICCIH is having it´s first joint meeting with ICOHTEC (The International Committee for the History...


The "Industrial Valleys" Regional Route

Bergisches Land, Märkisches Sauerland, Siegerland

The slate hillsides of the Rhineland do not resemble an industrial area in the slightest. That said, it is indeed an industrial area whose economic roots can be traced back into the distant past. This was one of the first regions to make charcoal from timber, manufacture iron from ore and harness water for power. As a result of the ambition, industriousness, inventive powers and craft skills of the local population water wheels were soon turning, blast furnaces glowing, hammer works pounding, spindles rotating and weaving looms clattering. This route leads through one of the oldest industrial regions in Germany.
more >>

Map >>

Country   City   Site   Theme
D
  Altena     German Museum of Wire   Iron and Steel
D
  Balve     Luisenhütte   Iron and Steel
D
  Bergisch Gladbach     Rhineland Industrial Museum Old Dombach Paper Mill   Production and Manufacturing
D
  Bergisch Gladbach     Regional Museum of Mining, Handicraft and Trade   MiningTextiles
D
  Engelskirchen     Rhineland Industrial Museum Ermen & Engels Cotton Mill   TextilesApplication of PowerWater
D
  Hagen     LWL Open Air Museum of Handicrafts and Science   Iron and SteelTextilesProduction and ManufacturingApplication of Power
D
  Iserlohn     Historic Factory Maste-Barendorf - Museum of Needles and Brass Casting   Iron and Steel
D
  Leverkusen     Industrial Museum Freudenthal Scythe Forge   Iron and Steel
D
  Lüdenscheid     Bremecker Hammer Museum of Forging   Iron and Steel
D
  Radevormwald     Museum Textile Mill Johann Wülfing & Son   Textiles
D
  Ratingen     Rhineland Industrial Museum Textile Mill Cromford   TextilesHousing and Architecture
D
  Remscheid     German Museum of Tools   Iron and Steel
D
  Remscheid     German Roentgen-Museum   Production and Manufacturing
D
  Solingen     LVR Industrial Museum Hendrichs Drop Forge   Iron and Steel
D
  Solingen     German Museum of Blades   Iron and Steel
D
  Solingen     Müngsten Bridge   Transport and Communication
D
  Wenden     Wenden Ironworks   Iron and Steel
D
  Wuppertal     Historical Centre - Engels-House and Museum of Early Industrialization   Textiles
D
  Wuppertal     Monorail   Transport and Communication
D
  Wuppertal     Bergische Museumsbahnen   Transport and Communication