LWL-Industriemuseum, Industrial heritage museum in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The LWL-Industriemuseum encompasses eight separate locations that showcase the industrial development of the Westphalia-Lippe region through extensive collections and exhibitions.
Established in 1979 as Westfälisches Industriemuseum, this institution has transformed former industrial sites into educational spaces that document technological and social changes.
The museum preserves over 250,000 artifacts including steam engines, textiles, glass products, and personal narratives that reflect the industrial era's impact on society.
Visitors can access multiple sites including Zeche Zollern, Textile Museum Bocholt, and Henrichshütte Steelworks, each offering specialized tours and educational programs.
The museum complex includes the Henrichenburg Shiplift from 1899, which stands as a functional monument along the Dortmund-Ems Canal.
Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
Website: https://lwl-industriemuseum.de
GPS coordinates: 51.51781,7.33469
Latest update: March 2, 2025 20:37
Dortmund combines industrial heritage with contemporary cultural offerings across its different districts. The city features a variety of sites, from Signal Iduna Park, Germany's largest football stadium with 81,365 seats where Borussia Dortmund has played since 1974, to the German Football Museum, which traces the history of the sport on 7,000 square meters of interactive exhibits. Green spaces are significant, including Westfalenpark, a 70-hectare park home to the 209-meter-high Florianturm and extensive rose gardens, and Dortmund Zoo, where 1,500 animals from 230 species, mainly from South America, reside across 28 hectares. Cultural institutions reflect Dortmund's mining past and its artistic scene. Zeche Zollern, a former coal mine from 1898, displays its original machinery hall and documents the industrial era of the Ruhr. The Museum of Art and Cultural History hosts collections from the Middle Ages to today within its 1924 Art Deco building. The Dortmund Concert Hall hosts classical and jazz concerts in its 1,550-seat auditorium. Lake Phoenix exemplifies urban redevelopment: this former steelworks site transformed in 2010 offers 3.2 kilometers of pathways along the water. Mengede Castle, a 13th-century fortress surrounded by moats, illustrates medieval architecture in Westphalia.
Zollern II/IV Colliery
3 m
Haus Bodelschwingh
4.1 km
Zeche Erin
3.8 km
Wasserschloss Haus Dellwig
1.4 km
Haus Goldschmieding
3.6 km
St. Lambertus
3.8 km
Heimatmuseum Lütgendortmund
1.4 km
St. Vinzentius (Bochum)
4.1 km
Immanuel-Kirche
3.2 km
Halde Lothringen
2.8 km
Haus Dorloh
4.2 km
Westfälisches Schulmuseum Dortmund
3.5 km
St. Josef
2.9 km
Lutherkirche
3.7 km
Oelbachtal
2.5 km
Evangelische Christuskirche Gerthe
3.8 km
St. Magdalena, Lütgendortmund
2 km
Dellwiger Bach
712 m
Volksgarten Lütgendortmund
1.3 km
Franziskanerterziarinnenkloster Lütgendortmund, genannt Marienborn
1.9 km
Bartholomaeuskirche Lütgendortmund
2 km
St. Thomas Morus
3.1 km
Mastbruch
4 km
Langeloh/In der Hemke
3.5 km
Evangelische Kirche Werne
4.1 km
Gaststätte Zum deutschen Haus
2.3 km
Langeloh
3.3 km
LSG-Bodelschwingh
3.3 kmReviews
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