Essen - Zeche Zollverein
Stoppenberg | Gelsenkirchener Straße
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen.
The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and 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, ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe.
Ruhr Museum.
Essen - Zeche Zollverein
Stoppenberg | Gelsenkirchener Straße
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen.
The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and 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, ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe.
Ruhr Museum.