Zollern II/IV Colliery, Art Nouveau industrial monument in Dortmund-Bövinghausen, Germany.
The Zollern Colliery features red brick buildings with ornate gables, Art Nouveau elements, and an industrial architecture that mirrors the style of aristocratic residences.
Built between 1898 and 1904 under Emil Kirdorf's direction, this coal mine operated until 1966 when it closed due to the regional mining industry decline.
The machine hall, with its glass and steel portal, became Germany's first protected industrial monument in 1969, marking a shift in industrial heritage preservation.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00, offering guided tours, multimedia exhibitions, and access to the original mining equipment.
The site houses the headquarters of the Westphalia Industrial Museum, displaying original miners' facilities and an underground simulation called Montanium.
Location: Lütgendortmund
Architectural style: Art Nouveau architecture
Part of: LWL-Industriemuseum
Website: https://zeche-zollern.lwl.org
GPS coordinates: 51.51780,7.33465
Latest update: May 27, 2025 11:32
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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