From mining region to

industrial heritage sites 50

years of documentation,
protection and management
in the Ruhr Area, Germany
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
SYMPOSIUM
The Industrial Heritage of Ptolemaida
as a lever for sustainable development:
The case of LIPTOL

11-12 March 2017

Ptolemaida Cultural Centre, Greece

Dr. Michael Farrenkopf

 From mining region to industrial heritage sites

Industrial Expansion of mines in the Ruhr area, 1871-1914

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Industrial heritage

Origins

Bernd und Hilla Becher

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Industrial heritage

Origins

Bernd Becher during photographic

work on the Art Nouveau portal of
the machinery hall of the colliery
Zollern II/IV in Dortmund
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Industrial heritage

Origins

Prof. Dr. Wolfhard Weber, Bochum

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Industrial heritage

Origins

On the right:
Prof. Dr. Rainer Slotta
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Industrial heritage

Origins

On top: Settlement Eisenheim

On below: Prof. Dr. Roland Gnter

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Industrial heritage

1970/80s

Prime ministers of North Rhine-

Westphalia Johannes Rau (left)
and Heinz Khn (right), Social
Democratic Party, at the
Parliament in Dsseldorf
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Industrial heritage

1970/80s

1969:
Foundation of the Mining Archives
at the German Mining Museum
Bochum
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Industrial heritage

Entwicklung 1970/80er-Jahre

Helmut
Bnninghausen

1979: Foundation of the Westphalian Industrial Museum

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Industrial heritage

Entwicklung 1970/80er-Jahre

1984: Foundation of the Rhenish Industrial Museum

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Industrial heritage

Entwicklung 1970/80er-Jahre

The Hansa coking plant, Dortmund, was put under protection as monument in 1998
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Industrial heritage

Entwicklung 1970/80er-Jahre

Ruhr Museum, opened in 2010 at the former colliery Zollverein XII, Essen
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Industrial heritage

Entwicklung 1970/80er-Jahre

Company headquarters RAG Montan Immobilien, Zollverein, Essen

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Industrial heritage

Since the 1990s

Grndung des
Bergbau-Archivs Bochum beim
DBM
(heute Teil des
Montanhistorischen Karl Ganser
Dokumentationszentrums
[montan.dok] beim DBM)
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Industrial heritage

Since the 1990s

Science Park Gelsenkirchen, former colliery Rheinelbe

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Industrial heritage

Since the 1990s

Gasometer Oberhausen, 2013; Christo: Big Air Package

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Industrial heritage

Entwicklung 1990er-Jahre

Route of industrial heritage Ruhr

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Industrial heritage

Entwicklung ab 2000

Opening of the European Year of Culture, 2010, at Zollverein, Essen

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Industrial heritage

Ongoing process to supplement

and widen the existing UNESCO
World Heritage Site Zollverein to
an industrial cultural landscape
Ruhr area
Thank you!