Das Gebäude Zollverein mit dem Förderturm bei Nacht. Das Gebäude Zollverein mit dem Förderturm bei Nacht.

World cultural heritage coal mine and coke oven Zollverein

For many visitors this is the highlight of their city break to the Ruhr Area: Zollverein was once renowned as the most beautiful colliery in the world, and is now the most famous tourist attraction of the Ruhr metropolis, and is also a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.


With its museum, restaurants, events and culture, the change the region has undergone is truly visible here. The Zollverein World Heritage Site is now the best known industrial monument in the Ruhr Area, and is the centre point of its creativity-based economy.

In accordance with its motto, "preservation through conversion", the  coking plant has achieved a great deal since its decommissioning in 1993. The remodelled boiler house is now home to the Design Zentrum NRW design centre, and the restaurant "Casino" has moved into what was once the compressor hall.

The former coal washing plant now houses the Ruhr Museum. Visitors can look forward to a wide range of facilities, from exhibitions detailing the history of the industrial Ruhr Area, through culture and creativity, all the way to special events, fine dining and special leisure activities.

The Zollverein colliery is a landmark of the Ruhr metropolis, and is an absolute must for any visitor to the Ruhr Area.

Click here for the Zeche Zollverein webpage.

Gelsenkirchener Straße 181
45309 Essen

phone: +49 (0) 201-246810
fax: +49 (0) 201-8303620

e-mail: info@zollverein.de

 

Opening Times:
Open Guided Tours: 1.11.-31.3., Mo-Fr 2 pm,
1.4.-31.10. Mo-Fr 2 pm and 4 pm. School Holidays also 11 am.
Weekends and holidays: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm

 

 

 

also at Zollverein

Bild: Ruhr Museum\n© Stadtmarketing-Essen

Ruhr Museum

The Ruhr Museum opened in the year of the Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 in the former coal washery in the Zollverein colliery in Essen. In its permanent exhibition on three levels it relates the entire natural and cultural history of the Ruhr area. MORE

 

City of Essen

The Villa Hügel near the Baldeneysee

Pic.: Villa Hügel in Essen

Essen

Essen - world cultural heritage city and city of the arts. Can you possibly call a mining pit beautiful? You can indeed: the Zollverein pit XII is so beautiful that in December 2001 it was elevated to the rank of a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. The pit went into operation in 1932. At the time it was seen as an ideal form of industrial architecture and an outstanding example of the Bauhaus style. MORE

 

 

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