Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Witten, Germany

The Royal Lock Warehouse is a lock guardhouse on the Ruhr in Heven, Witten, near the Herbeder lock. It is listed as a monument.

Wikipedia: Schleusenwärterhaus (Heven) (DE), Website

The Vereinigungsstollen is a former tunnel in Witten-Hardenstein, Germany. The tunnel was also known as the Compagniestollen or the Unification Mining Tunnel. After completion, the tunnel had a total length of around 375 metres and a maximum height of 1.8 metres. The tunnel is still used today to drain the old mine field.

Wikipedia: Vereinigungsstollen (DE)

The St.-Johannes-Erbstollen is a former Erbstollen in Witten in the districts of Hardenstein and Vormholz. The tunnel is located west of the Muttental. The tunnel was also known as the Tiefer Johannis Stollen, St. Johannes Erbstolln, St. Johannis-Erbstollen, Johannis Erbstolln and Johannes Erbstolln. Its lower part runs through the valley of an unnamed stream, which is locally called Deipenbecke or simply Hardensteiner Bach. The St. Johannes Erbstollen was the most important tunnel in the region and was used to drain water and ventilate the surrounding mines, which were mining on hard coal. The Erbstollen belonged to the Märkisches Bergamtsbezirk.

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The Hermann colliery is a former coal mine in Witten-Muttental, Germany. The mine was created as a result of the re-leasing of a field section of the Österbank colliery.

Wikipedia: Zeche Hermann (Witten) (DE)

The Nachtigall colliery is a former coal mine in Bommern, Germany. The mine was also known as the Nachtigal colliery in the Hetberge, the Nachtigall colliery in the Hedtberge, the trade union in the Hedtberge and the coal bank in the Hettberger Holtz. The mine is located in Bommern at the entrance to the Muttental and is part of the Muttental mining hiking trail. The colliery was one of the largest underground mines in the region. In the mine, lumpy fatty coal was mined in underground mining, which was of good quality. Today, the factory premises are home to the LWL Industrial Museum Nachtigall Colliery.

Wikipedia: Zeche Nachtigall (Witten) (DE)

The Dünkelberg quarry is located in the Muttental south of the Ruhr in Witten. It is connected to the Muttental mining hiking trail.

Wikipedia: Steinbruch Dünkelberg (DE)

Steinhausen Castle is located on the Muttental mining hiking trail in the Witten district of Bommern, south of the Ruhr River. Its landmark is a round tower on the east side of the castle grounds, which currently lacks its helmet.

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The German Mine and Field Railway Museum is a technical museum in Witten-Bommern in the Ruhr area. It is located below Steinhausen Castle on the site of the Theresia colliery, which closed in 1892, and is part of the Muttental mining hiking trail.

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The Villa Friedrich Lohmann senior is one of the restored entrepreneurs' villas on the Ruhrstraße in Witten.

Wikipedia: Villa Friedrich Lohmann sen. (DE)

The Witten Saalbau is a multifunctional event hall for events up to 1000 people. With over 250 events such as concerts, acting and conferences, the hall building reaches around 100,000 visitors. It is centrally located on the edge of the city center of Witten.

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The Villa Gustav Lohmann is one of the representative entrepreneurial villas of the Lohmann family on the Ruhrstraße in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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The Villa Friedrich Lohmann Jr. is located at Ruhrstraße 75 in Witten and is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage.

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The Villa Albert Lohmann is located at Ruhrstraße 70 in Witten and is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage.

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Das Märkische Museum Witten ist ein Museum in Witten. Es präsentiert vor allem moderne deutsche Malerei.

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Villa Berger is a neoclassical villa in Witten at Ruhrstraße 69. It is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage.

Wikipedia: Villa Berger (DE)

Villa Hanf is located at Parkweg 14 in Witten. The banker Moritz Hanf and his wife Rebecca Hanf built the house, which is characterized by Art Nouveau, and moved in here in 1903. During Kristallnacht from 9 to 10 November 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Hanf hid in the basement of their house while the Nazis vandalized the house. Two months later, they fled to the Netherlands. Moritz Hanf died in the Netherlands in 1943, Rebecca Hanf was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Since April 4, 2014, stumbling stones have been erected in front of the house to commemorate the family. The villa has been a listed building since April 19, 1983.

Wikipedia: Villa Hanf (DE)

The Helenenturm is a 30-metre-high observation tower in Witten, built in 1858 as a private monument to the Councillor of Justice Eduard Strohn in honour of his wife Helene Strohn, née Lohmann. She died after a lawsuit between the family and the Prussian state over ferry fares. The construction of the tower was financed with the compensation awarded in this process.

Wikipedia: Helenenturm (Witten) (DE)