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 [...] worldwide. The 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 [...] 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

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 [...] between Tradition and 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 [...] 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

set against a spectacular industrial scenery. Exciting exhibitions and guided tours at ERIH locations include "Steel Giants in Twilight" at the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum, "Night Owls" with walk acts

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 [...] (1870-1937) Zillmann from Charlottenburg, which is also part of the ERIH network. Another ERIH site, the Museum of Metallurgy in Chorzów, provided the inspiration for Adolph von Menzel's socio-critical painting

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 [...] 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 Asturian Railway Museum in Gijón and 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 [...] with water always playing a major role. ERIH sites are also taking part, such as the German Salt Museum in Lüneburg or the Kaltehofe Elbe Island Water Art . Another exciting discovery is the Ewer "Margareta" [...] in the marshlands and that have only survived in this single building in the Rieck Haus open-air museum. The Rendsburg High Bridge provides a completely different highlight as it is one of the largest

Hessian museums, associations, initiatives and companies are involved. With guided tours, factory visits, exhibitions, hikes, experiments and open days, they breathe life into North Hessen's industrial heritage [...] 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 flea market and is also hosting [...] generate electrical energy exactly 100 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

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 [...] ERIH sites are involved. The Brown Coal Processing Museum in the „Herrmannschacht“ Briquette Factory , for example, will be bringing the lignite industry to life: appearance, smell, transport and processing [...] processing of bulk material into solid briquettes are all part of the exciting guided tour. The Museum of Printing Arts , on the other hand, revives several centuries of printing and media history with some

200 and an exciting industrial museum. Also William Lever (1851-1925) provides adequate housing and social security for the workforce of his soap factory. The Port Sunlight Museum reveals who is maintaining [...] 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 Nikiszowiec in Poland, a suburb [...] 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

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 [...] pencil factory Viarco , the Museum of the Papermaking Region of Santa Maria and a hat res. shoe museum. Information about the conference and further news related to industrial heritage will be shared by [...] 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

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 focus on the hard [...] Village , widely regarded as one of the best-preserved glassworks in Europe, and the Immenhausen Glass Museum . The very beginning of post-antique European glass production is marked by the Venetian island of [...] 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

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

exploring the industrial heritage of western Leipzig. The Museum of Printing Arts, an ERIH site and always an exciting experience with its combination of a manufacturing workshop and museum, offers live [...] During the Industrial Heritage Days, it turns into a stage for performing artists and musicians and at the same time serves as an exhibition and learning venue for a dynamic exchange on industrial heritage [...] machinery at the heart of Leipzig's old industrial district, it is now a place for creative work and local business in a quarter in transition. Programme of the Industrial Heritage Days Leipzig

cities", "Industrial landmark Peter Behrens Building", "Adler Works: concentration camp - factory - historical site", "Frankfurt Main Cemetery - Walking in the footsteps of famous figures in industry, politics [...] pervades all events: industrial heritage is an integral part of regional and local identity. A prime example of this is the programme "The Opels, the Opelers and the Opel: Car - Industry - Culture in Rüsselsheim" [...] history of computer technology, the best place to visit is the "Digital Retro Park", an interactive museum and centre for digital culture. The issue of urban planning then and now is illustrated by the guided

Historic Silver Mine World Heritage Site in Tarnowskie Góry and the Brewery Museum in Żywiec . A total of 41 monuments and museums in 25 different locations are involved, offering 350 guided tours, attractions [...] Silesians understand by "rubbernecking"? Why were and are there so many pigeons in Silesian industrial towns? The Industrial Monuments Route Festival – the largest of its kind in Poland – has long since become

structures atop the barrage of the Eder reservoir. A fascinating trail that starts at Kassel City Museum illustrates why the city's greater area is a centre of mechanical engineering today. How, apart from [...] tradition and innovation go hand in hand is demonstrated by tours of operating plants in a variety of industries, ranging from state-of-the-art paper machines in Diemelstadt-Wrexen and a large crushing plant [...] structures and wind turbine applications of the Peikko Group in Waldeck-Höringhausen. The Days of Industrial Heritage for children and young people feature a very special programme called "Blue Sunday Junior"

iron in respect of industrial, ecological and social aspects. At the same time, the museum is the starting point for several trails that take visitors to the monuments of industrial heritage. The manufacture [...] manufacture of firearms is another important part of the metalworking industry, as shown in the Arms Industry Museum in Eibar. However, a crisis in the armaments sector at the beginning of the 20th century [...] well as in the textile, paper, armaments, consumer goods and cement industries. This is reflected, for example, in the Basque Iron Museum in Mirandoala Iron Valley , located in a former iron foundry in Lagazpi

The programme pairs brightly illuminated industrial monuments with a rich and diverse cultural programme featuring music, lectures, guided tours and rather offbeat events such as longboard dancing in the [...] as a finale, provide a music parade to explore the opulent oeuvre of the Beatles. Bochum's railway museum is focusing on a slower pace this year, combining beer garden ambience with illuminated installations [...] allow visitors to easily check in and out on site. If you plan well, you can soak up a lot of industrial heritage at former blast furnaces, collieries, breweries and gasometers from Waltrop to Hagen and

like the German Museum of Watchmaking in Glashütte or the museum in Schlettau Castle , which explores, with its passementerie workshop, a very particular branch of the textile industry. Another castle [...] 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 be experienced. Many sites in [...] address specific aspects of the region's mining history and thus create a diverse mosaic. Saigerhütte Museum , with its six-tonne, operational wrecking hammer, is all about copper processing, including the