Current events |
| Dein Gehirn. denken.fühlen.handeln. | Völklingen, World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works |
| Dessous - 150 Jahre Kulturgeschichte der Unterwäsche | Euskirchen, Rhineland Industrial Museum Mueller Cloth Mill |
| Tall Ships Photography Exhibition | Gloucester, National Waterways Museum and Gloucester Dock |
| Wege aus der Armut. Baden in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts | Furtwangen, German Clock Museum | German Clock Route |
| Von Feuer, Wasser und bösen Wettern. Unglücke in Lausitzer Bergwerken | Hoyerswerda, Energy Factory Knappenrode |
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Latest News:
New Regional Route in Poland connected to ERIH network
The Silesian Voivodeship is another address on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 now open!
The Ruhr is the European Capital of Culture 2010.
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...
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.
Anchor Point of the Day
German Clock Museum | German Clock Route | Furtwangen
The same show is repeated every hour on the hour. A striking mechanism pushes a little wooden...
Do you know...
where the longest and highest open-air moving staircase in Germany can be found?
At the Zollverein mining complex in Essen, an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. People ascending to the old coal washing plant via the 58 meter long moving staircase not only travel to a height of 23.1 metres; from here they find themselves at the start of an exciting journey back through time. Once at the top, visitors are rewarded with a magnificent view of the gigantic industrial site, and they can also immerse themselves in industrial history. Here in the visitor centre at Zollverein Shaft XII, they can find information on ERIH, the Ruhrgebiet Industrial Heritage Trail and the Zollverein World Cultural Heritage site.
