| Surname
|
state
|
circle
|
place
|
Construction / commissioning 
|
Shutdown 
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Main product (s)
|
Notes / sources
|
|
Annahütte steelworks
|
Bavaria
|
District of Berchtesgadener Land
|
Hammerau (Ainring)
|
1537
|
back in operation
|
Pig iron , steel
|
|
|
Maxhütte (Sulzbach-Rosenberg) or Eisenwerk Maximilianshütte (MH)
|
Bavaria
|
Amberg-Sulzbach district
|
Sulzbach-Rosenberg
|
1851
|
2002
|
Pig iron , steel , railroad tracks , pipes
|
|
|
Maxhütte (Maxhütte-Haidhof) or Sauforster Hütte
|
Bavaria
|
Schwandorf district
|
Maxhütte-Haidhof
|
1851
|
1990
|
Pig iron , steel , railroad tracks , thin sheet
|
|
|
Lech steel works
|
Bavaria
|
District of Augsburg
|
Meitingen-Herbertshofen
|
1970
|
|
Bars, semi-finished products , reinforcing steel
|
|
|
EKO Stahl GmbH, today ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt
|
Brandenburg
|
Oder-Spree district
|
Eisenhüttenstadt
|
1951
|
in operation (2020)
|
Pig iron , steel , slab , hot strip , cold strip , hot-dip galvanized and plastic-coated steel strip
|
|
| Peitz ironworks
|
Brandenburg
|
Spree-Neisse district
|
Peitz
|
around 1550
|
Middle of the 19th century
|
cast iron
|
Smelting of lawn iron ore . Functional blast furnace and foundry preserved as a technical museum.
|
|
Norddeutsche Hütte , today ArcelorMittal Bremen
|
Bremen
|
Bremen
|
Ports
|
1908
|
in operation (2020)
|
Pig iron , steel , slab , hot strip , cold strip , hot-dip galvanized cold strip, tailored blank
|
from 1954 Klöckner Stahl Bremen , from 1994 Stahlwerke Bremen , from 2006 Arcelor Bremen, since 2007 ArcelorMittal Bremen
|
| Breidenbacher Hut
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Breidenbach
|
1601
|
1626
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Buderus Edelstahl
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Wetzlar
|
1920
|
in operation (2018)
|
Steel , semi-finished products , hot strip , cold strip and forged steel bars, open-die forgings and drop forgings
|
|
| Burger Eisenwerke / Burgerhütte
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Castle
|
1727
|
1898
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Fellerdilln ironworks
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Haiger
|
1609
|
1613
|
Pig iron
|
Production of 80 t pig iron / year
|
|
Carlshütte
|
Hesse
|
Marburg-Biedenkopf district
|
Buchenau (Dautphetal)
|
1844-06-22
|
195 *
|
Steel , pig iron , thin sheet
|
|
| Dorotheenhütte
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Dillenburg
|
1844
|
|
Nickel , copper
|
|
| Eibelshäuserhütte
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Eibelshausen
|
1613
|
1770 (min.)
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Veckerhagen ironworks
|
Hesse
|
District of Kassel
|
Veckerhagen
|
1581
|
1903
|
iron
|
made famous through the work of Denis Papin (around 1706) and Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1834)
|
|
Emmershäuser Hut (Emmershausen, Weiltal)
|
Hesse
|
Hochtaunuskreis
|
Weilrod
|
|
1867
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Ewersbacher Hut
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Ewersbach
|
1765 (at least)
|
1785?
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Georgshütte
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Burgsolms
|
|
1891
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Hedwigshütte
|
Hesse
|
District of Giessen
|
Lollar
|
1853
|
1907
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Oberscheld blast furnace plant
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Oberscheld
|
1905
|
|
Pig iron
|
built by the Hessian-Nassau Hüttenverein
|
| Oberscheld charcoal furnace
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Oberscheld
|
1589, 1605
|
1745
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Isabellenhütte or Isabelle Kupferhütte
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Dillenburg
|
1482
|
|
copper
|
today measurement technology is produced, but nothing is smelted any more
|
|
Justushütte
|
Hesse
|
Marburg-Biedenkopf district
|
Weidenhausen (Gladenbach)
|
1832
|
1883
|
|
|
| Leopoldshütte ( Agnesenhütte )
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Haiger
|
1852
|
1927
|
Pig iron
|
location
|
| Löhnberger Hut
|
Hesse
|
Limburg-Weilburg district
|
Löhnberg
|
1766 (at least)
|
1803?
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Ludwigshütte
|
Hesse
|
Marburg-Biedenkopf district
|
Biedenkopf
|
1521, 1531, 1608
|
|
iron
|
|
|
Main Weser Hut
|
Hesse
|
District of Giessen
|
Lollar
|
|
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Margarethenhütte ( Lahnhütte )
|
Hesse
|
District of Giessen
|
to water
|
1873
|
1898
|
Pig iron
|
|
| New Hope Hut
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
sense
|
1859
|
1885
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Neuhütte
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Stone bridges
|
1420
|
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Oberndorfer hut
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Braunfels
|
1666
|
1861
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Solms copper smelter
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Solms
|
1776 (before)
|
|
copper
|
|
|
Sophienhütte
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Wetzlar
|
1.8.1872
|
1981
|
Steel , pig iron
|
built by Buderus
|
| Schelder iron works
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Niedereld
|
1825
|
|
Pig iron
|
|
| Steinbacher Hut
|
Hesse
|
Lahn-Dill district
|
Steinbach
|
1785
|
1804
|
copper
|
|
|
Wilhelmshütte (at the beginning of Kilianshütte)
|
Hesse
|
Marburg-Biedenkopf district
|
Dautphe (Dautphetal)
|
1832/34
|
1974
|
Steel , sheet metal
|
|
|
Altenau ironworks
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Altenau
|
before 1530
|
1873
|
Iron (as granules for the Upper Harz lead works ).
|
|
| Beckeroder Hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Osnabrück
|
Hagen am Teutoburg Forest
|
1836
|
1863
|
iron
|
Taken over by the Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein on June 4, 1856 , the hut existed as a boiler forge until 1903
|
|
Clausthal or Frankenscharrnhütte lead works
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Clausthal-Zellerfeld
|
1188
|
December 31, 1967
|
lead
|
|
|
Lead works at Nordenham or Friedrich-August-Hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
Wesermarsch district
|
Nordenham
|
1906
|
in operation (2018)
|
Lead , sulfuric acid
|
today Weser-Metall GmbH
|
|
Lead (copper) smelter Oker
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Oker
|
1527
|
June 30, 1970
|
Lead , copper , sulfuric acid , silver
|
formerly Frau-Marien- (Saiger-) Hütte , from 1968 part of the Harz ironworks , partly continued operation until 2001 as Harz-Metall GmbH
|
|
Clausthal-Lautenthal lead-silver hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Clausthal-Zellerfeld and Langelsheim
|
1923
|
December 31, 1967
|
Lead , silver
|
Association of lead smelter Clausthal and Silberhütte Lautenthal after takeover by Preussag AG
|
|
Braunschweig ironworks
|
Lower Saxony
|
Braunschweig
|
Braunschweig and formerly Wildemann (HGG)
|
|
|
Lead , tin , bronze
|
Manufacture of plain bearings for large engines, mechanical engineering bearings, special applications of non-ferrous metals, former subsidiary of Glyco AG Wiesbaden, now subsidiary of "Zollern" (the Princely Hohenzollern Administration)
|
| Iron and steel works Osnabrück
|
Lower Saxony
|
District-free city of Osnabrück
|
Osnabrück
|
1868
|
1989
|
Steel made from pig iron from the neighboring Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein
|
until today (2016) still cold processing by IAG Magnum ( Georgsmarienhütte Holding )
|
|
Salzgitter ironworks
|
Lower Saxony
|
District-free city of Salzgitter
|
Salzgitter bath
|
1868
|
August 31, 1874
|
Pig iron
|
Founding of the entrepreneur Emil Langen , who suffered a fatal accident at one of the blast furnaces in 1870.
|
|
Frau Sophien Hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Langelsheim
|
1556
|
1940
|
lead
|
shut down and worn out
|
|
Georgsmarienhütte GmbH
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Osnabrück
|
Georgsmarienhütte
|
1856
|
in operation (2018)
|
Steel (bar steel, bright steel )
|
Steelworks founded as Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein
|
|
Hans Heinich Hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Langelsheim
|
1913
|
1965
|
Lead , zinc
|
today pure chemical company
|
|
Harz-Metall GmbH
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Oker and Harlingerode
|
January 1, 1986
|
in operation (2018)
|
today lead and zinc concentrates made from recycled materials
|
Successor to the Unterharzer Hütten
|
|
Herzog Julius Hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Langelsheim
|
1575
|
1967
|
Lead and lead-zinc mixed oxide, rare metals (e.g. arsenic , germanium , indium )
|
Remaining operation (rare metals) PPM GmbH still in operation today (2009)
|
|
Othfresen smelting works
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Othfresen near Liebenburg
|
1869
|
1874
|
Pig iron
|
Establishment of the entrepreneur Bethel Henry Strousberg . Sold in 1872 to the Dortmund Union .
|
|
Harz metallurgical plant
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Oker and Harlingerode
|
1968
|
June 30, 1988
|
Lead , sulfuric acid , zinc , zinc oxide
|
Composite of the zinc smelter Harlingerode , lead smelter Oker and Zinkoxydhütte Oker under the umbrella of Preussag AG , rest establishments today resin metal GmbH and Norzinco GmbH
|
|
Salzgitter ironworks
|
Lower Saxony
|
District-free city of Salzgitter
|
Salzgitter-Watenstedt
|
1937
|
in operation (2018)
|
Iron and steel
|
goes to the Reich Hermann Göring back
|
|
Ilseder Hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Peine
|
Great Ilsede
|
1861
|
1983
|
Iron and steel
|
Smelting of the ores from the Peine district
|
|
Koenigshütte
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Göttingen
|
Bad Lauterberg
|
1737
|
1863
|
iron
|
Continued operation as an iron foundry until 2001
|
|
Mathildenhütte
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Schlewecke (Bad Harzburg)
|
1860
|
|
iron
|
Smelting of ores from the nearby Hansa and Friederike mines
|
|
Bündheim brass works
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Bündheim
|
1576
|
1626
|
Brass
|
|
| Nordenhamer zinc hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
Wesermarsch district
|
Nordenham
|
1906
|
in operation (2018)
|
Zinc , sulfuric acid
|
belongs to the company Clencore
|
|
Norzinco GmbH Harz zinc oxide
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Harlingerode
|
2002 (1974)
|
in operation (2018)
|
Zinc oxide and zinc dust
|
Predecessors were VHZ ( Heubach ) and HZO GmbH . On the grounds of the zinc hut Harlingerode
|
|
Altenau silver works
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Altenau
|
1609
|
1911
|
silver
|
|
|
Silberhütte Lautenthal or Bielstein-Hütte
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Langelsheim
|
10th century
|
December 31, 1967
|
Lead and silver
|
finally Feinhütte for lead works Clausthal
|
|
St. Andreasberg Silver Hut
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Langelsheim
|
1550
|
1911
|
Silver , lead , copper
|
|
|
Peine steelworks
|
Lower Saxony
|
Independent city of Peine
|
Torment
|
1858
|
in operation (2018)
|
Iron and steel
|
goes back to the Ilseder Hütte , merged with Salzgitter Hüttenwerk AG in 1970, today (2013) Salzgitter AG
|
|
Wilhelmshütte
|
Lower Saxony
|
Hildesheim district
|
Bornum
|
October 23, 1727
|
17th January 1966
|
Irons , stoves and stoves
|
Closure as an ironworks in 1857, continued operation as an iron foundry . Still preserved charcoal furnace from 1783 as an industrial monument .
|
|
Zinc oxide smelter Oker
|
Lower Saxony
|
District of Goslar
|
Oker
|
April 1, 1909
|
1968 (loss of independence)
|
zinc oxide
|
Remaining operation ( rolling system ) today Harz-Metall GmbH
|
|
Amalienhütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Siegen-Wittgenstein district
|
Bad Laasphe
|
1850
|
1975
|
Pig iron
|
shut down
by Buderus |
|
Annener cast steelworks
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Ennepe-Ruhr district
|
Witten
|
1886
|
?
|
steel
|
later to Ruhrstahl
|
|
Aplerbecker hut
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Dortmund
|
Aplerbeck
|
1862
|
1930
|
Iron and steel
|
Tridelta magnet production still outsourced today
|
|
Binsfeldhammer lead works , today BERZELIUS STOLBERG GmbH
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
City region Aachen
|
Stolberg
|
1846
|
in operation (2018)
|
Lead , sulfuric acid , silver , berzelite , copper- lead stone , gold
|
|
|
Bochum association for cast steel production
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Bochum
|
Bochum
|
1842/1854
|
1984 / partly in operation
|
Pig iron , steel , railroad tracks
|
Merger with Krupp in 1965, closure of the blast furnaces in 1968, wheelset construction still active
|
|
Charlottenhütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Siegen-Wittgenstein district
|
Niederelden
|
January 22, 1864
|
1966
|
Pig iron , steel , heavy plate
|
|
| Eiserfelder Kupferhütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Siegen-Wittgenstein district
|
Eiserfeld
|
1780
|
1794
|
copper
|
|
|
Endorf Hut
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Märkischer Kreis
|
Balve
|
1748
|
1865
|
Pig iron
|
oldest blast furnace in Germany
|
| Friedrichshütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Siegen-Wittgenstein district
|
Bad Laasphe
|
1450
|
1463
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Geisweider Eisenwerke today Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH Siegen
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Siegen-Wittgenstein district
|
Siegen , district Geisweid
|
March 9, 1846
|
in operation (2018)
|
Steel , earlier also (raw) iron
|
From 1951 to 1977 Stahlwerke Südwestfalen , then Friedr. Krupp Hüttenwerke AG Bochum, Krupp Edelstahlprofile GmbH
|
|
Union of German Emperors , later August Thyssen-Hütte , today ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Duisburg
|
Duisburg districts Marxloh , Bruckhausen and Beeckerwerth
|
1891
|
in operation (2018)
|
Iron and steel
|
From 1926 to 1945 Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG (VESTAG), the nucleus of the Thyssen Group
|
| Gosenbacher Kupferhütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Siegen-Wittgenstein district
|
Eiserfeld
|
1770
|
1805
|
copper
|
|
|
Good Hope Hut
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Oberhausen
|
Oberhausen-Sterkrade
|
1782
|
in operation (2018) (mechanical engineering)
|
Iron and steel until 1875 , steel processing since 1875
|
1953 Spin-off of the blast furnace operation to Hüttenwerke Oberhausen AG (HOAG) , today's mechanical engineering company at the location: MAN TURBO AG
|
|
Hasper hut
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Independent city of Hagen
|
Hasp
|
1847
|
1972
|
Pig iron , steel
|
Closure of the blast furnace operation in 1972, the entire production in 1982.
|
|
Henrichshütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Ennepe-Ruhr district
|
Hattingen
|
1854
|
2003
|
Pig iron , steel
|
Closure of the blast furnace operations in 1987, the blow steel mill in 1994.
|
|
Hermannshütte (Hörde) or Phoenix-Ost
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Dortmund
|
Hear
|
1839
|
2001
|
Steel , tinplate , railroad tracks
|
Since 1852 part of the Hörder Bergwerks- und Hütten-Verein . The artificial Phoenix Lake has been under construction on the former site since 2006 .
|
|
Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann , formerly Heinrich-Bierwes-Hütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Duisburg
|
Duisburg district Huckingen
|
1909
|
in operation (2018 still)
|
Iron and steel
|
From 1914 until it was broken up in 2000, it belonged to Mannesmannröhren -Werken AG
|
|
Hüttenwerke Oberhausen AG (HOAG) , later Thyssen Niederrhein AG
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Oberhausen
|
Oberhausen
|
1853
|
1997
|
Iron and steel
|
First blast furnace built by GHH in 1853, last blast furnace shut down in 1980, 1997 shutdown of the electric steel mill. In 1953 the GHH was broken up and the plant became part of the new HOAG, which Thyssen bought in 1969. Today the CentrO is located on the site, the Gasometer has been preserved and accessible as a tourist attraction. The site of the electric steelworks is mostly fallow
|
|
Rheinhausen ironworks
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Duisburg
|
Duisburg district Rheinhausen
|
December 18, 1897
|
August 15, 1993
|
Iron and steel
|
known from the protest actions against the closure in 1987 and 1988. Today the logistics port "Logport" is located on the site.
|
|
Isselburger Hut
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Borken district
|
Isselburg
|
1794
|
operated until today (2009)
|
iron
|
Today Eisengießerei Isselguss GmbH
|
| Laaspherhütte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Siegen-Wittgenstein district
|
Bad Laasphe
|
1532
|
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Brought hut
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District of Olpe
|
Kirchhundem
|
1743
|
|
Lead?
|
|
|
Eichholz smelter
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District of Olpe
|
Kirchhundem
|
1745
|
|
lead
|
|
|
Silberger Hut
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District of Olpe
|
Kirchhundem
|
1555
|
|
lead
|
|
|
Luisenhütte Wocklum
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Märkischer Kreis
|
Endorf
|
1720
|
1853
|
Pig iron
|
|
|
Niederrheinische Hütte or Hüttenwerk Niederrhein , today ArcelorMittal Hochfeld GmbH
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Duisburg
|
Duisburg district Hochfeld
|
1850
|
2013
|
Steel , earlier also (raw) iron
|
1901 to Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck ,
from 1955 Thyssen Niederrhein AG, since 1966 only rolling mill (wire mills)
|
|
Phönix Hüttenwerk Laar , today ArcelorMittal Hochfeld GmbH
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Duisburg
|
Duisburg district Ruhrort
|
1953
|
still in operation (2019)
|
Steel , earlier also (raw) iron
|
Merger with Rheinische Stahlwerke in 1926 to form Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG Hütte Ruhrort-Meiderich, from 1955 Phönix-Rheinrohr Hüttenwerk
|
|
Phoenix West
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Dortmund
|
Hear
|
1852
|
1998
|
Pig iron , steel
|
|
|
Rheinische Stahlwerke
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
District-free city of Duisburg
|
Duisburg district Meiderich
|
1871
|
today
|
Iron and steel
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Merger with Phönix in 1926 to form Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG Hütte Ruhrort-Meiderich, after 1970 Thyssen, today part of the ArcelorMittal plant in Ruhrort
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Meiderich ironworks
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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District-free city of Duisburg
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Duisburg district Meiderich
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1903
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1985
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iron
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Founded by August Thyssen to supply the steelworks in Mülheim-Styrum and Bruckhausen, 1985 shutdown of the last blast furnace, since then Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park
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St. Antony Hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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District-free city of Oberhausen
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Oberhausen - Klosterhardt
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1758
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1877
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iron
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Successor Gutehoffnungshütte , archaeological excavations 2006, oldest ironworks in the Ruhr area
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Schalke club
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Independent city of Gelsenkirchen
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Gelsenkirchen
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1872
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1982/2004
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Iron , pipes
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Stachelauer Hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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District of Olpe
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Olpe , district of Stachelau
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16th century
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19th century
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copper
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| Littfeld silver and lead works
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Littfeld
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1760
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1808
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Silver , lead , aluminum
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| Littfeld silver and lead works
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Littfeld
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1767
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1808
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Silver , lead
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| Breitenbacher Hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Siegen- Breitenbach
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1566
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iron
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located in the Breitenbach valley
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| Burgholdinghauser Stahlhütte
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Burgholdinghausen
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1589
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steel
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| Ernsdorfer Kupferhütte
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Ernsdorf
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1525
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| Aher hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Ferndorf
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1319
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iron
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| Allenbacher Hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Allenbach (Hilchenbach)
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1417
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1821
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steel
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| Ferndorf copper smelter
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Ferndorf
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1502
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copper
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| Dahlbruch steelworks
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Dahlbruch
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1463
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steel
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| Hermannshütte
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Dahlbruch
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1463
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iron
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located in the Winterbach
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| Lower steel hut to Müsen
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Have to
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1463
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steel
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| Upper Müsener Hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Have to
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1492
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steel
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| Loher steelworks
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Kredenbach
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1489
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steel
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| Kupferhütte to Müsen
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Have to
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1707
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copper
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| Müsen silver and lead works
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Have to
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1763
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1803
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Silver , lead
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| Rothenbacher Hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Have to
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1721
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1904
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silver
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Steel works Bochum
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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District-free city of Bochum
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Bochum
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1820
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in operation (2018)
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steel
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various takeovers, shutdowns, etc. today partly ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel
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Westfalenhütte , Hoesch AG
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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District-free city of Dortmund
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Dortmund-Northeast
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1871
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2001
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Pig iron , steel , railroad tracks
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1991 takeover by Krupp, 2001 shutdown as a result of the Krupp / Thyssen merger and concentration on the Rheinschiene
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Westphalian steel works / Rombacher Hütte
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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District-free city of Bochum
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Bochum
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1889
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1970
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Steel , railroad tracks
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1921 to Rombacher smelting works, this 1926 in the United Steelworks , from 1934 to Bochum club duly
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| Eichholz smelter
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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District of Olpe
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Varste
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1741
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1810
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copper
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Birkengang zinc hut or Friedrich Wilhelm hut
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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City region Aachen
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Stolberg district of Birkengang
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1845
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1926
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zinc
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Zinkhütte Münsterbusch or Heinrich-Hütte
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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City region Aachen
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Stolberg district of Münsterbusch
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1834
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1967
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zinc
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Steinfurt zinc smelter
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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City region Aachen
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Stolberg district Steinfurt
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1850
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zinc
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Zinc hut Velau
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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City region Aachen
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Stolberg district of Velau
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1819
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before 1922
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zinc
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Braubach lead and silver smelter
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Rhein-Lahn district
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Braubach
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1691
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today secondary lead smelter, recycling company BSB Recycling GmbH (2018)
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formerly lead , silver , zinc ; Today lead , tin alloys , Seculene ( polypropylene compounds made from secondary material such as battery housings)
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Industrial monument since 2002 part of the UNESCO - Rhine Gorge
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| Eisenkaute ( Gutehoffnungshütte )
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Westerwaldkreis
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Lautzenbrücken
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1770
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1930
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Pig iron
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| Seelenberger Kupferhütte
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NRW
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Siegen-Wiggenstein district
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Strut huts
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1844
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copper
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| Seelenberger ironworks
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NRW
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Strut huts
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1579 (before)
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1901
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Copper, pig iron
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Mentioned in 1579; 1801 annual production of 1,017 tons of iron
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| Wilder Hut
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NRW
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Savages
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Pig iron
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| Schutzbacher Hut
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Altenkirchen district
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Dermbach
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1370
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Pig iron
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Mentioned in 1370
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| Dermbacher Hut
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Altenkirchen district
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Dermbach
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1471
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1718/19
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Pig iron
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Mentioned in 1471; Merged with the Seelenberger Hütte around 1718/19
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| Old Wehbacher Hut
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Altenkirchen district
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Wehbach
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1471/72
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Pig iron
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| Friedrichshütte Department Wehbach
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Altenkirchen district
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Wehbach
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1839
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1969-09-30
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Pig iron , steel , sheet metal
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established as a department of the Herdorf Friedrichshütte; Steel mill, a block rolling mill, heavy plate, medium plate and a thin plate rolling mill
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| Old Herdorf Hut
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Herdorf
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1471
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1968-08-1968
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Pig iron
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Taken over by Friedrichshütte in 1914
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Friedrichshütte
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Altenkirchen district (Westerwald)
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Herdorf
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1871
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1968-08-1968
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Steel , pig iron , thin sheet
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| Langenbacher Hut? ( Hüttenwerk am Esch )
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Westerwaldkreis
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Langenbach near Kirburg
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1722
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1722 (shortly after)
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Pig iron
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Sayner Hut
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Mayen-Koblenz district
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Sayn
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Industrial monument , museum
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| Schelder Hut
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Altenkirchen district (Westerwald)
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Niederschelderhütte
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1444
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Pig iron
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Bettinger enamel
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Saarland
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Saarlouis district
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Enamel
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1680
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1868
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iron
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Burbacher Hut
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Saarbrücken
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1856
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Iron and steel
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Dillinger Hut
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Saarland
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Saarlouis district
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Dillingen
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1685
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in operation (2019)
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Iron , steel and heavy plate
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Largest heavy plate plant in Europe. The world's largest slabs are cast in the steelworks .
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Geislautern ironworks
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Geislautern
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1585
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1874
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iron
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| Ironworks reign of Eberswald
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Saarland
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District of St. Wendel
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Nonnweiler
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1577
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1635
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iron
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Saarhölzbach ironworks
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Saarland
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Merzig-Wadern district
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Saarholzbach
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1614
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iron
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Fischbacher iron smelter
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Fischbach
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1728
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1866
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iron
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Halbergerhütte
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Saarbrücken
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1756
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until today (2019)
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Iron , pipes , castings , engine blocks
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Mariahütte steelworks
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Saarland
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District of St. Wendel
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Braunshausen
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around 1700
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until today (2019)
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Iron , tannery and cast iron
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Today part of Diehl Defense , original iron and steel works industrial monument .
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Hubertushütte Bierfeld
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Saarland
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District of St. Wendel
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Beer field
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1755
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1868
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Iron , nails
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Hunters joy melt
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Hunting joy
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1718
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Converted into a hammer mill in 1750 and closed in 1793
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Iron , black plate
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Castel iron smelter
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Saarland
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District of St. Wendel
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Kastel
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1611
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iron
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Kasteler copper smelter
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Saarland
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District of St. Wendel
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Kastel
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1721
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1741
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copper
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Neunkirchen ironworks
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Saarland
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Neunkirchen district and Saarpfalz district
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Neunkirchen and Homburg
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1593
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1982 End of pig iron and steel production, the rolling mill is now part of Saarstahl ; Drawing shop Homburg in operation as Saar- Brightstahl (2019)
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Iron and steel
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Since 1993 industrial monument Old Hüttenareal Neunkirchen
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Nunkircher iron smelter
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Saarland
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Merzig-Wadern district
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Nunkirchen
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1724
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1820
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iron
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Münchweiler ironworks
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Saarland
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Merzig-Wadern district
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Münchweiler
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1725
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1868
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iron
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Goffontaine steel hammer
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Sheep bridge
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1752
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circa 1870
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Iron , steel
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| Bous steel mill
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Saarland
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Saarlouis district
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Bous
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1886
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operated until today (2019)
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Steel and rolled products
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First mass-produced seamless tubes; EBT three-phase arc furnace with vacuum degassing system
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St. Ingbert steelworks
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Saarland
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Saarpfalz district
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St. Ingbert
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1733
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Rolling mill still in operation today (2019)
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Iron , steel and rolled products
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Old melting industrial monument
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Sulzbach iron smelter
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Sulzbach
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1765
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iron
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First smelter in Europe where coke was used instead of charcoal . Germany's oldest coking plant was closed in 1963
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Völklinger Hütte
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Saarland
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Regional association Saarbrücken
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Völklingen
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1873
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1986 Closure of the blast furnaces, steel and rolling mill today (2019) part of Saarstahl AG with approx. 6000 employees
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Iron and steel
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The disused blast furnace with coke plant was established in 1994 as the first industrial monument to UNESCO - World Heritage collected. An electric arc furnace works in the steelworks
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Mining and smelting combine "Albert Funk" Freiberg
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Saxony
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Central Saxony district
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Freiberg , Aue , Ehrenfriedersdorf , St. Egidien , Altenberg , Elbingerode
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1961
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1990 privatization, subsequent division and partial closure
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Gold , silver , lead , zinc , tin , nickel and ore concentrates for the extraction of indium and other trace metals
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Some facilities no longer exist, recultivated areas, similar and modified uses
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Halsbrücker Hütte and amalgamation plant
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Saxony
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Central Saxony district
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Neck bridge
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Halsbrücker Hut around 1612
Amalgamation plant built 1787–1791
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Lead , silver , copper , gold
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The Halsbrücker Esse from 1888 was the highest chimney in the world at the turn of the last century (140 m), in Halsbrücke is the Saxon gold refinery
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Muldener Hütte , today Muldenhütten Recycling und Umwelttechnik GmbH
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Saxony
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Central Saxony district
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Hilbersdorf district Muldenhütten
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14th Century
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in operation
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Formerly silver , lead , arsenic compounds , sulfuric acid , sodium sulfate , antimony master alloy; Today secondary lead , sodium sulfate , tin master alloy , Seculene ( polypropylene compounds made from secondary material such as battery housings)
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Secondary lead smelter and thermal waste treatment , oldest still operated smelter site in Germany
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Saigerhütte Grünthal
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Saxony
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Erzgebirgskreis
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Olbernhau , Grünthal district
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1537
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Partly demolished in 1952
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Copper products
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today a technical monument
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Thurmhofer Huts
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Saxony
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Central Saxony district
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Freiberg
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around 1638 Thurmhofer 5th measure hut
1754 Thurmhofer 3rd, 4th dimension hut
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Silver , lead , zinc
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Facilities no longer exist, very important for the early Freiberg silver mining
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New hut
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Saxony-Anhalt
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Harz district
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Alexisbad near Harzgerode
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1561
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circa 1648
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Lead , silver
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Tanner Hut
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Saxony-Anhalt
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Harz district
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Fir (Harz) town of Oberharz am Brocken
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1355
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1965
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iron
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Carlshütte
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Schleswig-Holstein
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District of Rendsburg-Eckernförde
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Büdelsdorf
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1827
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Steel , pig iron , thin sheet
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Lübeck blast furnace plant
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Schleswig-Holstein
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District-free city of Lübeck
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Lübeck
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1905
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1981
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Steel , pig iron
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Maxhütte (Unterwellenborn) , today Stahlwerk Thüringen GmbH
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Thuringia
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District of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
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Unterwellenborn
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1872
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in operation (2018)
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Pig iron , steel , railroad tracks
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Blast furnace operations shut down in 1992. 1994 Electric steelworks started up. Part of the Brazilian CSN group since 2012.
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Ironworks Prince Rudolph '
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Coesfeld district
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Dülmen
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1842
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1875
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Pig iron from turf ore
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The blast furnace was shut down in 1875, then casting and mechanical engineering until today.
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