Social Event and Dinner

Friday, October 15, at 5:00 pm

Bus transfer to Zeche Zollern, an old industrial heritage coal mine building.

There are two guided tours in English followed by a dinner party in the famous machine hall of the Zeche Zollern with an original Dortmund buffet.

Zeche Zollern  http://www.lwl.org/LWL/Kultur/wim/portal/S/zollern/ort/English_version/

Zeche Zollern: A mansion of labour

At first sight palatial redbrick facades and artistically adorned gables on buildings dotted around a grassy square are more reminiscent of an aristocratic residence than a coal mine. This was exactly one of the ideas behind this architecture.

Today the "mansion of labour" in the west of Dortmund is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and impressive testimonies to Germany's industrial history. The engine house with its famous Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) doorway is already an icon. But the museum's outstanding industrial architecture is only one of many different attractive facets. The various sections of the exhibition will take you into a world of harsh working conditions, and the stories of the men and women who worked in coal mining during the 20^th century will bring this vividly to life.

Photos Source: City of Dortmund

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