Zollverein Coal Mine
Also known as Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, Zeche Zollverein, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii).
Region
Europe and North America
Germany
Inscribed
2001
List reference
975
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Zollverein Coal Mine is about 4 km north of Essen. The nearest other World Heritage site is Lower German Limes, about 45 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Essen · about 1,742,000 peopleabout 4 km south
- Duisburg · about 1,277,000 peopleabout 20 km west
- Wuppertal · about 777,000 peopleabout 30 km south
- Dortmund · about 588,000 peopleabout 30 km east
- Düsseldorf · about 1,220,000 peopleabout 35 km south-west
- Cologne · about 1,004,000 peopleabout 60 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Germany, NetherlandsCultural45 km away
GermanyCultural61 km away
GermanyCultural74 km away
GermanyCultural104 km away
Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, ItalyCultural138 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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