Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #11 in Essen, Germany

The Zollverein III colony is the youngest of the three colliery colonies in the Katernberg district of Essen. The other two are Hegemannshof and Ottekampshof.

Wikipedia: Kolonie Zollverein III (DE), Heritage Website

The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades, starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant, ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in the New Objectivity style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the "most beautiful coal mine in the world".

Wikipedia: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (EN)

The Schonnebeck youth hall is a gymnastics and festival hall in the Essen district of Schonnebeck, which was initially used as an exhibition building in Cologne in 1914, then reused in Essen and is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: Jugendhalle Schonnebeck (DE)

The Pestalozzi village "Im Grund" is a housing estate for young people, which was built according to the principles of the pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi – adapted to the needs of mining – in the Essen district of Katernberg. It is located between the Zollverein III colony and the Dortmannhof.

Wikipedia: Pestalozzidorf_„Im_Grund“ (DE), Heritage Website

The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit in the Katernberg district of Essen is a subsidiary church of the parish of St. Nicholas. It was consecrated in 1957 and has been a listed building since February 2019.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Essen-Katernberg) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The Ruhr Museum, formerly the Ruhrland Museum, is a diverse natural history and cultural history museum for the Ruhrgebiet in Essen, Germany. The sponsor is the Stiftung Ruhr Museum. Director since 2012 is the historian Heinrich Theodor Grütter.

Wikipedia: Ruhr Museum (EN), Website

The Zollverein Sculpture Park is a sculpture park with works by the German sculptor Ulrich Rückriem in the Stoppenberg district of Essen, Germany.

Wikipedia: Skulpturenpark Zollverein (DE)