took sole control in 1871. Stumm-Halberg carefully but steadily expanded the company into a market leader in the German steel industry. The three ironworks at Fischbacker, Halberg and Neunkirchen produced [...] production increased to some 270,000 tons of pig iron by 1901. At this time Stumm-Halberg employed over 8,000 people. Stumm-Halberg had a dominating approach to personnel: he banned union membership and certain [...] Carl Ferdinand Stumm (later von Stumm-Halberg) was a German steel magnate and politician. He expanded his long-established family business, Gebrüder Stumm (Stumm Brothers) and become one of the richest
0-6-2T tank locomotive of 1908 which worked on the Erzbergbahn. Vordernberg was linked with Eisenerz by an early railway with inclined planes, the Vordernberger Förderbahn, of which archaeological evidence can [...] the Verein Erzbergbahn, which operates trains for visitors in the summer months. A huge 2-12-2T tank locomotive built for the line in 1941 is preserved at the main station at Vordernberg, the terminus [...] Vordernberg was for many centuries the main centre of iron smelting south of the mountain. Most of the surviving monuments date from the reorganization of the trade in the mid-19th century. The centre
particularly of the route from Bergen to Voss, opened as a narrow gauge line in 1883, that, after his death, became part of the standard gauge Bergensbanen linking Bergen with Oslo. He was also a member [...] return to Bergen until 1844. His company steadily expanded and employed more than 400 people by the early 1860s. In 1878 he set up a factory at Dale, in Hordaland county, 40 km north-east of Bergen, where [...] globally recognised. He worked for a time in the textile industry in Hamburg, but in 1843 moved to Bergen in Norway where he set up a company, Arne Fabrikker which operated Norway’s first mechanical weaving
museum) in Nürnberg, whose trust was established in 1860. After his death his company merged in 1898 with Maschinenfabrik Augsburg AG, founded in 1840, to form Machinenenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN). His [...] married the daughter of Johann Friedrich Klett (1778-1847) who had been involved in the toy trade in Nürnberg, before opening a textile factory in the city in 1838. Later, in the same building he established [...] and in 1865 became a public company which from 1867 was known as Maschinenbau-Actiengesellschaft Nürnberg. The company made railway carriages, guns and bridges including the Mainz South (railway) Bridge
The Wallenberg family have been the leading business family in Sweden since the mid-nineteenth century. The business dynasty was begun by André Oscar Wallenberg and its business was expanded by his son [...] their many businesses employed more than a third of Sweden’s industrial workforce. André Oscar Wallenberg (1816-1886) was the son of the bishop of Linköping and served in the navy until he was aged 35 [...] Kreditaktiebolaget. He was also a member of parliament and newspaper owner. André’s son Knut Agathon Wallenberg (1853-1938) led the Enskilda bank after his father’s death. He was also a politician and Swedish
the city’s toy traders. Numerous prominent buildings and mansions evoke Sonneberg’s international status as town of toys. Sonneberg is still home to several toy companies with factories or factory outlets [...] Sonneberg, the town of toys, was founded in the Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian era) as an industrial settlement with checker-board pattern streets, composing a structure of urban blocks. Over 90 percent of [...] office, and the former US-American department stores Kresge and Halbourne. Further highlights of Sonneberg are the German Teddy Bear Museum, the SOMSO Museum for anatomic models as part of the toy production
Strousberg was a railway entrepreneur, born Baruch Hirsch Strousberg, to a Jewish family in Neidenburg (then in East Prussia but now Nidzica in Poland). He was educated in a secondary school at Kőnigsberg [...] Orth (1828-1901). Orth also designed the Palais Strousberg in Wilhelmstrasse, which was said to be ‘the first modern palace to be built in Berlin’. Strousberg’s interests extended far beyond railways. He operated [...] he was declared bankrupt in 1875, and stood trial for fraud in St Petersburg in 1876. The Palais Strousberg subsequently served as the British Embassy to the German Empire but was demolished as the result
Bicycle Collection and Motorbike Museum bring to life Nuremberg's heyday as a centre of two-wheeler production: Some 130 original vehicles from Nuremberg's production line illustrate the development from the [...] As early as the Middle Ages, Nuremberg was a leading location for highly specialised metalworking and a centre of supra-regional long-distance trade. This was one of the reasons why the city became the [...] century. This was aided by the construction of Germany's first passenger railway, which ran between Nuremberg and Fürth from 1835, and the development of the port, which was made accessible by the Ludwig-D
Museum of Industrial Culture is located on the Piesberg in the UNESCO Nature and Geopark TERRA.vita. Sandstone and coal have been quarried on the Piesberg since early modern times. A quarry that is still [...] but due to problems with water drainage, mining ceased in 1898. The museum opened in 1994 in the Piesberg colliery's listed open-cast facilities. Its interactive permanent exhibition focuses on the interplay
of the Mining Industry, and the following year he was one of the founders of the Bergakademie (Mining Academy) at Freiberg. In 1776 he made an extensive tour of England, visiting Bristol, Bath, Birmingham [...] Reden (1752-1815). Heynitz was born at Meissen in Saxony and studied in that state at Dresden and Freiberg. From 1747 he worked for the mines administration in Brunswick which managed metalliferous mines
role is played by Freiberg, a major mining centre in the region and the first free mining town in Germany following early traces of silver in 1168. It is also home to the Bergakademie (Mining Academy), [...] place where, for example, the elements indium and germanium were discovered in the 19th century. The Freiberg Municipal and Mining Museum reveals the interconnections involved and highlights the remains to [...] (Old Martin) mine adit in Czech Krupka owns the longest lode of tin ore in Central Europe, and the Altenberg Mining Museum illustrates the background of a huge crater shaping the landscape, caused by the collapse
mountains. At the foot of another steep section of early railway, connecting the stations of Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg and Marktschorgast in Bavaria, stands the German Steam Locomotive Museum with its collection [...] making it a hands-on experience. An early indication that this was imperative is the DB Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, which dates back to 1882 and is considered to be the oldest railway museum in the world
Bergantino in the Veneto is an international centre for the manufacture of rides and games for fairs and amusement parks. Two local bicycle mechanics, Umberto Bacchiega and Umberto Favalli, saw the first [...] extended in 2011 as a collaboration between the local authorities and national institutions. It sets Bergantino’s story in the context of amusement shows through history: from medieval and Renaissance fairs to
the old Fredriksberg School House after the Second World War. It consists of a collection of cottages, cabins and other rural buildings removed from their original settings. Carl-Erik Rehnberg founded
The collection of the transport museum was started by the head of transport in Stockholm, Ernst Hjortzberg, as early as 1900. It opened in 1922 and moved to its present location in 2022 in the redeveloped [...] laid out on a grid plan and designed in a simplified and functional Jugendstil style by Ferdinand Boberg. The museum explains public transport in the lives of Stockholmers for more than 150 years. The displays
Mine. Świętochłowice (PL) Culture Brewery. Berlin (D) El Pobal Ironworks. Muskiz (E) Fröndenberg Culture Forge. Fröndenberg (D) Hall of the Century. Bochum (D) Henrichshütte Steelworks LWL Industrial Museum [...] Old Waste Water Treatment Plant. Prague (CZ) State Garden Exhibition Park | Graduation Tower. Bad Dürrenberg (D) Westphalian Salt Experience. Bad Sassendorf (D) Worker's Settlement Finicus. Ruda Śląska (PL)
public and open exclusively on this weekend. Among the highlights is the electrically operated Bergedorf rotary crane, recalling the long port history of this part of the city. The Blohmstrasse Culture [...] and tours aboard historic cargo ships and ferries. Once again, maritime highlights in Rostock, Wittenberge and Kiel will also be taking part. The detailed programme on all the industrial heritage sites
Freudenberg, eleven kilometres west of Siegen, is known for its half-timbered houses in the old town. The town has a long industrial history, and in 1991, 25 people got together and founded the ‘Friends [...] ‘Friends of Historic Vehicles Freudenberg’. To provide space for their growing collection, they acquired the half-timbered hall of a former sawmill and rebuilt it together with a separate engine house and a
