ZOLLVEREIN: From Europe’s most productive colliery to centre for the creative industry.
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE ZOLL VER EIN BARBARA WENDLING HEAD OF DEPARTMENT ZOLLVEREIN BUSINESS.SERVICES STIFTUNG ZOLLVEREIN
GERMANY > NORTH-RHINE-WESTPHALIA > RUHR > EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2010 > ESSEN > WORLD HERITAGE ZOLLVEREIN Rendering by: RUHR.2010
1847 First vertical construction 1932 Start of operations of shaft XII 1963 Opening of coking plant 1986 Last shift at Zollverein coal mine 1989 First decade of refurbishment starts 1993 Closure of coking plant 2001 Inscription on UNESCO World Heritage List Urban masterplan by Rem Koolhaas, OMA Start of second decade of reprogramming EU large-scale project starts: Ruhr Museum, ENTRY2006 exhibition, Zollverein School, designparc, strategy for small- medium-sized enterprises, Zollverein Parc FORMER COAL MINE AND COKING PLANT
PRESERVATION THROUGH CONVERSION 100 hectare-site 253 historical buildings approx. 120 already redesigned and reused among them 100% of area is rented
ZOLLVEREIN EU LARGE-SCALE PROJECT Investment of EURO from 2001 til August 2008 Funds from : > NRW EU Objective-2 Programme ( ) including 30 million EURO from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) > NRW town planning development programme > Emscher-Lippe ecology programme by NRW Approx. 8,5 Million EURO for supplementary projects
ZOLLVEREIN CENTRE OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES 170 enterprises in total approx new employments mostly in the field of services approx. 70 % of Zollverein companies belong directly to the creative industries 10 of 11 segments of creative industries are on the site Stiftung Zollverein most important player in the cultural and creative industries of Zollverein
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