Ruhr Area Exploring an old coking plant The Hansa coking plant in the German city of Dortmund operated for 64 years, but the factory closed its doors in 1992.
Ruhr Area Climbing a blast furnace in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord In 1901, August Thyssen built a steel factory with a blast furnace, the Rheinische Stahlwerke zu Meiderich bei Ruhrort, in Duisburg, Germany.
Ruhr Area Consol coal mine At the beginning of the twentieth century, Consol - full name Zeche Consolidation - belonged to the largest coal mines in the Ruhr area. The shafts were spread throughout Gelsenkirchen.
Ruhr Area Coke-oven plant Schwelgern: big, bigger, biggest The Schwelgern coke-oven plant, built in 2003 along the river Rhine in Duisburg, is one of the most modern, environmentally friendly and largest coke-oven plants in the world.
Ruhr Area The last remnant of Friedrich Thyssen's coal mine The steel headframe is all that remains of the Thyssens' mining empire in the German town of Duisburg.
Ruhr Area Old blast furnace in the Ruhr area One of the oldest preserved blast furnaces in the Ruhr area, the Henrichshütte in Hattingen, was built in 1854.
Ruhr Area Coal mixing plant in Oberhausen The domed coke mixing plant in Oberhausen is the most remarkable remains of the former Osterfeld coal mine.
Ruhr Area Picnicking in a headframe A stone's throw from the headquarters of the Zeche Zollverein in Essen, a headframe has been preserved from a smaller coal mine that was part of the mining giant.
Ruhr Area Art Nouveau coal mine In 1890, coal mines were popping up like mushrooms in the German Ruhr area. The Zeche Zollern was one of the seventy newcomers you can still visit today.
Ruhr Area Visiting the German coking plant Zollverein In 1993, the Kokerei Zollverein coking plant was at the end of its rope: the steel crisis of the 1990s caused the demand for coke to melt away.
6 remnants of the Battle of Berlin The fierce Battle of Berlin was the final fight at the end of World War II. The bloody confrontation, from mid-April to early May 1945, brought the Nazi regime to its knees and ended World War II.