European Route of Industrial Heritage

The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a network (theme route) of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. This is a tourism industry information initiative to present a network of industrial heritage sites across Europe. The aim of the project is to create interest for the common European Heritage of the Industrialisation and its remains. ERIH also wants to promote regions, towns and sites showing the industrial history and market them as visitor attractions in the leisure and tourism industry.^[1]

Anchor points

The – virtual – main route is built by the so-called Anchor Points. These are Industrial Heritage sites which are the historically most important and most attractive for visitors. The route leads through 13 countries thus far (in 2014): Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.^[2]

The anchor sites in 2015 are:

Nation	Location	Site	Theme(s)
	Amlwch	Mynydd Parys and Porth Amlwch	Mining, Transport and Communication, Landscapes
	Amsterdam	Heineken Experience - Heineken Brewery	Production and Manufacturing
	Augsburg	Textile and industrial museum (tim)	Textiles
	Birmingham	Museum of the Jewellery Quarter	Production and Manufacturing
	Blaenavon	Big Pit National Coal Museum	Mining, Landscapes
	Blegny	Blegny-Mine	Mining
	Bocholt	TextilWerk Bocholt LWL Industrial Museum	Textiles
	Calais	The International City of Lace and Fashion	Textiles
	Carbonia	Italian Centre for Coal Mining, Culture	Mining, Landscapes
	Chatham	The Historic Dockyard	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
	Chemnitz	Chemnitz Museum of Industry	Textiles, Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
	Copenhagen	Visit Carlsberg / Carlsberg Visitors Centre	Production and Manufacturing
	Cornellà de Llobregat	Museu Agbar de les Aigües	Water
	Cromford	Derwent Valley Mills	Textiles, Landscapes
	Delmenhorst	Nordwolle	Textiles, Housing and Architecture
	Dortmund	LWL Industrial Museum Zollern II/IV Colliery	Mining, Housing and Architecture
	Duisburg	North Duisburg Landscape Park	Iron and Steel, Landscapes
	Dundee	Verdant Works	Textiles
	Duxford	Imperial War Museum Duxford	Transport and Communication, Industry and War
	Elsecar	Elsecar Heritage Centre	Mining
	Enschede	TwentseWelle	Textiles
	Essen	Zollverein XII Colliery & Coking Plant World Heritage Site	Mining, Housing and Architecture
	Euskirchen	LVR Industrial Museum Mueller Cloth Mill	Textiles
	Falun	Falun Mine, World Heritage Site	Mining, Landscapes
	Furtwangen	German Clock Museum, German Clock Route	Production and Manufacturing
	Gent	Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textile	Textiles
	Goslar	Mines of Rammelsberg World Heritage Site	Mining
	Gräfenhainichen	Ferropolis - Town of Iron	Mining, Iron and Steel
	Grimeton	World Heritage Grimeton	Transport and Communication
	Grossouvre	Charcoal halle of Grossouvre	Iron and Steel
	Haarlemmermeer	Steam Pumping Station De Cruquius	Water, Housing and Architecture
	Hamburg	Hamburg Museum of Work	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
	Hoorn	Hoorn-Medemblik Steam Tram Museum	Transport and Communication
	Hoyerswerda	Lusatia Mining Museum, Knappenrode Energy Factory	Mining, Application of Power, Landscapes
	Kerkrade	Discovery Center Continium, Kerkrade	Mining, Production and Manufacturing
	Kongens Lyngby	Brede Works	Textiles, Production and Manufacturing, Housing and Architecture
	Lage	Westphalian Industrial Museum Brick Works Lage	Production and Manufacturing
	Lanark	New Lanark	Textiles, Housing and Architecture
	Lichterfeld	Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60	Mining, Iron and Steel, Landscapes
	Llanberis	National Slate Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Housing and Architecture, Landscapes
	Łódź	Manufaktura, Museum of the Factory	Textiles
	London	London Museum of Water & Steam	Application of Power, Water
	Marcinelle	Bois du Cazier	Mining
	Market Harborough	Foxton Locks:Foxton Inclined Plane and Lock Staircase	Transport and Communication
	Medemblik	Netherlands Steam Machine Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Application of Power
	Narvik	Museum Nord, Narvik	Transport and Communication
	Newtongrange	National Mining Museum	Mining
	Northwich	Lion Salt Works	Mining, Salt
	Oberhausen	Gasometer next to CentrO	Iron and Steel, Application of Power
	Oslo	Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine	Textiles
	Ostrava	Michal Mine	Mining
	Papenburg	Meyer Shipyard	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
	Peenemünde	The Peenemünde Historical Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Application of Power, Landscapes
	Pendeen, Penzance	Geevor Tin Mine	Mining, Landscapes
	Petite-Rosselle	Carreau Wendel Museum	Mining
	Pilsen	Pilsner Urquell Brewery and Museum	Production and Manufacturing
	Prato	Campolmi Factory, Lazzerini Library, Textile Museum	Textiles
	Redruth	Heartlands	Mining
	Rhondda	Rhondda Heritage Park	Mining, Landscapes
	Rjukan	Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum	Application of Power
	Sheffield	Kelham Island Museum	Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Application of Power
	Solingen	LVR Industrial Museum Hendrichs Drop Forge	Iron and Steel
	Spillum	Norwegian Sawmill Museum	Production and Manufacturing
	St Austell	Wheal Martyn	Production and Manufacturing, Landscapes, Mining
	Swansea	National Waterfront Museum	Mining, Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
	Tarnowskie Góry	Tarnowskie Góry silver mine	Mining
	Telford	Ironbridge Gorge Museums	Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
	Terrassa	Catalonian Museum of Science and Industry	Textiles, Transport and Communication, Application of Power
	Tychy	Tyskie Brewing Museum	Production and Manufacturing
	Tyssedal	Norwegian Museum of Hydro Power and Industry	Application of Power, Landscapes
	Völklingen	World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works	Iron and Steel, Application of Power, Landscapes
	Wakefield	National Coal Mining Museum for England	Mining
	Waltham Abbey	Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication, Landscapes
	Zaandam	Zaanse Schans	Application of Power, Water
	Zabrze	Guido historic coal mine	Mining
	Zehdenick	Mildenberg Brick Work Park	Production and Manufacturing
	Zevenaar	Brick Works De Panoven	Production and Manufacturing
	Zwickau	August Horch Museum	Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication
	Żywiec	Żywiec Brewery Museum	Production and Manufacturing

Regional Routes

Regional Routes (like the Route der Industriekultur in the Ruhr) cover regions as where industrial history has left its mark. Currently (2015) there are seventeen:

Belgium

Euregio Maas-Rhine

France

Saar Lor Lux

Germany

Northwest

Ruhrgebiet

Industrial Valleys

Euregio Maas-Rhine

Saxony-Anhalt

Lusatia

Rhine-Main

Saar Lor Lux

Great Britain

Northwest-England

East Peak

Heart of England

South Wales

The Industrious East

Cornwall

Netherlands

HollandRoute

Euregio Maas-Rhine

Poland

Silesia

Spain

Catalonia

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European Theme Routes

Fourteen European Theme Routes show the diversity of industrial landscapes all over Europe and the common roots of industrial history:

• Textiles: From fibre to fabric
• Mining: The treasures of the Earth
• Iron & Steel: The glow of the blast furnaces
• Paper:
• Salt: White gold
• Manufacturing: Goods for the world
• Energy: What makes us go
• Transport & Communication: The tracks of the Industrial Revolution
• Water: Blue Gold
• Industry and War:
• Housing & Architecture
• Service & Leisure Industry
• Industrial Landscapes

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References

1. European Route of Industrial Heritage home page
2. Anchor Points. The milestones of European industrial heritage
3. ERIH regional routes
4. ERIH Themed routes

External links

• ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage