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Industrial Heritage in Bochum
Industrial Heritage in Bochum
Station Dahlhausen refer item Museum also
Mine Hannover - Malakow-Tower refer to Museum
Jahrhunderthalle (Hall of the Century) inside Westpark. Build 1902 built for the trade-fair in Düsseldorfer and later used as a machinery hall of the steel-plant Bochumer Vereins. Notable is the filigree construction of the bearing. The hall was reconstructed to a unusual stage for theatre and show events. There are guided tours through the building, make an appointment with the marketing office (refer links). Address: Gahlensche Straße 15, 44793 Bochum
Between 1850 and 1900 the population of Bochum increased from about 4500 to 100,000 by immigration. It would be absolutely impossible to offer enough living space an infra structure by the commune. In order to avoid slums companies began to erect settlements, supermarkets and hospitals for their employees aside their grounds. Even if the companies knew to combine this with their own benefits, it was also a social act. It prevented ghettos and poverty. The living conditions in those settlements was above the standard of that times. Often build in the style of a garden city they are preferred quarters today. Within Bochum, the best known settlement is "Dahlhauser Heide".
Miner's Settlement
Dahlhauser Heide
Miners settlement Dahlhauser Heide, built in the beginning of the 20th century for the workers of mine Hannover. It was reconstructed and the outfit brought to today's standard. A walk there is recommended.
Beside settlement Am Rübenkamp there are 3 houses in original outfit. The show dayly life of miners. They are under control of industrial museum "Mine Hannover".
hint: In the district of Wattenscheid at square "Alter Markt" there are still some houses left from times before industrialisation. They give an impression how most towns at the Ruhr looked like 100 years ago.
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