Dortmund U-Tower, Industrial monument in Union District, Dortmund, Germany.
The U-Tower rises 70 meters above Dortmund with a distinctive golden U logo visible from multiple directions in the city center.
Built in 1926 as a fermentation and storage facility for Union Brewery, the structure became the first high-rise building in Dortmund.
The building houses Museum Ostwall, media art installations, and exhibition spaces that showcase contemporary art from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Visitors can access the U-Tower Tuesday through Sunday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with extended hours until 8:00 PM on Thursday and Friday.
The building contains 40 concrete pillars supporting nine floors, which formerly stored one million hectoliters of beer during its brewery operations.
Location: Dortmund
Inception: 1927
Architects: Emil Moog
Industry: brewing industry
Phone: +49(0)231.5024723
Email: info@dortmunder-u.de
Website: https://dortmunder-u.de
GPS coordinates: 51.51500,7.45362
Latest update: May 27, 2025 09:58
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.
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