Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

World Heritage

Germany

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The Zollverein industrial area in North Rhine-Westphalia contains the intact infrastructure of a historic coal mining site as well as a number of 20th-century buildings of outstanding architectural value. It is a striking testimony to the development and decline of this important industry over the past 150 years.

# history

# Architectural Value

# Customs Union

# Coal Mine

# Industrial Park

# North Rhine-Westphalia