World Heritage Identification Number: 687
World Heritage since: 1994
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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The Exceptional Preservation of Völklingen Ironworks: A Testimony to Ferrous Metallurgy and the Industrial Revolution
The Völklingen Ironworks, situated in the heart of the German town of Völklingen, Saarland, stands as a unique and significant remnant of the Industrial Revolution. This former blast-furnace complex, spanning approximately 6 hectares, holds a remarkable place in history as the sole intact example of an integrated ironworks in Western Europe and North America that was constructed, equipped, and preserved throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The ironworks, which cover some 6 ha, dominate the city of Völklingen. Although they have recently gone out of production, they are the only intact example, in the whole of western Europe and North America, of an integrated ironworks that was built and equipped in the 19th and 20th centuries and has remained intact.
Encyclopedia Record: Völklingen Ironworks
The Völklingen Ironworks is a former blast-furnace complex located in the German town of Völklingen, Saarland. Pig iron production occurred at the site from 1882 through 1986. As one of the only intact ironworks surviving from the 19th and early-20th centuries in Europe and North America, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 because of its exceptional preservation and its testimony to ferrous metallurgy and the Industrial Revolution. In addition, the site is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH).Additional Site Details
Area: 7.46 hectares
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
Coordinates: 49.2487222222 , 6.8442222222
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