The Route of industrial culture - past and present of the Ruhr lists stations of the Industrial Heritage Route to deal specifically with the flow Dysentery employ.
Three points outside the Ruhr area (in the Sauerland) are also controlled: the Ruhr spring and two of its dams.
The anchor points of the route are the Nightingale colliery in Witten, the Aquarius water museum in Mülheim an der Ruhr and the Museum of German Inland Shipping in Duisburg-Ruhrort.
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| Theme route 12 Past and present of the Ruhr | |
 One of Anchor points: The Ruhraake exhibited in the Nachtigall colliery | |
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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 12 "Past and present of the Ruhr" focuses entirely on the river Dysentery. Distinctive points of its course (source, estuary, dams, reservoirs) are touched as well as the historical Ruhr shipping, the early small businesses on their streams as well as the first attempts at industrialization or modern power plants, and of course the coal mine and the railroad as a transport route .
There is another route that deals with important tributaries of the Ruhr, that is route number 9: Industrial culture on Volme and Ennepe.
preparation
The Dysentery extends on the southern edge of the Ruhr area along, from Fröndenberg in the east over Holzwickede, Swords, Dortmund, Hagen, Herdecke, Weather, Witten, Hattingen, Bochum, eat and Mülheim an der Ruhr to Duisburg in the West. Before that, the Ruhr has already covered several kilometers Sauerland laid back and vigorously collected water with its tributaries.
The Ruhr area offers extensive service facilities and accommodation options. If that's not enough or because it is fully booked / expensive due to local events - also due to the good motorway and rail links - switch to the surrounding regions: Sauerland, Lower Rhine, Cologne Bay or further north that Münsterland.
The official RIK travel guide (see literature), the respective anchor points or the corresponding one, provides information on the individual stops on theme route 12 website.
The anchor points are also to be understood as the first point of contact for information seekers:
- Nightingale colliery (Westf. State Museum for Industrial Culture), 58452 Witten, Nachtigallstrasse 35. Tel.: 49 (0)2302 936640, Email: [email protected]. Here the beginnings of mining can be seen in the visitor mine (only with a guide) and with the help of a small mine. Also: the Ruhr Valley Railway station, exhibition "The Path in the Deep", steam engine in the machine house, brickworks, the Ruhr shipping is thematized with coal depletion and a replica of a Ruhrnache, the museum is also the information point of the Geopark and the Muttental begins right behind it.
- Aquarius (Water museum), 45476 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Burgstrasse 70. Tel.: (0)208 4433-390, Fax: (0)208 4433-391, Email: [email protected]. In the historic Styrum water tower (built by August Thyssen in 1892/93) and its modern extension there is everything to do with water and water management, water towers, Ruhr valley,. . With its playful experiments and multimedia installations, it is well suited for children and interested adults. On the 13th floor there is a panoramic view of the western Ruhr area from a height of 35 meters (glazed view). Attention: Floor 12 will be out of service until spring 2013 due to renovation.Open: Mon closed, Tue-Sun 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Price: Adults € 4, children from 6 years & discounts € 3, families € 12, combined ticket with Haus Ruhrnatur € 6, € 4 and € 16.
- Museum of German Inland Shipping, 47119 Duisburg, Apostelstrasse 84 (Tram 901, bus 906/907 / NE1 to the inland shipping museum or Scholtenhofstr). Tel.: (0)203 80889-40, Fax: (0)203 80889-22, Email: [email protected]. Open: Closed on Mondays, Tues-Sun, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Price: adults € 4.50, families € 10.00, groups of 15 or more € 3.50 / person.
getting there
The Ruhr on the southern edge of the Ruhr area is easy to reach, nearby airports are in Dusseldorf or Dortmund, both have rail connections. The motorways, federal highways and railways are close to the Ruhr and exist in high density. The main train stations in Duisburg, Mülheim, Essen, Hagen and Dortmund are important hubs with long-distance connections. There are several motorways for motor vehicles (A 1, A 3, A 40, A 42, A 43, A 44, A 45, A 46) 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!). You can do that by bike Ruhr valley cycle path use to drive close to the Ruhr (although many points of this themed route are not directly on the Ruhr!).
Here we go
- Ruhr spring
- Hennetalsperre
- Möhne reservoir
- Chainsmith Museum, 58730 Froendenberg / Ruhr, Ruhrstrasse 12 (In the straw warehouse of the former Himmelmann paper mill). Lovingly compiled and detailed reconstructed museum pieces, demonstration at the forge fire every 1st Sunday of the month, surrounding a landscape park in the Ruhr meadows, including the Fröndenberg funnel.Open: April-Oct. Sat / Sun 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Price: free entry.
- Rohrmeisterei Schwerte
- Schwerte-Ergste Ruhr flood bridge
- Bushmill
- Hohensyburg, Dortmund-Syburg, Hohensyburgstrasse. - The castle ruins are located on the Syberg above the Hengsteysee, a popular excursion destination with the Vincket Tower and Kaiser Wilhelm monument to the west, and the Hohensyburg casino and St. Peter zu Syburg church to the east.
- Koepchenwerk pumped storage power plant
- Hengsteysee
- Herdecke Ruhr viaduct
- Herdecke energy industry hiking trail
- Castle weather
- Harkort power plant
- Volmarstein community waterworks
- Villa Bönnhoff, weather
- Schede house
- Schlebuscher Erbstollen
- Berger memorial, Witten, on the Hohenstein. - 20 meters high monument, about 130 meters above the Ruhr, great view of the Ruhr Valley, the surrounding Hohenstein recreation area also has lawns for sunbathing and playing, barbecue areas, a petting zoo and a water playground.
- Hohenstein hydropower plant
- Witten Ruhr Viaduct
- Bommerholz water tower
- Steel hammer Bommern
- Stainless steel plant in Witten
- Mine and field railway museum Zeche Theresia
- Nightingale colliery (Anchor point, see above)
- Nightingale coal defeat
- Herbede Ruhr lock
- Sunshine private distillery
- Lohmann stainless steel factory
- Kemnader lake
- Blankenstein lock and Stiepel waterworks
- Punching machine
- 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.
- RuhrtalBahn
- Birschel mill
- Towpath below the Isenberg
- Dahlhausen floating bridge
- Dahlhausen lock
- Dahlhausen mining trail
- 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.
- Horst lock
- Horster mill
- Well-guarded mine
- Holteyer harbor
- Dinnendahl factory
- Headframe of the Heinrich colliery
- Kupferdreh station and Hespertalbahn museum railway
- Deilbachtal cultural landscape
- Baldeneysee
- Carl Funke colliery
- 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 or the foundation, as well as a historical site of remembrance, also scientifically supported by the Krupp Historical Archive.Open: Villa: open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., excluding public holidays / events.Price: Villa & Park: 5 €.
- Neukirch lock
- Become an abbey
- Paper mill sluice
- Kettwig railway bridge
- Kettwig reservoir
- Run-of-river power station and Kettwig lock
- Landsberg Castle
- Saarn Monastery
- Leather and tanning museum, 45481 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorfer Str. 269. Tel.: (0)208 302 10 70, Fax: (0)208 302 10 71, Email: [email protected]. Until the clothing industry migrated from Germany to Asia in the 1980s, Mülheim was a major German center for leather production. A past that this museum builds on. A multimedia exhibition on all types of leather, production and processing, the history of leather in Mülheim, experience the different types and types of leather with all your senses.Open: Mon Tue closed, Wed-Sun 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.Price: adults € 2, children and young people € 1.50.
- Lindgens leather factory
- Joseph Thyssen Villa
- J. Caspar Troost textile factory
- Ruhrnatur House, 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Alte Schleuse 3. Tel.: (0)208 4433-380, Fax: (0)208 4433-381, Email: [email protected]. Deals with flora and fauna, climate and energy use in nature / by humans as well as with the main topic of water, located at the water station. Also suitable for children, it takes about 30-60 minutes. Small library with didactic material, small cafe.Open: Mon closed, Tue-Sun 10: 00-18: 00.Price: adults € 3, children and concessions € 2, families € 8, combined ticket with Aquarius € 6, € 4 and € 16.
- Kahlenberg hydropower plant
- Mülheim water station
- RWW headquarters
- City viaduct and Ruhr bridge Mülheim
- Roundhouse and camera obscura (with the museum on the prehistory of the film), 45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Am Schloß Broich 42. Tel.: (0)208 3022605, Fax: (0)208 3022607, Email: [email protected]. 38m high water tower built in 1904, formerly to supply steam locomotives, today camera obscura (in the dome) and museum (unique collection for the development of film and photography from 1750 to 1930, with many vivid objects, something to "discover" and childlike amazement ).Open: Wed-Sun 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Price: adults € 4, children up to 14 years. € 3.50, family € 11.
- Tip: If you are already there, visit: the MüGa, Fährstraße car park. The site of the former state horticultural show is close to the city center on the left side of the Ruhr and encloses the town hall, Heinrich-Thöne-Volkshochschule, Broich Castle, roundhouse and camera obscura. The park is accessible without admission and offers, in addition to various gardens (sculptures, organic, tourainers, roses, twin town, Darlington) also a water and mud playground as well as the fossil path.
- Friedrich Wilhelms-Hütte
- Aquarius water museum (Anchor point, see above)
- Rhine-Ruhr port of Muelheim
- Raffelberg hydropower plant
- Raffelberg brine bath
- Ruhrschleuse and Ruhrwehr
- Museum of German Inland Shipping (Anchor point, see above)
- Haniel Museum
- 1 Rhine orange ((Rhine kilometers 780)), 47059 Duisburg-Kaßlerfeld, At the mouth of the Ruhr / Am Bört (Approach via Kaßlerfelderstrasse).
The sculpture erected in 1992 (25m high, 7m wide, 1m deep, 83 tons heavy) by the Cologne sculptor Lutz Fritsch is made of steel and painted with the RAL color 2004 = pure orange. It marks the mouth of the Ruhr in the Rhine and also the end point of the 230 km long Ruhr Valley Cycle Path as well as the “Tortour de Ruhr”, the longest ultra marathon in Germany.Open: freely accessible all year round, except during floods.
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literature
- ; Regional association Ruhr (Ed.): Past and present of the Ruhr; Vol.12. eat, 1999, Industrial heritage route.
