POINTS Industrial History of 51 countries HISTORY OF 19 INDUSTRIAL BRANCHES OVER 270 BIOGRAPHIES YOUR GUIDE TO EUROPE'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE Listen ERIH , the EUROPEAN ROUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE , your [...] German Journal Industriekultur 2.24: The Ruhr Industrial Heritage Route, Part 1 This year, industrial heritage is celebrating two major birthdays: the "Industrial… more This website was last updated on 14 [...] title of the… more 13-09-2024 | Review of the European Industrial Heritage Summer School in Berlin ‘Shaping Sustainability in Industrial Heritage‘ In August, 22 young students from 12 countries gathered

along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. It is the common [...] left us a rich industrial heritage. A gigantic network of sites spread all over the continent. It only has to be brought back to life. That is what the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is doing [...] the complete range of European industrial history. After that, they tell tourists what they can see at a local level. Visitors of all ages can relive their industrial heritage in the form of attractive guided

EBrochure Industrial Tourism in Asturias.pdf 4.23 MB (pdf) E Brochure Industrial Tourism Basque Country 8.89 MB (pdf) E Brochure Industrial Tourism in Asturias.pdf 4.20 MB (pdf) GB Flyer East of England Route [...] Bettina Quäschning What is the role of industrial heritage in the tourism marketing mix of Berlin.pdf 451.51 KB (pdf) 6 H. Spiering J.Schlutius Route of Industrial Heritage by bike. radrevier.ruhr.pdf 2.35 MB [...] Caltabiano Lost industrial places- a new tourism in central Europe.pdf 6.06 MB (pdf) 8 Cornelia Magnusson World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station.pdf 1.13 MB (pdf) 9 Dr Peter Wakelin Industrial heritage in a wider

IMPRINT Listen Copyright and legal responsibility ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage e.V. Dr Walter Hauser, President ERIH e.V. Office ERIH e.V. Christiane Baum Am Striebruch 42 | 40668 Meerbusch [...] United Kingdom (essay "Industrial Revolution", sites of European Theme Routes, biographies) Lorenz Töpperwien , Cologne, Germany (Achor Points, Regional Routes "Ruhrgebiet" and "Industrial Valleys", translations [...] translations English <> German) Matthias Hennies , Cologne, Germany (industrial history of European countries, history of industries, translations German > English) Dr Peter Wakelin , Llangattock Lingoed, Abergavenny

the workers seem tiny. Blaenavon owes its status as a cultural World Heritage Site to the sheer authenticity of its former industrial landscape. [...] small town – with a huge effect. The South Wales town of Blaenavon was once the spearhead of the industrial revolution. For 200 years everything revolved around coal and iron here in the Afon Lwyd Valley

remaining mine in the region. Who descends here by cage, is able to follow almost the entire history of industrial mining in the underground galleries: from the often grueling working conditions of about 200 years

cotton had begun. Today the Cromford Mill is a recognised World Heritage Site. The same goes for all the other remaining early industrial factories in the valley. Their buildings and machines bear witness [...] and factories and especially with the people who worked in the factories. The major burden of the Industrial Revolution – here and elsewhere – rested on their shoulders.

the symbol of the industrial revolution which began in the neighbouring iron works belonging to the Coalbrookdale Company. Its factory buildings set milestones along the path of industrial progress from cast [...] live and work as they would have done in Victorian England. A trip to the Ironbridge Gorge is an exciting journey into the pioneering past of the industrial era. The monuments to this unique breakthrough have [...] production to the pioneering engineering achievements in railway technology. Later other important industrial enterprises were set up in the neighbourhood. Today the old factory sites offer a fascinating tour

housed on the site of a disused generating station, is an impressive presentation of the city’s industrial heritage. Here you can see one of the most powerful steam engines in the world. Alongside it stands

North Duisburg Landscape Park. This 200 hectare area is a clear example of how nature and industrial heritage cam match each other to perfection. On a site where workers were once pouring pig iron you [...] rambling trails running through a unique landscape park. If you like you can even book yourself an industrial guided tour, a torch-light tour, or an ecological ramble. There’s a lot more going on here. The

National Waterways Museum. Artificial waterways. Central England is full of canals. They were the most important transport arteries in the early industrial era and at their heart were the Gloucester Docks. The

tones. Today both the painter and the place are world-famous. Hockney was born in the Northern industrial city of Bradford. And Salts Mill, an old textile factory, was built in Shipley just to the north [...] north of Bradford. Something unheard of occurred here in the mid 19th century. Saltaire Village, an industrial settlement which placed great value on the quality of life, was constructed in the beautiful Aire [...] village, which is still inhabited, has survived for over a century almost unscathed as a unique industrial monument. Today Salts Mill remains the undisputed centre of business. But it now houses electronics

of the Sächsisches Industriemuseum (The Saxony museum of industry) and part of the Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří World Heritage Site.

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

families? The "Portal of Industrial Heritage" translates this history to the entire Ruhr district: multimedia stations effectively showcase 18 former flagships of large-scale industry - all under one roof [...] 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.

their original equipment bear impressive witness to the technological development of the tin mining industry. The “Dry”, where the miners changed and showered looks as if the next shift is likely to show up [...] of local tin mining. The location is part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.

its reputation as the “breadbasket of the Ruhrgebiet”. Today it is a jewel of contemporary industrial heritage. [...] Duisburg history in the nearby Duisburg City Museum informs visitors about the creation of the milling industry in the inner harbour. Children can have a great time in the Legoland Discovery Centre. The “Garden

stretching over more than six square kilometres. This is what the future of industrial heritage looks like. In the Chemical Industry Estate in Marl, on the northern edge of the Ruhrgebiet, it is already part [...] relocation of chemical firms, thereby giving a 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 [...] connections and harbour, the nearby airport in Düsseldorf and of course power stations. For the chemical industry needs power more than anything else. This used to be delivered in the shape of coal from the local

Brügelmann’s model was England. He admired the business acumen and inventive spirit of the English so much that he decided to exploit their know-how to the full with the help of industrial espionage. This is [...] spinning mill in Ratingen in the Bergisch Land, now one of the on-site museums belong to the Rhineland Industrial Museum. Johann Gottfried Brügelmann, an extremely wealthy merchant and textile magnate from Wuppertal [...] enough to give you an impression of his self-assured economic power. The metronome of the dawning industrial age – a clock – hangs prominently over the magnificent stairway to the house making it clear that

When people talk about "cathedrals of industrial heritage", we sometimes have to take this literally. The huge buildings offered enough space to accommodate factories in the middle of the 18th century [...] century. These were the original forms of industrial architecture: a good example is the Benedictine abbey which was turned into a centre of porcelain production by the Boch company. The global company Villeroy