1. ZOLLVEREIN: From Europe’s most productive colliery to centre for the creative industry.

2. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE ZOLL VER EIN BARBARA WENDLING HEAD OF DEPARTMENT ZOLLVEREIN BUSINESS.SERVICES STIFTUNG ZOLLVEREIN

3. GERMANY > NORTH-RHINE-WESTPHALIA > RUHR > EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2010 > ESSEN > WORLD HERITAGE ZOLLVEREIN Rendering by: RUHR.2010

4. 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

8. PRESERVATION THROUGH CONVERSION  100 hectare-site  253 historical buildings  approx. 120 already redesigned and reused  among them 100% of area is rented

9. ZOLLVEREIN EU LARGE-SCALE PROJECT  Investment of 156.742.512 EURO from 2001 til August 2008  Funds from : > NRW EU Objective-2 Programme (2000-2006) 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

14. ZOLLVEREIN CENTRE OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES  170 enterprises in total  approx. 1000 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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