Westfalia canteen

The Westfalia canteen is the last remaining factory building of the Westfalia Ironworks Union in the Wethmar district of Lüner .

The northeast view of the Westfalia canteen

history

In 1826, the Westfalia ironworks was the first industrial company to be founded in Lünen, the company building itself dates from around 1870.

The architectural style elements of corner and stair towers, arched windows and facade decorations based on the Romanesque and palace or castle architecture were typical of the construction period. They should illustrate the monumentality and thus the importance of the emerging industrial companies. Cast iron columns support the ceiling in the dining room, a richly ornamented iron staircase leads to the upper floor.

Current condition

The building has been a listed building since 1990 and was restored on the west side with a new wall in 2008. It belongs to the route of industrial culture, themed route industrial culture on the Lippe . After a long period of vacancy, the canteen was acquired by Bucyrus in early 2011 . The company, which belongs to Caterpillar, has had its European headquarters on the adjacent site since the takeover of Deutsche Bergbau Technik in 2007.

Web links

Commons : Kantine Westfalia  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description of this sight on the route of industrial culturehttp: //vorlage.rik.test/~7~10729
• Building description with pictures on Immobilenscout24.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Lünen ( Memento of the original dated December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 56 kB)  
2. ^ The West: Façade of the Westfalia canteen restored July 8, 2008 in accordance with listed buildings
3. ↑ The West: Bucyrus buys Westfalia canteen

Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 11 "  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 19.4"  E