Industrial Heritage Trail

Instruction plate of the main trail

The Industrial Heritage Trail (German: Route der Industriekultur) links tourist attractions related to the industrial heritage in the Ruhr area in Germany.^[1] It is a part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The series of routes were developed between 1989 and 1999, however additions are still being made.^[2]

The route

The trail network connects museums and exhibitions that present the industrial revolution during the last 750 years in the Ruhr area. It includes 400 km of road network and about 700 km of bicycle tracks.^[3]

The attractions

There are 52 main attractions on the trail.

Visitor centres and anchor points

Theme routes

Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail by bike

In the category Panoramas are many spoil tips, e.g. here the Halde Rheinpreußen
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
The glass elephant in Hamm
Tetrahedron in Bottrop

References

^ "What is the Industrial Heritage Trail?". Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
^ Jaquet, Pierre. "Route der Industriekultur". www.ruhr-guide.de (in German). Ruhr Guide. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Routes". Retrieved 2009-05-02.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Media related to Route der Industriekultur at Wikimedia Commons

www.route-industriekultur.de Archived 2016-01-09 at the Portuguese Web Archive (in German and English)

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[1] "What is the Industrial Heritage Trail?". Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2009-05-02.

[Jaquet-2] Jaquet, Pierre. "Route der Industriekultur". www.ruhr-guide.de (in German). Ruhr Guide. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[3] "Routes". Retrieved 2009-05-02.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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v t e Industrial Heritage Trail (Ruhr) – Visitor Centres, Anchor Points, Theme Routes
Visitor centres and anchor points	German Inland Waterways Museum Duisburg Inner Harbour Oberhausen Industrial Museum Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Gasometer Oberhausen Aquarius Water Museum Villa Hügel Nordsternpark World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein Marl Chemical Park Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum Henrichshütte Centennial Hall Bochum Recklinghausen Substation German Mining Museum Zeche Nachtigall Henrichenburg boat lift German Occupational Safety Exhibition (DASA) Hansa Coking Plant Zeche Zollern II/IV Hohenhof Hagen Open-air Museum Lindenbrauerei Unna Maximilianpark Hamm Halde Rheinpreußen
Theme routes	Duisburg: Town and Harbour Zollverein Industrial Landscape Duisburg: Industrial Culture on the Rhine Oberhausen: Industry makes the Town Krupp and the Town of Essen Dortmund: Dreiklang Coal, Steel and Bier Industrial Culture on the Lippe Erzbahn-Emscherbruch Industrial Culture at Volme and Ennepe Brine, Steam and Coal Early Industrialisation The History and the Present of the Ruhr On the Way to the Blue Emscher Canals and Shipping Railways in the Area Westphalia Mining Route Rhenish Mining Route Chemistry, Glass and Energy Workers' Settlements Entrepreneurial Villas Bread, Grain and Beer Myth of the Ruhr Region Historic Parks and Gardens Industry/Nature Panoramas and Landmarks Sacred Buildings Iron and Steel Water: Works, Towers and Turbines Bochum: Industrial Culture in the Heart of the Region Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail – Gelsenkirchen (in preparation) Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail by bike

Authority control databases
International	VIAF 2 3 4
National	Germany 2 3