The Route of industrial culture - workers' settlements lists stations of the Industrial Heritage Route that deal particularly with the factory, colliery or other workers' settlements.
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| Theme route 19 Workers' settlements | |
 The Anchor points: LVR industrial museum in Oberhausen | |
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| RIK | Theme route 19 |
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| Wikipedia | RIK # Route 19 |
The route of industrial culture represents as Holiday route in the Ruhr area special industrial monuments and areas of the industrial landscape in the form of road routes for motor vehicles and also for that bicycle in front. In addition to the Anchor points, which form the backbone of the route, convey the Themed routes always a special topic, a local area or something special in the history of the Ruhr area.
The themed route with the number 19 "Workers' settlements" shows "Colonies" that arose during the industrialization of the Ruhr area. The new mines and factories needed workers - specialists who had been loyal to them for many years. In order to promote this, many mines and industrial companies built their own housing estates in the immediate vicinity, the rental was then linked to the employment contract. And the hierarchy in the company was also reflected in the houses - foremen and officials at a colliery had larger and better-equipped houses than ordinary miners. These were also arranged in such a way that the hustle and bustle of the workers could be monitored from there - the supervision did not end at the factory gate. Both of them usually had a large garden - to grow vegetables for their own needs and to feed the miner's cow (the goat). In the garden next to the stable there was often also the (plop) toilet.
In addition to the actual apartments, there were also communal facilities: from the laundry, health care and training for housewives and mothers in their fields of activity (housekeeping, gardening, sewing to childcare), shopping and coop stores, pubs and country recreation homes.
Many factory and colliery settlements fell victim to the new building craze after the Second World War, until the first resistance arose. The themed route also tells about this, especially with the first stop, the Eisenheim settlement in Oberhausen. In the meantime, people are well aware of the heritage and many a settlement has been cleverly refurbished and renovated into a modern gem.
preparation
The Ruhr area offers the service facilities and accommodation options of a big city. If that's not enough or because it is fully booked / expensive due to local events, you can switch to the surrounding regions: Lower Rhine and Münsterland.
The official RIK travel guide (see literature), the respective anchor point or the corresponding one, provides information on the individual stops on theme route 19 website.
The anchor point is also to be understood as the first point of contact for information seekers:
- 1 Eisenheim settlement, Oberhausen-Osterfeld, Eisenheimerstrasse (The settlement also includes Wesselkamp-, Fulda-, Werra- and Berliner Straße).
Oldest workers' settlement in the Ruhr area (started in 1846) for the later Gutehoffnungshütte, famous for the struggle of the residents for the preservation of their settlement in the 1970s, renovated today, 31 of 52 houses preserved, Branch office of the LVR museum, wash house as museum furnished (open from Easter to the end of October, Sat / Sun from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment, admission: adults € 1.50, children € 0.50, group tours € 40 all year round by calling 01805 743465), own exploration of the settlement thanks to the "Talking streets - talking monuments" very exciting! More information at Planet knowledge.
- LVR industrial museum, Oberhausen location (Altenberg zinc factory), 46049 Oberhausen, Hansastraße 18-20 (Oberhausen Hbf. The museum is located at the west exit.). Tel.: 49(0)2234 992-1555, Fax: (0)2234 992-1300, Email: [email protected]. The headquarters of the LVR industrial museum is located in the completely preserved, former zinc factory; Permanent exhibitions: on zinc production (foyer, free part) and on maloche in heavy industry (rolling hall), as well as on the development of the infrastructure ("Stadtwerk" in the electrical center). The Eisenheim settlement is a branch of the LVR Museum.Open: Mon closed, Tue - Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat Sun 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.Price: adults € 4.50, reduced € 3.50, from 10 people. 4 €, children / adolescents free.
getting there
The Ruhr area is easy to reach, nearby airports are in Dusseldorf or Dortmund, both have rail connections. There is a high density of motorways, federal highways and railways. Important hubs with long-distance connections are the main train stations in Duisburg, Mülheim an der Ruhr, eat, Hagen and Dortmund. There are several motorways for motor vehicles (A 1, A 2, A 3, A 40, A 42, A 43, A 44, A 45) with corresponding departures, important: the Ruhr area is largely one Environmental zone, which only allows the entry of vehicles with certain badges (current status can be found in the respective city article under arrival!).
Here we go
In Oberhausen:
- Eisenheim settlement, Oberhausen-Osterfeld, first smelter, later miner, first buildings from 1848, expansion 1860-1870, 1897-1903
- Stemmersberg settlement, Oberhausen-Osterfeld, GHH, miners at the Osterfeld colliery, 1902-1904
- Grafenbusch settlement, Oberhausen, official colony, 1910-1923
- Ripshorster Strasse settlement, Oberhausen, workforce of the GHH, from 1899, expansion in 1910 and 1927 (Masters' Houses)
In Dinslaken:
- Lohberg settlement, Dinslaken-Lohberg, miner of the Lohberg colliery, from 1907, very large settlement with extensive infrastructure (schools, kindergartens, shops and handicraft businesses, also a bachelor dormitory known as the "bull monastery")
In Duisburg:
- Wehofen settlement, Duisburg-Walsum, miner of the Wehofen colliery (part of the Thyssen group), 1912-1918, with a consumer establishment
- Poets Quarter, Duisburg-Hamborn, miners of the "Friedrich Thyssen I / VI" mine, 1905-1918, the name of the settlement goes back to the street names
- Hüttenheim settlement, Duisburg-Hüttenheim, worker in the sheet metal rolling mill of the Schulz-Knaudt company (later part of the Mannesmannröhrenwerke), 1911/1912
- Margarethen settlement, Duisburg-Rheinhausen, worker of the Krupp steelworks, 1903-1906, extended until the 1930s, named after Margarethe Krupp, with consumption, reading room, toddler school and bathing establishment
- "Official settlement" Bliersheim, Villa colony in the English country house style for the senior officials of the Krupp steelworks, 1903-1910, with a casino, the factory grew around the group of houses over the years
- Rhine Prussia settlement, Duisburg-Homberg / Hochheide, worker of the Rheinpreußen colliery, built from 1903, later 1200 apartments demolished, the rest could only be saved with bitter resistance and a hunger strike by the residents
- Johannenhof settlement, Duisburg-Hochheide, originally planned for officials of the Rheinpreußen colliery but used by workers because mining was already in decline, 1914
In Moers:
- Meerbeck Colony, Moers-Meerbeck, Bergarbeier des Rheinpreußen IV shaft, 1904-07 and 1913, up to 10,000 inhabitants, with shops, a mining vocational school and a welfare building
- Repelen settlement, Moers-Repelen, mostly for miners of Pattbergschächte I / II but not exclusively because of non-profit housing construction, 1930-1936
In Kamp-Lintfort:
- Old Friedrich-Heinrich settlement, Kamp-Lintfort, workers of the mine of the same name, built together with the mine on the flat land, 1907-1930s
In Neukirchen-Vluyn:
- Niederberg settlements - Old and New Colony, Neukirchen-Vluyn, miners of the Niederberg colliery, 1917 Old Colony, 1926-1930 New Colony
- Mausegatt settlement, Mülheim-Heißen, actually named after the Wiesche colliery ("Colonie Wiesche"), later renamed to the seam name "Mausegatt", for miners of the colliery, from 1899, expanded in 1905 and 1911
In eat:
- Karnap settlement, Essen-Karnap, for workers and civil servants of the Mathias Stinnes colliery, 1890-1921
- Margarethenhöhe, Essen-Margarethenhöhe, prime example of a garden city, for workers, employees and civil servants from Krupp and also outsiders (approx. 50%), market, consumer establishments, restaurants, houses with tiled stove heating, scullery and water closet, built 1906-1938, donated by Margarethe Krupp on the occasion the wedding of her daughter Bertha, which has been managed by the "Margarethe Krupp Foundation for Housing Welfare" since it was founded
- Altenhof II, Essen-Stadtwald, for Krupp workers, 1907-1914
- Brandenbusch settlement, Essen-Bredeney, built above the Villa Hügel for the servants, from 1895
- Carl Funke settlement, Essen-Heisingen, workers of the Carl Funke mine, 1900/1901
In Hattingen:
- Garden city of Hüttenau, Hattingen-Welper, for workers of the Henrichshütte, 1910-1917, terrain with a large difference in altitude in the direction of the Ruhr
In Bochum:
- Peaceful Neighbor Colony, Bochum-Linden, small miners' settlement of the mine of the same name, from 1880
- Dahlhauser Heide settlement, Bochum-Hordel, popularly called "Kappeskolonie", for miners and civil servants of the Hannover and Hannibal collieries (belonged to the Krupp company), built 1907-1915 on the site of the former Dahlhausen manor in the local style, with kindergartens, community houses, consumer institution and beer hall with hall construction
In Hagen:
- Lange Riege settlement, Hagen-Eilpe, apartments and workshops of the Eilper Klingenschmiede, completed in 1665/1666, is considered the oldest workers' settlement in Westphalia
- Walddorf settlement, Hagen-Emst, textile workers' settlement in the rustic home style, 1910, of the originally planned 87 houses, only this street with 6 houses was built
- Cuno settlement, Hagen-Wehringhausen / Kuhlerkamp, example of the reform movement in housing construction, 1926-1927, named after the mayor of Hagen, with communal facilities such as laundry and baths with showers and bathtubs, apartments had kitchens based on the "Frankfurt model"
In Swords:
- Kreinberg settlement was built from 1920 as a settlement for the railway repair shop Schwerte-Ost. The first families were able to move in in August 1921. The settlement has been implemented as a garden city and is very well preserved.
In Hamm:
- Vogelsang settlement
In Awls:
- "Neustadt" colliery settlement in Ahlen
In Bergkamen:
- Rünthe express train settlement
In Luenen:
- Victoria settlement in Lünen-Nord workers' settlement of the Victoria colliery.
- Ziethenstrasse settlement in the district of Lünen Süd, an early workers' settlement for the families of the miners of the Prussian colliery.
- "Am Kanal" settlement in the district of Lünen Osterfeld, on the Datteln-Hamm Canal near the Prussian port.
- Miners Residential Museum in the district of Lünen Brambauer
In Dortmund:
- Müsersiedlung of the Gneisenau colliery
- Mining official settlement Neu-Asseln
- Eving old colony
- Oberdorstfeld settlement
- Landwehr Colony
In Herne:
- Teutoburgia settlement
In Recklinghausen:
- Dreieck-Siedlung Hochlarmark
In Gelsenkirchen:
- Seam thick bank
- Vittinghoff settlement
- Klapheckenhof settlement
- Schüngelberg settlement
- Spinnstuhl settlement
In Bottrop:
- Garden city of Welheim
In Galdbeck:
- Zweckel settlement
In Dorsten:
- Fürst Leopold settlement
security
trips
literature
- ; Regional association Ruhr (Ed.): Workers' settlements; Vol.19. eat, 2002, Industrial heritage route.
