complete blast furnace site in Germany. This was what an industrial plant looked like before the Ruhrgebiet stepped in to create an industrial landscape par excellence. The blast furnace is 10 metres high [...] further renovations. But all this was in vain. The technology was hopeless behind the times. In the Ruhrgebiet furnaces had long started using coke whose heating qualities were infinitely superior to that of [...] as a direct link between the ore reserves in the Siegerland region and the blast furnaces in the Ruhrgebiet. The Luisenhütte gradually receded into the sidelines, closed down in 1864 and has remained unaltered

of high-power industrialisation and simultaneously a symbol of structural transformation in the Ruhrgebiet. In 2001 the site was inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

viewing platform from where there is a panoramic view of the surrounding industrial landscape of the Ruhrgebiet including an additional attraction right next door: the Centro, one of the largest shopping malls

fresh impulse to industry in the Ruhrgebiet. It’s working. Anyone who visits the Chemical Industry Estate in Marl will come away with a completely new idea of the Ruhrgebiet. [...] industrial heritage looks like. In the Chemical Industry Estate in Marl, on the northern edge of the Ruhrgebiet, it is already part of the present. One of Europe’s largest chemical sites is booming here on the [...] mind-boggling view over the length and breadth of this gigantic estate, including the town of Marl, the Ruhrgebiet and the southern areas of Munsterland. The Chemical Industry Estate in Marl has a long history