Ruhr Area Industrial Heritage Route

visiting the Chemnitz Museum of Industry

What do the Oberhausen Gasometer, the Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen, and the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum have in common?

They are key points on the “Route of Industrial Heritage” and, as “living” industrial-cultural attractions, are widely known beyond the Ruhr area. The exhibition provided information on what else the route has to offer.

Panels and exhibits offered a vivid overview of the 400 km route, which leads to the highlights and hidden treasures of industrial heritage along the Rhine and Ruhr. Like pearls on a string, repurposed industrial monuments are arranged along the route: former ironworks and gasometers, coal mines and coking plants, slag heaps, industrialists’ villas, and listed workers’ housing estates.

Visitors to the exhibition could gain comprehensive information about the “Route of Industrial Heritage” and be inspired to embark on a personal discovery journey through the Ruhr area, which was designated “European Capital of Culture” in 2010.

The Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) is responsible for the “Route of Industrial Heritage” and presented the exhibition as part of an interregional exchange with the Chemnitz Museum of Industry.

For more information, visit https://www.route-industriekultur.ruhr.