The Route of industrial culture - railways in the area lists stations of the Industrial Heritage Route that deal particularly with the subject of railways and trams.
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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 15 "Bahnen im Revier" shows tourists as well as locals, railway and tram fans and all those interested in (traffic) technology important stations of the rail traffic in the Ruhr area. This transport medium (in addition to that of the Canals and shipping) picked up speed with the onset of industrialization. The formerly sparsely populated agricultural area only offered a few, poorly developed roads, and new, efficient means of transport had to be created for the growing industry and the supply of the steadily growing population. The railway network initially grew from the waterways to the industrial settlements, and the workers were often "taken" with them on the way from their settlement to their place of work. There were even separate settlements for large shunting systems and railway depots. Tram networks were added later, mainly used for passenger transport. All in all, the development took place uncoordinated, sometimes even in competition with one another, so that a dense but poorly organized network emerged.
The mountains in the foothills of the Sauerland, the rivers and later also the lakes and canals, and even older railway lines represent obstacles that had to be bridged or tunnelled by imaginative buildings. Many routes have been preserved to this day and are used by normal local and long-distance traffic. Even though the bridges they cross are old. On some routes, lovingly restored museum trains run, whose locomotives and wagons can of course also be admired in the corresponding museums. However, a few stretches have also been closed, dismantled and can now be used as cycling and hiking trails.
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, Sauerland and Münsterland.
Information on the individual stops on theme route 15 is available from the RIK's official travel guide (see literature), the respective anchor point or the corresponding one website.
The anchor points are also to be understood as the first point of contact for information seekers:
- Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum, 44879 Bochum, Dr.-C.-Otto-Strasse 191. Tel.: 49 (0)234 492516, Fax: 49 (0)234 94428730, Email: [email protected]. Largest, privately operated railway museum in Germany on the site of the former railway depot. Lively museum with a lot of historical vehicles and real steam operation, locomotive shed with a 20-meter turntable, water tower / crane, workshops, coaling plant and sand tower, stop for the Ruhr Valley Railway.Open: Mon / Sat closed, Tue-Fri / Sun / Fe 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Price: adults 7 €, child 4 €, family 18 €, special prices on museum days.
- Henrichshütte (Westf. State Museum for Industrial Culture), 45527 Hattingen, Werksstrasse 31-33. Tel.: 49 (0)2324 9247140, Email: [email protected]. In 1987 the last blast furnace was blown out, today it is the centerpiece of the industrial museum with a great view. The show factories are active from April to October, including a show foundry. Many themed trails: iron, steel, rat (for children), green trail (industrial nature). In addition, information about the people who worked here and who also opposed the closure. Blower hall is used for events.
- Zollern colliery, 44388 Dortmund-Bövinghausen, Grubenweg 5. Tel.: (0)2361 6961111, Email: [email protected]. The colliery is also called "Work Castle" because of its neat corner turrets and battlements, the machine hall with Art Nouveau portal and the struggle of the citizens for the preservation of this industrial monument at the end of the 1960s are famous. Today the LWL operates an extensive museum of the social and cultural history of the Ruhr mining industry (brand control, chewing, lighting, rescue services, accidents at work, training, ...) but hiking on the site and in the buildings is also worthwhile. Attention: Due to extensive renovation work, the machine hall can currently only be viewed as part of guided tours.Open: Mon closed, Tue-Sun and public holidays 10 am-6pm.Price: adults € 4, reduced € 2.50, children and young people € 2, families € 9.
- Villa Huegel, 45133 Essen, Villa Hügel 1. Tel.: 49 (0)201 616290, Fax: 49 (0)201 6162911, Email: [email protected]. The Villa Hügel has 269 rooms and 8100m² of floor space, it is wonderfully situated above the Baldeneysee in its own park. Built by Krupp as a representative headquarters, it is much more than an entrepreneur's villa, it is a symbol of industrialization and embodies the Krupp myth. Today the center of art and culture with top-class, international exhibitions, a concert hall for the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra, a permanent exhibition on the history of Krupp, his workforce and today's company and the foundation, as well as a historical site of remembrance, also scientifically supported by the Krupp Historical Archive.Open: Villa: daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., excluding holidays / events.Price: Villa & Park: 5 €.
- Hill station (with restaurant Hügoloss), 45133 Essen, Freiherr-vom Stein-Strasse 211 (a) (Bahnhof am Hügelpark). Tel.: 49 (0)201 470217, Fax: 49 (0)201 4308660, Email: [email protected]. Historic train station of Villa Hügel, which was built on the initiative of Friedrich Alfred Krupp in 1890. Nowadays the S6 stops here on the Essen route - Food hill - Ratingen Ost - Düsseldorf - Langenfeld (Rheinl) - Cologne - Cologne trinkets.Open: Restaurant: daily 11 a.m. - midnight.
- 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: 49 (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).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.
- Museum platform, Oberhausen, main station. Publicly accessible platform with historic train in Oberhausen main station.Price: free access.
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 on offer. 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, but 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
- Railway museum Bochum
- Dahlhausen station
- railway station Hattingen
- Ruhr Valley Railway
- LWL industrial museum Henrichshütte Hattingen
- Railway line Hattingen - Schee - Silschede
- railway station Ennepetal
- Kruiner tunnel in Gevelsberg
- Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld small railway line
- Harkort coal railway
- Viaduct of the Rhenish Railway in Hagen
- Goldberg tunnel
- Hagen Central Station
- Ruhr-Sieg route and Hohenlimburg train station
- Ruhr viaduct Herdecke
- Railway repair shop Swords and Kreinberg settlement
- Upper Ruhr Valley Railway and Langschede station in Fröndenberg
- railway station Hamm
- railway station Came
- Seseke Bridge
- Bridge ensemble Unionstrasse in Dortmund
- Cultural depot
- Local transport museum Dortmund
- Turnout construction hall of the former machine factory in Germany
- Dortmund Central Station
- Dortmund depot, depot
- Water tower Dortmund Südbahnhof
- LWL industrial museum Zeche Zollern
- Central Station Recklinghausen
- railway station Herne
- Central Station Wanne-Eickel
- Wanne-Eickel Local History and Natural History Museum
- Depot Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck
- Gelsenkirchen Central Station
- railway station Dorsten
- RBH Logistics Gladbeck
- Ore railway from Bochum to the Rhine-Herne Canal
- Bochum Association
- Bochum Nord train station and Bochum steel bridges
- Central Station Bochum
- BOGESTRA headquarters
- Langendreer train station
- Tram depot Witten and the garden city of Crengeldanz
- Witten turnout factory
- Witten main station
- Witten Ruhr Viaduct
- Mine and field railway museum Zeche Theresia
- LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Nachtigall and the Muttental
- Zollverein station in eat
- Rheinische Bahn in Essen
- Locomotive factory and works railway Krupp
- Essen Central Station
- Railway headquarters in Essen
- Villa Hügel and Essen-Hügel train station
- Ruhr Bridge Steele
- Kupferdreh station and Hespertalbahn museum railway
- "Dog Bridge" and "Deilthaler Railway"
- Kettwig railway bridge
- City viaduct and Ruhr bridge Mülheim
- Roundhouse and camera obscura
- Railway repair shop Speldorf / old turning shop
- Speldorf tram depot
- Bridge landscape Ruhraue
- Marshalling yard, repair shop and railway settlements in Duisburg-Wedau
- Water tower and railway settlement Rheinhausen-Friemersheim
- Duisburg-Hochfelder railway bridge
- Lifting tower "Homberg-Ruhrorter Rheintrajektanstalt"
- Duisburg Central Station
- Green path
- HOAG railway line
- Thyssen works railway
- House Knipp railway bridge
- Rhine bridge Wesel
- Central Station Oberhausen
- LVR industrial museum
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literature
- ; Regional association Ruhr (Ed.): Lanes in the area; Vol.15. eat, 2006, Industrial heritage route, ISBN 3-932165-49-7 .
