Zollverein Shaft XII

What can you see at the top of the red steel headframe?

Getting there

Chapter start › Coal turned into culture › Zollverein Shaft XII

This is a separate district: take public transport to Zollverein, then follow signs to Schacht XII. Do not treat it as a walking continuation of the centre chapter. Start on the public plaza before the headframe.

The required observation is from a public area. Do not cross barriers during a temporary closure.

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History

Shaft XII began operating in 1932. Architects Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer gave the industrial plant a disciplined rhythm of brick and steel. Its double headframe became a Ruhr emblem. The mine and coking plant entered the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001.

Sources

Zollverein Shaft XII

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