Zeche Zollverein (Unesco world heritage)

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
wikipedia ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zollverein_Coal_Mine_Industrial_Com... ) :
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German : Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

After it had been closed down in 1993, the coking plant was planned to be sold to China. The negotiations failed and it was subsequently threatened to be demolished. However, another project of the state of NRW set the coal mine on a list of future exhibition sites resulting in first gentle modifications and the cokery also became an official memorial in 2000.
On its 25th session in December 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared both the sites of the shafts 12 and 1/2 and the cokery a World Heritage Site.

The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957−1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in Bauhaus style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the “most beautiful coal mine in the world”.

See also : www.zollverein.de/#/ and
whc.unesco.org/en/list/975

Taken in: Germany / North Rhine-Westphalia / Essen (show map)

Taken on: May 3, 2012

Tags:

Germany

Deutschland

Duitsland

Unesco

Essen

Ruhrgebiet

P1460412

Ruhr

Ruhrpott

Kohlenpott

WHS

ЮНЕСКО

welterbe

heritage

Kulturerbe

weltkulturerbe

Patrimonio

werelderfgoed

يونسكو

ΟΥΝΕΣΚΟ

אונסקו

ユネスコ

unesco world heritage

world heritage

heritage list

heritage site

Patrimonio de la humanidad

patrimoine mondial

world heritage site

world heritage list

ph.028

Fritz Schupp

Schupp

Martin Kremmer

Kremmer

ألمانيا

Almanya

آلمان

Allemagne

Γερμανία

גרמניה

Niemcy

Tyskland

דייטשלאנד

德国

Germania

Германия

Alemania

unesco world heritage site

Unesco WHS

världsarv

werelderfgoedlijst

verdensarven « less

Sets appears in: • For Getty curators • Unesco world heritage more » • Most interesting photos (according to Flickr) • Germany / Deutschland « less

Groups appears in: • Night Images • Germany more » • Industry • Ruhrgebiet • Blue Hue • travelers and landmarks • Night Lights • UNESCO World Heritage Sites • European Travel • visit the world - the travel guide • Night Photography • Ruhrpott • After Dark - Night Photography • The Night Shots • The Blue Hour (please read rules) • Travel Photography • Travel photographs • Nightshots • World Travellers • Patrimonio de la Humanidad • Long exposures at night • Europe at * Night * • Architecture / 建築 • Weltkulturerbe Zollverein Essen • *Inspirational Travel Photos • Industry_Industrie_Industria • TRAVEL Photography! • Essen • The Seven Wonders of the World (the World Heritage sites) • 1-2-3 architecture • Friends of World Heritage • worldwidewandering - a travel atlas • Industrial Heritage Trail (Route der Industriekultur) • industry architecture • Deutschland in Bildern • Colliery & Mine Photos • German Industrial Heritage • INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES & INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES OLD AND NEW. • We travel the World • Industry nightshot • De Doka (1 foto/1 comment) • "T Flickr" Travel & Eco_photos • 100 + Viewed Best Architecture Photos (add 1, award 1) • Arch Daily • Architecture from 1900 to 1999 • Photography in Blue Hour • Blue Hour Party - Only the best at twilight • YES, GERMANY! DEUTSCHLAND! • UNESCO World Heritage Sites in GERMANY • UNESCO World Heritage Site • The Blue Hour • Property protected by UNESCO around the world • **♥**WORLD HEART Award**♥** (Post 2 / Award 3) • *Golden Apple Award* (Post 2 & Award 3) • * Silver Star Award * (Post 2 & Award 3) • * Double Star Award * Post 2 & Award 3 • World Travel: Geotagged Only • Blue Hour Group • ***All that's beautiful!!!!***Post 1...award 2.... please • Lights in the Darkness - The best Night Shots • ADMIN TALK INTERNATIONAL « less

Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ7, f/3.3, 1.3 sec, 4.1mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-TZ7
Aperture:	f/3.3
Exposure Time:	1.3
Focal Length:	4.1mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	-0.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Night
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.0
Show full info

Stats: 2,942 views / 126 comments

Link to this photo view:
Link to this photo large view: