You only see what you know (Goethe)
The Red Dot Design Museum is located in the former boiler house of shaft 12 at the Zeche Zollverein. A good place for a design museum as the former industrial plant looks pretty ‘designed’ in its Bauhaus style. I just love the way how the red coloured steel trusses are also used as a decoration element.
View below the coal preparation plant of the Zeche Zollverein which houses the Ruhr Museum now. I just love such views. What about you?
The Ruhr Museum is located in the former coal preparation plant at the Zeche Zollverein. It tells the history of the Zeche (coal mine) as well as the history of the Ruhr area.
The Zeche Zollverein (Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex) is a larger former industrial site and is inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. I was especially impressed by the use of Bauhaus style for some buildings.
This sculpture created by the German carver Max Kratz is located next to the central station of Essen. It is named ‘Steile Lagerung’ and reminds of the hard work miners did in the region.