It constitutes remarkable material evidence of the evolution and decline of an essential industry over the past 150 years.
- Germany 1983. 150 years of German Zollverein.
Zollverein Coal Mine
Industrial Complex in Essen (2001)
Germany
| The Zollverein industrial complex in Land
Nordrhein-Westfalen consists of the complete infrastructure of a
historical coal-mining site, with some 20th-century buildings of
outstanding architectural merit.
It constitutes remarkable material evidence of the evolution and decline of an essential industry over the past 150 years.
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In its justification for inscription the UNESCO states that the Zollverein XII Coal Mine Industrial Complex is an exceptional industrial monument by virtue of the fact that its buildings are outstanding examples of the application of the design concepts of the Modern Movement in architecture in a wholly industrial context.
The technological and other structures of Zollverein XII is representative of a crucial period in the development of traditional heavy industries in Europe, when sympathetic and positive use was made of architectural designs of outstanding quality.
Sources and links:
Other World Heritage Sites in Germany (on this site). Inactive links are not described on stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, section Germany for further information about such sites.
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