1. From Simpli-City
to Multipli-City
Kurt C. Reinhardt DWB
memofaktur Zollverein

3. Where is Ruhr?
7° 2` 38`` East
51° 5` 8`` North

5. Ruhr
Northrhine-Westfalia
Germany

9. Ruhr 1840

10. Ruhr 1970

12. What was Ruhr?

13. An Icon of Change
from coal & coke
to culture, creativity & commerce

14. Brief Description
The Zollverein industrial complex in Land Nordrhein-Westfalen consists of the complete infrastructure of
a historical coal-mining site, with some 20th-century buildings of outstanding architectural merit. It
constitutes remarkable material evidence of the evolution and decline of an essential industry over the
past 150 years.
Justification for Inscription
Criterion (ii): The Zollverein XII Coal Mine Industrial Complex is an exceptional industrial monument by
virtue of the fact that its buildings are outstanding examples of the application of the design concepts
of the Modern Movement in architecture in a wholly industrial context.
Criterion (iii): The technological and other structures of Zollverein XII is representative of a crucial period
in the development of traditional heavy industries in Europe, when sympathetic and positive use was
made of architectural designs of outstanding quality.

16. ZOLLVEREIN spelled …
Arts & Architecture
Business & Beauty
Culture & Creativity
Design …
… Entrepreneurship, Event &
Education
… Inspiration & Innovation
…Research & Recreation
…Tourism
….
…ZOLLVEREIN

29. 1958

30. 1996

31. 2006

35. 1993
LANDSCHAFTSPARK EMSCHERSYSTEM ARBEITEN IM PARK WOHNEN INDUSTRIEKULTUR

36. 1999

37. 2002

38. Metamorphosis
Change by culture
Culture by change