since. There is John Rodgers, deeply involved with the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site and, like Jonathan, an ERIH enthusiast and board member from the very beginning. He will be ERIH's [...] is deputy head of industrial heritage at Historic Environment Scotland, which includes a number of sites that hold ERIH membership. The position of ERIH Coordinator for England is now in the hands of Dr [...] Heritage Support Officer, has been involved in providing support for England’s industrial heritage sites and the organisations that run them. In this role, on behalf of Historic England, he has already worked
In fact, Europe boasts a wealth of monuments and museums that recount the success of railway transport in the 19th century as well as its further development. The České Budějovice (Budweis) horse-draw
describes itself as an Italian network for industrial tourism and is particularly interested in sites still largely unknown. El Generador, a Basque tourism provider and host of the International Industrial [...] its idea of a "Grand Tour" of Italy's industrial heritage. This tour is meant to include all ERIH sites and link their visit with further cultural and historical highlights of the respective region. El
Before World War I, the "Elektropolis Berlin" was considered emblematic of a modern, hyper-connected city. After World War II, the long-term "deep sleep" of many industries helped preserve the often i
abroad, enjoy new perspectives on industrial sites and other destinations, and connect with colleagues who are turning the potential of technical monuments and sites into tourism success stories. Mike Nevell [...] Backes, speaking on behalf of the Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site, illustrates the potential of cultural programmes at industrial sites to attract new audiences. Jaroslav Dolina presents a current example [...] address unconventional industrial tourism projects at the ERIH anchor point "Abenteuer Erzberg" as a site on the Styrian Iron Road. The conference will take place on Tuesday, 15 June , in the former Pilsen
difficulty or distress”. This year’s conference provides a timely opportunity to share experience on how sites and attractions are recovering from the impact of Covid and extended periods of closure. The conference [...] impacts on the protection and promotion of our industrial heritage. We are calling for papers on how sites can successfully rise to the challenge of the “new normal” with imaginative and effective responses
the development of industrial tourism. This project offers visits to living and heritage industrial sites, showing the different ways of working in sectors such as footwear, hat making, pencil making, mattresses [...] “Grand Tour” of the Italian industrial heritage, which integrates the visit of industrial heritage sites with other destinations of traditional cultural heritage. In this context, tourists will be able to [...] linked to the industrial past, combined with other attractions of the region, be they, for example, sites relating to history, art or food and wine. ERIH Italy Newsletter No. 3
industrial heritage will play a major role in it. Over the past twenty years, former industrial sites have often become symbols of change and have adapted to new uses. Moreover, many of the ‘cathedrals
Heritage title – the third site ever to suffer this setback. As in the case of Dresden's Waldschlösschen Bridge in 2009, modern construction projects were cited that damaged the site's exceptional value. The [...] serial property comprises six components each encompassing relict quarries and mines, archaeological sites related to slate industrial processing, historical settlements, both living and relict, historic gardens [...] around the Snowdon Massif, the World Heritage Committee has designated further industrial heritage sites and monuments: the Cordouan Lighthouse in France, the Roșia Montană Mining Landscape in Romania, and
The focus is on specific facilities and sites that shaped the region and its people in a profound way and continue to do so to this day. For example, there is water as an important means of transport. [...] heart and soul of the region. A film documentary retraces the history of this extraordinary industrial site, with its striking buildings and rotating assembly lines deeply rooted in the DNA of the city of
North Hesse Student Research Centre: everything is about thematically interlinking small and large sites and promoting North Hesse's industrial culture as a key aspect of regional identity. Modifications
Zabrze, the Brewery Museum in Zywiec and the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry. Other ERIH sites involved are the Zinc Rolling Mill and the Nikiszowiec Workers' Settlement in Katowice, the Bread
Wittenberge and Kiel will also be taking part. The detailed programme on all the industrial heritage sites and museums in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region as well as further information on industrial history
thus raising a new interest in the canal's cultural heritage. I want to go there: canal-related sites ERIH articel in 'Industriekultur': "Wie Wasser zu wichtigen Wegen wurde. Industriegeschichtlich bedeutsame
a reframed industrial culture help to create answers and find solutions? Can industrial heritage sites and museums be more than places of memory, focusing on the past? In what way can they provide a space
more closely to key aspects of industrial heritage, such as conservation and conversion. How can sites steeped in industrial culture become the cradle of a new age of economic activity and production? [...] lectures and discussions. The excursion on Saturday will take participants to industrial heritage sites in Berlin that are committed to sustainability, including the Malzfabrik, the ufaFabrik and the Ökowerk
buildings and industrial plants from a new perspective. A further exciting aspect for them is the way the sites succeed in displaying plants and machinery exactly as they once operated and were used, for example [...] and in practice." ERIH project 'European Academy of Industrial Heritage' with video of the students' site visits
Mining Museum reveals the interconnections involved and highlights the remains to be experienced. Many sites in the Ore Mountains address specific aspects of the region's mining history and thus create a diverse
The Basque Autonomous Community, with its slightly more than 7,000 square kilometres equalling the size of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, is located at the transition of the Pyrenees into the Can