Zollern II/IV Colliery

Headframe Zollern II/IV

machine hall

Machine hall after renovation

The Zeche Zollern II/IV (translated: Zollern II/IV Colliery) is located in the northwestern suburb of Bövinghausen of Dortmund, Germany. The Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG projected Zollern in 1898 as a model colliery.

Colliery

Ground up construction began in 1898 on a new site. Most of the buildings of the colliery were built in solid brickwork by the architect Paul Knobbe and were completed in 1904 with the central engine house, in which the most up-to-date generators and machinery used in the colliery were housed. The architecture and state-of-the-art technology support the transition of Gothic-revival to Art Nouveau and the industrialization of the early 1900s.

Due to deadline pressure, the central engine house was built in iron framework construction with infilling of red brickwork, planned and executed by the Gutehoffnungshütte. The Art Nouveau styled main entrance was designed by the Berlin architect Bruno Möhring, it shows a lead glazing of blue, green and-glass. Counterpart of the main entrance is the big control board of polished marble in brass mounting, with a brass clock hanging from above.

Other buildings on the site include administration bureaus, blacksmith's shop and carpenter's shop, first-aid and fire station with stable, pithead baths, tools store and the central gateway.

Museum

In 1969, three years after it closed down, the colliery was recognized as Germany's first technical building monument of international importance. Since 1981, it has been the headquarters of the Westphalian Industrial Museum.

The original pit frames had been scrapped before 1969, two similar constructions from other collieries were reconstructed on this site in the 1980s.

The museum is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.^[1]

References

External links

• LWL-Industriemuseum - official site

Media related to Zeche Zollern at Wikimedia Commons

The Industrial Heritage Trail – Visitor Centres, Anchor Points, Theme Routes
Visitor centres and anchor points	German Inland Waterways Museum Duisburg Inner Harbour Oberhausen Industrial Museum Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Gasometer Oberhausen Aquarius-Wassermuseum Villa Hügel Nordsternpark World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein Marl-Chemiepark Power Station Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum Henrichshütte Jahrhunderthalle Bochum Umspannwerk Recklinghausen Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Zeche Nachtigall Henrichenburg boat lift DASA Kokerei Hansa Zeche Zollern II/IV Hohenhof Hagen Open-air Museum Lindenbrauerei Unna Maximilianpark Hamm Halde Rheinpreußen
Theme routes	Duisburg: Town and Harbour Industrielle Kulturlandschaft Zollverein Duisburg: Industriekultur am Rhein Oberhausen: Industrie macht Stadt Krupp und die Stadt Essen Dortmund: Dreiklang Kohle, Stahl und Bier Industriekultur an der Lippe Erzbahn-Emscherbruch Industriekultur an Volme und Ennepe Sole, Dampf und Kohle Frühe Industrialisierung Geschichte und Gegenwart der Ruhr Auf dem Weg zur blauen Emscher Kanäle und Schifffahrt Bahnen im Revier Westfälische Bergbauroute Rheinische Bergbauroute Chemie, Glas und Energie Arbeitersiedlungen Unternehmervillen Brot, Korn und Bier Mythos Ruhrgebiet Historische Parks und Gärten Industrienatur Landmarken-Kunst

Coordinates: 51°31′04″N 7°20′05″E / 51.51780°N 7.33465°E / 51.51780; 7.33465