and continuous expansion of the ERIH network in the UK; for your long-standing commitment as an ERIH co-founder and board member; for facilitating and chairing numerous ERIH annual conferences in an expert [...] All of them have accompanied ERIH ever 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 [...] from the very beginning. He will be ERIH's representative for Wales with immediate effect. Mark Watson, another familiar face in the ERIH family, now represents the network in Scotland. He is deputy head
involved in various other ERIH projects. Other topics discussed at the PMG meeting included the call for proposals for a follow-up event to ‘WORK it OUT’ and preparations for the ERIH Annual Conference 2025 [...] 2025 in Chemnitz, to which the ERIH YPs will once again contribute their own workshop. The steering group was hosted by the ERIH Anchor Point National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia in Terrassa [...] and industry knowledge among museum experts, site operators and former employees. This is were the ERIH Young Professionals (YP) network, established two years ago, comes in. Jule Lux (6th from left, squatting)
other countries in the ERIH network. Dr Hauser sits on the board of the new federal association as the representative of the ERIH member LVR Industrial Museum . Other members of the ERIH network, including [...] participants of the ERIH Germany Dialogue. In 2023, at the Nuremberg Museum of Industrial Culture , they adopted the Nuremberg Declaration on German Industrial Heritage, and one year later, at ERIH Anchor Point [...] association's board. ‘As ERIH community, we look forward to working together and creating meaningful synergies,’ stated Dr Hauser. The inaugural meeting was followed by the annual ERIH Germany Dialogue, a national
professionals and volunteers at the ERIH sites. They are encouraged to take an active part in discussions and projects within the ERIH network and contribute their views on sustainability, climate change [...] The " ERIH Young Professionals' Network " was created at the suggestion of participants in the Industrial Heritage Summer School . It is aimed at young people, particularly students, but also young pr [...] conditions, accessibility, digitalisation and the design of industrial heritage. On behalf of the ERIH General Assembly, the Executive Board has developed a new membership category for 'Young Professionals'
the mine train. At the ERIH site Tatra Truck Museum , everything revolves around lorries and chassis from one of the longest-standing car manufacturers in the world. Two further ERIH sites demonstrate that [...] First and foremost is the "Iron Heart of the Republic": the vast industrial complex and ERIH Anchor Point Dolní Vítkovice in Ostrava, the third largest city in the country, which in turn constitutes the [...] furnaces of Dolni Vitkovice were fed with coke. The nearby Michal mine in Ostrava-Michálkovice, another ERIH Anchor Point, can also boast a pioneering achievement: Following its extensive expansion and conversion
the ERIH Board. The creation of specific a Working Group on Cultural (Industrial) Tourism is suggested. ERIH President Professor Dr Meinrad Grewenig and Board Member Peter Backes presented the ERIH network [...] on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) issued recommendations to provide guidelines for ERIH until its next regular assessment. The three most important are: Encourage cooperation among the
that changed the World". The potential of ERIH in supporting its members was the subject of the lecture "Industrial heritage - the power of networking" by ERIH Vice-President Dr Adam Hajduga. Also speaking [...] demonstrated by the participation of the Welsh Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Dawn Bowden. ERIH board member John Rodgers and Ruth Taylor-Davies, National Representative for Wales, presented previous [...] seven national museums and a collections centre based in different regions of Wales, including the ERIH Anchor Points National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, World Heritage Big Pit National Coal Museum in
2023 founded network of ERIH Young Professionals. Interest in their exchange of ideas at regular round tables is growing, as the increasing number of members indicates. Other ERIH activities like the “European [...] debate. Furthermore, the successful ‘ERIH on Tour’ programme will be continued. Ongoing tasks remain the topics of digitisation and sustainability. To this end, ERIH is in constant dialogue with the Network [...] ons (NEMO) and the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. Further cooperation is being sought. ERIH members will benefit from new digital platforms that facilitate the exchange of practical experience
The Summer School is a programme of ERIH in cooperation with the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage and the Berlin University of Applied Sciences. Thanks to an ERIH scholarship, registration fees are [...] will be instructed to introduce the other participants to an industrial heritage site - preferably an ERIH member from their respective native region - visited in the run-up to the Summer School. Follow-up
in the skies above the ERIH Anchor Points Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen and LWL Museum Henrichshütte in Hattingen as well as the Westerholt Colliery in Gelsenkirchen. ERIH Anchor Point Duisburg-Nord [...] "forbidden" places that reveal some of their secrets on the "Night of Industrial Heritage". For example, ERIH member Ewald Future Site in Herten offers access to extraordinary "lost places": guests are allowed [...] Hattingen also opens its doors for night-time explorers. Music attractions - such as "Back to the 80s" at ERIH Anchor Point LWL-Museum Zollern Colliery - complete the action-packed programme. Visitors only need
Once again, the venues include a number of ERIH members on the Regional Route of Silesian Industrial Monuments, including the ERIH Anchor Points "Guido" Coal Mine and Queen Louise Adit in Zabrze, the Brewery [...] 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 and School Museum
Basque Country. ERIH Regional Route Basque Country ERIH Anchor Point Añana Salt Valley ERIH article in 'Industriekultur': "Alles andere als fad: Salz dank Sonne. Die Salinen von Añana" ERIH article in 'I [...] Dolomite Museum in Karrantza featuring an exhibition on dolomite mining as of the 1950s. There are two ERIH Anchor Points on the Basque Country Regional Route that represent more peripheral industries in the [...] the Añana salt works in the province of Álava, which continues to be handcrafted to this day. As an ERIH Anchor Point, Añana Salt Valley presented on a separate page. Characteristic of Añana are the salt
over at "ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage" on YouTube. And of course there are also links to the channels of related European industrial heritage organisations and networks. ERIH on YouTube [...] What is ERIH and what are the objectives of this tourist network connecting industrial monuments all over Europe? Are there industrial heritage sites on YouTube to find out what to expect as a visitor
are calling on all ERIH members to participate. All other European industrial heritage sites with tourist potential are also invited to take part in the survey, regardless of their ERIH membership. Please
Once again, the Summer School was jointly hosted by ERIH, the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage (bzi) and the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Berlin. The participants came from a wide range of [...] students such a fruitful experience and enables the results of the Summer School to be applied in ERIH's work. This year, interesting ideas emerged for a more targeted way of communicating. These include [...] to their natural state – a project that is likely to underpin one of the workshops at this year's ERIH Annual Conference, deals. Another Summer School project group explored ways to raise awareness among
ves of various ERIH sites. Here, the board was able to convince itself of the attractiveness of the locations on site, but also to get to know the challenges in tourism marketing. ERIH is happy to support [...] ground – in full mining gear with alternate underwear, overall, helmet, lamp and breathing device. The ERIH Board met on 27 and 28 April in the mornings of each day, and the supporting programme of site visits
related to industrial heritage will be shared by ERIH Portugal on its newly created social media profiles on Facebook and Instagram. ERIH Portugal on Facebook ERIH Portugal on Instagram
in Mulhouse, Alsace, and the Belgian ERIH Anchor Point and World Heritage Site Grand Hornu . In Italy, the MuCa - Museum of the Shipbuilding Industry , also an ERIH Anchor Point, is worth a visit, as is [...] earliest and most prominent examples of a housing estate for workers is New Lanark in Scotland, an ERIH Anchor Point and Unesco World Heritage Site. Established as early as 1800, the site was the brainchild [...] workers' settlement Eisenheim in Oberhausen, the Margarethenhöhe in Essen and many more examples. ERIH article "Väterliche Fürsorge und kühles Kalkül. Industrie und Wohnen. Arbeiter- und Firmensiedlungen
region and offers several routes to explore the site. Today, the Henrichshütte is just as much an ERIH Anchor Point as the Zollern Colliery , which was built between 1898 and 1904. The magnificent model [...] Thyssen had built in Duisburg's Meiderich district from 1901. One of the distinguishing features of this ERIH Anchor Point is the transformation of the massive former industrial site into a unique landscape park [...] Europe's largest indoor diving centre and many other attractions. The Hansa Coking Plant , another ERIH site, is representative of the many large-scale facilities constructed throughout the Ruhr region
We look forward to many more issues! ERIH article in Industriekultur "Stahlharte Fakten im Land der roten Erde. Die Minett-Tour, Regionalroute in Südluxemburg" ERIH article in Industriekultur "In Backstein [...] steelmaking district: the coexistence of industrial heritage and nature worth protecting. Highlight of the ERIH Anchor Point National Museum of Iron Ore Mines in the small town of Rumelange, bordering neighbouring [...] Industriekultur – congratulations to the editors! – is a reason for us to celebrate as well. Since 2005, ERIH has contributed four pages to every issue. That's a total of 284 pages and 182 articles in which we
