Route of industrial culture - industrial nature
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Theme route 24: Industrial nature of the RIK |
Industrial nature is the name of theme route 24 of the Route of Industrial Culture .
The themed route shows the connection between the former industrial use of various areas and the surrounding and reclaiming nature. The landscape in the Ruhr area has been permanently changed by heaps of heaps , industrial plants (such as collieries, coking plants or processing plants) and transport infrastructure (such as canal construction or railroad areas). The human interventions also indirectly led to changes in the landscape . The mining of coal led to subsidence , which resulted in new lakes (for example the Hallerey and Beversee lakes mentioned in this route) and problems with the runoff of the Emscher and its tributaries, which resulted in their being converted into sewers ( Köttelbecke ).
Even during the operating time of the industrial companies, isolated plants settled, after the shutdown nature conquered the industry collapsed step by step. The fauna and flora adapts to the changed living conditions and shows itself with rare species and ecosystems that are unusual for the environment. Typical changes in the areas were the compaction of the soil and the deposition of raw materials and products such as overburden , ash, lime, ore or coal, which led to dry and nutrient-poor soils, which heated up strongly in the sunshine. In contrast to this, damp areas were created in the subsidence areas.
Relics from industrial history and newly designed works of art make the areas even more interesting. In many cases, very different locations are close together so that they can be visited promptly and compared to one another, for example the Ripshorst house with the Vondern wasteland in the north and the Frintrop track park in the south or the nature reserve at Lake Hallerey near the Hansa coking plant.
In 2011 the RVR rebuilt and expanded the themed route, since then it has 19 stations ( changes are indicated in italics ).
Stations
- House Ripshorst
- Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord
- Fallow Vondern
- Frintrop track park
- Zollverein World Heritage Site with colliery , coking plant and heaps
- Mechtenberg landscape park
- Stockpile Rheinelbe and sculpture forest
- Landscape Park Hoheward (before 2011 as Emscherbruch )
- Colliery Hannover I / II / V - Königsgrube Park
- West Park
- Henrichshütte (new from 2011)
- Lorraine dump I / II
- Industrial Museum Zeche Nachtigall (on the former Zeche Nachtigall ) (new from 2011)
- Zollern dump
- Hallerey nature reserve
- Hansa coking plant
- Heap of large wood
- Beversee nature reserve
- Stockpile Saxony (new from 2011)
The Schurenbachhalde has not been included in this themed route since 2011, and the Unna district's ecology station in the “Schulze Heil” estate is no longer part of the industrial culture route.
Web links
- Description of this themed route as part of the Route of Industrial Heritage
- Leaflet with an overview of the stages of industrial nature (PDF; 1.7 MB) , all individual leaflets on the download page of the Route of Industrial Culture
Visitor center and anchor points (from west to east): Museum of German Inland Shipping | Inner harbor Duisburg | LVR Industrial Museum Oberhausen | Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord | Gasometer Oberhausen | Aquarius Water Museum | St. Antony Hut | Villa Huegel | Nordsternpark | Zeche Zollverein World Heritage Site and Zollverein Coking Plant | Ewald colliery | Marl Chemical Park | Railway Museum Bochum-Dahlhausen | Henrichshütte | Centennial Hall Bochum | Recklinghausen substation | German Mining Museum | Nightingale colliery | Henrichenburg ship lift | DASA | Hansa coking plant | Zeche Zollern II / IV | Hohenhof | Hagen Open Air Museum | Lindenbrauerei Unna | Maximilian Park Hamm
Themed routes (in ascending order by number): 1. Duisburg: City and Harbor | 2. Industrial cultural landscape Zollverein | 3. Duisburg: industrial culture on the Rhine | 4. Oberhausen: Industry makes the city | 5. Krupp and the city of Essen | 6. Dortmund: triad coal, steel and beer | 7. Industrial culture on the Lippe | 8. Erzbahn-Emscherbruch | 9. Industrial culture at Volme and Ennepe | 10. Brine, steam and coal | 11. Early industrialization | 12. The past and present of the Ruhr | 13. On the way to the blue Emscher | 14. Canals and shipping | 15. Lanes in the area | 16. Westphalian mining route | 17. Rhenish mining route | 18. Chemistry, Glass and Energy | 19. Workers' settlements | 20. Entrepreneur villas | 21. Bread, grain and beer | 22. Myth of the Ruhr Area | 23. Parks and Gardens | 24. Industrial nature | 25. Panoramas and Landmarks | 26. Sacred buildings | 27. Iron & Steel | 28. Water: works, towers and turbines | 29. Bochum - industrial culture in the heart of the district | 30. Gelsenkirchen | 31. Industrial Culture and Bauhaus Route | by bike
House Ripshorst |
Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord 
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Fallow Vondern |
Track park Frintrop | Zollverein World Heritage Site with colliery , coking plant and heaps |
Mechtenberg Landscape Park |
Halde Rheinelbe and Sculpture Forest |
Hoheward Landscape Park |
Colliery Hannover I / II / V - Königsgrube Park |
Westpark |
Henrichshütte |
Lothringen I / II |
Nightingale colliery |
Zollern heap |
Hallerey Nature Reserve |
Hansa coking plant |
Heap of large wood |
Beversee nature reserve |
Stockpile Saxony
