soil pollution. Today, the site is a location of the LVR Industrial Museum and also hosts its headquarters. A unique ensemble of historic industrial plants in the midst of a spectacular landscape unfolds [...] fascinating story of this rise is recounted in the Vieille Montagne Museum . Other centres of the zinc industry and zinc mining were located in Upper Silesia, South Tyrol and present-day Slovenia. VM also became [...] The Sala silver mine , an ERIH site in Sweden, possibly represents the future of the European zinc industry. Although mining in Sweden's once richest source of silver, which was found in galena ore mixed

Aviation and its facilities are complex systems comprising flying objects, maintenance, handling and service facilities, repair yards, large-scale storehouses, administrative tracts, shops, building s

essentially regional process based on specific local natural and cultural resources. This makes the industrial legacy highly appropriate as an experimental environment for new jobs, tourism, leisure, new forms [...] and new ways of life. We invite speakers from a wide range of fields related to the management of industrial heritage and infrastructure, local development and tourism, community social engagement, urban

and actions integrating young people within the network, such as Green Deal strategies, creative industries, slavery heritage linked to industrialisation, etc. Enhance the strategic development of tourism [...] National Coordinators and 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

from which the industrial heritage in Middle Hesse emerged: iron. Of particular importance for the region's industrial development is Leica, one of the leading companies in the optical industry, which is both [...] Innovation" at the Ernst Leitz Museum in Wetzlar. The Middle Hesse Industrial Heritage Days were initiated by the Middle Hesse Industrial Heritage Working Group, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary [...] has been set up again. From Limburg to Schlitz and from Biedenkopf to Schotten, the third Middle Industrial Heritage Days will feature over 50 events in five districts. To kick things off, there will be

artists such as Gustav Klimt and Hundertwasser, and various music acts set against a spectacular industrial scenery. Exciting exhibitions and guided tours at ERIH locations include "Steel Giants in Twilight"

festival is "Art (in) Industry". Indeed, INDUSTIRADA draws many exciting connections between the two sectors. One of the outstanding architectural achievements of the industrial age in Silesia, for example [...] INDUSTRIADA illuminates the diverse interrelationships between industry and art and thus once again highlights the rich experience of Silesia's industrial heritage. Industriada 2023 [...] hardships of this kind of work, questions the unlimited faith in technical progress. Representing industry serving art is the Artistic Casting Department in Gliwice. The former royal iron foundry was one

'Frost E' is currently composing the WORK it OUT Song 2023 and the 'Center of Dance' in Berlin, itself a participant in WORK it OUT from the beginning, is developing the choreography. ERIH is again su

ERIH is happy to support the teams of the various industrial monuments and museums in their work and helps to increase public interest in industrial heritage. Visits to a number of member sites were also [...] also part of the agenda. These include the Asturian Museum of the Steel Industry in Langreo, the Samuño Valley Mining Ecomuseum in Ciaño and, of course, the two Anchor Points of the Regional Route, the

irrigation systems and, of course, factories and power plants: 112 historic industrial sites and museums join the seventh "Days of Industrial Heritage on the Waterfront" for guided tours and demonstrations, visits [...] Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg's St. Pauli district – another new entry in the programme of this year's industrial heritage festival. These few examples reveal the diversity of the attractions on offer, covering

factory visits, exhibitions, hikes, experiments and open days, they breathe life into North Hessen's industrial heritage. As always, the factory tours of operating companies are well booked. What is the process [...] people plus luggage and weighing less than 600 kilograms? Three ERIH sites also feature in the Industrial Heritage Days of Northern Hesse. The Immenhausen Glass Museum is holding a glass and porcelain [...] years ago. The Thonet Museum in Frankenberg, which documents the transition from craftsmanship to industrial mass production in the 19th century, draws visitors to its factory outlet with a large selection

For instance, fans of industrial heritage can explore historical fountains and (spa) baths on the guided tour "Schelche, Brunnen, Badespaß" ("Bowls, fountains, bathing fun") across Rüsselsheim. Its scope

general idea of Leipzig's industrial heritage and its interconnections is to book a guided tour on a historic e-carriage. Along the way, the tour covers everything from the industrial pioneer Dr Carl Heine [...] Processing Museum in the „Herrmannschacht“ Briquette Factory , for example, will be bringing the lignite industry to life: appearance, smell, transport and processing of bulk material into solid briquettes are [...] here that modern factories open their doors for a close-up look behind the scenes. Since Leipzig's industrial heritage is part of Central Germany, some of the event venues are located in Saxony-Anhalt and

like this into ever new and exciting moments. They enable visitors to explore the entire history of industry - from its earliest beginnings to heavy industrialisation and all the way to these days - in a single [...] and diversely designed panels on the wall of the blower house are an excellent starting point for industrial heritage enthusiasts and steel time travellers! Steel Time Travel in the Ruhr Area and South Westphalia

however, New Lanark is once again a bustling place with a population of almost 200 and an exciting industrial museum. Also William Lever (1851-1925) provides adequate housing and social security for the workforce [...] Czech shoe manufacturer Tomáš Bat'a (1876-1932) starts around 1900 to conceptualise and implement industrial estates as planned cities . Other outstanding examples of European company housing include the [...] 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 Nikiszowiec in Poland, a suburb of Katowice

closer ties between industrial museums, city councils and companies, the conference will furthermore include the signing of several agreements on cooperation in the field of industrial tourism. Networking [...] Underlying the symposium is the partly still popular assumption that the evidence of the industrial age in Portugal is a forgotten heritage or a curiosity of a bygone era. To challenge this image, the [...] conference will explore the manifold ideas and practices adopted by heritage sites to preserve industrial monuments and memories and to bring them to life. Their means of achieving this range from heritage

groups. Exciting visits to industrial monuments in Berlin wrap up the programme. The Summer School is a programme of ERIH in cooperation with the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage and the Berlin University [...] disciplines. Among other things, they 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

glassmakers mastered both the French and Industrial Revolutions by specialising in the luxury product of lead crystal, and witness England as a pioneer of early industrial mass production. Some of the museums [...] dirty. Despite all the differences, the featured sites have one thing in common: they illustrate an industry that was once dominated by highly specialised craftspeople, and bring their art back to life with

"Industrial heritage must appeal to the younger generation and the heirs of our culture," ERIH President Prof Dr Meinrad Maria Grewenig stated at the award ceremony hosted by Julien Vuilleumier from S [...] Council of Europe. Grewenig continued, "It is not enough for young people to understand the idea of industrial heritage, they have to feel and love it. To make this happen, stakeholders are obliged to do everything [...] Day - most recently on 11 September 2022 - the dance event gathers young people at fascinating industrial heritage sites across Europe and makes them dance a pre-rehearsed choreography to hip-hop music

Luxembourg, have lent their name to "De Minett" industrial landscape in the very south of the Grand Duchy. This is where the heart of Luxembourg's coal and steel industry throbbed for decades, making the small [...] - the Fond-de-Gras industrial and railway complex . Its idyllic setting stands for another attraction of the Luxembourg mining and steelmaking district: the coexistence of industrial heritage and nature [...] Community. This era is still commemorated today – thanks to extensive voluntary work – by numerous industrial monuments, which can be explored on the 35 kilometre Minett Tour. In its current issue, the magazine