only post-industrial settlement in Europe that has been 95% preserved. Żyrardów, Poland’s former flax capital, delights visitors with the richness unexpected in such a small town of its industrial sites. [...] Another reason to visit Żyrardów is its rich cultural heritage. The many concerts, exhibitions, and theater performances offer something for everyone, no matter what his interests or moods. Testifying
and conveyor belts determined the lives of 5,000 miners and their families? The "Portal of IndustrialHeritage" translates this history to the entire Ruhr district: multimedia stations effectively showcase [...] Zollverein is the meeting place for past, present and future. The past is explored by the "Heritage Trail", bringing to life the history and technology of what was once Europe's largest coal mine. What [...] transformation in the Ruhrgebiet. In 2001 the site was inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
'My day at work', where ERIH site staff present their day-to-day work and raise interest in industrialheritage as a potential career option. Young Professionals also attend ERIH Board meetings as advisors
as an industrial dinosaur. It extends over an area of 600,000 square metres and exemplifies the combined power of more than 100 years of iron and steel manufacturing. It was the first industrial monument [...] monument to be inscribed into the United Nations list of World Cultural Heritage Sites. No wonder it is packed with visitors. Here expert guides will take you on a tour through the labyrinths of blast furnaces [...] furnace was once charged with coke and ore, you can get the best view of the mill and the surrounding industrial landscape of the Saar valley. The many different artistic events presented at the Völklinger Hütte
modern mining and conveying techniques during a trip on the colliery railway. A fine example of industrial architecture awaits visitors on the surface; the monumental processing plant designed by the architects [...] by vivid sound effects of everyday working conditions. The mine was inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1992 – along with the former Imperial Town of Goslar.
culture has developed here: from pottery, recognised by Unesco as an intangible cultural heritage, to industrial production, from the art scene to high-tech ceramic research. At the Westerwald Ceramics [...] became an object of desire in the Baroque period and how the region developed into an important industrial centre with a wide range of applications for modern high-tech ceramics. On the upper floor, a variety
Wentworth Woodhouse is one of the finest and grandest Georgian Houses in England. It is one of the most expensive ever built and ranks amongst Britain’s largest and most important country houses. It was [...] an earlier manor house built in 1630. An incredible house to visit –contrast it with the Elsecar Heritage Centre and the workers houses around it, and learn what happened when coal was dug underneath the
Franco-Prussian War. He was educated at the Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris and Oxford University in England, where he read Greek, physics and chemistry. After military service he took a job in a factory owned [...] control and had to sell property to pay his debts. Nevertheless, by 1913 TLH was one of the largest industrial companies in France and the country’s third largest manufacturer of electrical equipment. Weiller
The event aims to encourage particuarly young people to explore former industrial sites. As always, all participating dance groups – coming from schools, sports clubs, fitness studios and dance classes
'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
18th century industrial operations. Jan Verbruggen played an important role in transmitting technology from the state-owned concerns of the ancien regime to the entrepreneurs of the Industrial Revolution [...] foundryman through whom important machine tool techniques were transmitted from continental Europe to England where they profoundly influenced the development of the steam engine. Verbruggen was born in Enkhuizen [...] the foundry which led to a decade of controversy that concluded when, with his son, he migrated to England to work at the Woolwich arsenal in 1770. He completely reorganised the cannon foundry in the next
in the valley. Visitors to the mill see a short film on the history of the site and on the industrialheritage of the Auvézère basin, and are able to see the whole production line on which paper was produced
ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Listen The Industrial Revolution began in the fields of British farmers. Thanks to new cultivation methods, they were able to increase their yields in the [...] capital market already existed: at the end of the 17th century, the stock exchange and the Bank of England had been founded in London. In addition, extensive, easily accessible deposits of the key resources [...] blast furnace. However, a second innovation was needed before the vast coal deposits of central England could be exploited: in 1712, the ironmonger Thomas Newcomen installed the first steam engine in a
da Madeira. And, more recently, industrial history as well. This combination makes the city and its surroundings an exciting destination for fans of industrialheritage. The visitor center in the tower [...] through the city is that they combine manufacturing and interactive multimedia presentations of industrial history. The shoe production, for instance, is represented by a museum, an academy for shoe design
ON THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORT Listen During the early years of the Industrial Revolution there was a radical change in transportation. The arrival of pounding steamships and steam locomotives gave a huge [...] transporting goods. In 1761, the Bridgewater canal was completed in one of the birthplaces of the industrial age, the British textile area Lancashire; from then on, the route supplied the booming city of [...] either side in order to drive the wheels directly. Stephenson also built the first railway line in England. In 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened, and the subsequent railway boom resulted
Rahr, who traded between England and Scandinavia. The opportunity to see a great industrial city at work gave him a deep appreciation of the potential for commercial and industrial enterprises funded by private [...] was one of the most influential bankers in Denmark and contributed significantly to the country’s industrial development. He founded or supported an extraordinary number of enterprises in diverse industries
workers from England to help establish theJ factory. In 1801, Thornton was recruited at Hamburg by an entrepreneur and agent for the Habsburg crown, Karl Glave-Kobielski, who was also an industrial spy in England [...] important example of the many individuals who enabled the diffusion of technologies during the Industrial Revolution by taking their skills and knowledge to another country. He worked in the cotton industry [...] England. As a result, Thornton built the first water-powered cotton factories in Austria – at Hernals and Pottendorf near Vienna. Investment came from the 'Leih und Wechsel Bank' created by Prince Joseph
neoclassical architect Denis Antoine on the Quai de Conti. It is part of the Banks of the Seine World Heritage site. The 177-metre building that faces the quay contained the offices, while courtyards behind [...] s give visitors opportunities to touch artefacts, hear experts talk and even see and smell the industrial processes of carving, stamping and casting.
a wealth of heritage that it is easy to overlook the variety of industrial buildings from all periods and particularly the nineteenth century that lie within the city centre. The industrial economy of Norwich [...] block at Stewarts & Patteson´s Pockthorpe Brewery can still be admired, though much important industrialheritage has been lost. Casualties include the famous Rowntrees Chocolate factory and redevelopment [...] collection of industrial and social memories, is itself housed in a former shoe factory and one-time prison. The building encapsulates the contradictions of this medieval and later industrial city. Make a
between industry and art and thus once again highlights the rich experience of Silesia's industrialheritage. Industriada 2023 [...] exciting connections between the two sectors. One of the outstanding architectural achievements of the industrial age in Silesia, for example, is the historic Nikiszowiec workers' settlement in Katowice, designed
