We present on this page briefly some information and links to other international Cultural Heritage Sites. Senjski Rudnik is now in a development phase and inspirations and ideas from other similar sites can help to develop the specific vision which will shape the future of Senjski Rudnik.
Zollverein is the meeting place for past, present and future. The past is the "path of coal". Zollverein was once the largest coal mine in Europe, the central point in the lives of 5,000 colliers and their families. Conveyor belts, shaking screens, the tipper house and the wagon run bear witness to the mutual interplay of men and machines. The present lives from the new uses to which the surface buildings have been put; buildings which have given Zollverein the reputation of being the “most beautiful coal mine in the world”. Its simple Bauhaus facade is equally suitable for housing concerts, dance and theatre shows, not to speak of congresses, conferences and trade fairs. The future has already begun. Zollverein is being developed into an innovative meeting point for design and the arts. --> Go to website
A small town – with a huge effect. The South Wales town of Blaenavon was once the spearhead of the industrial revolution. For 200 years everything revolved around coal and iron here in the Afon Lwyd Valley. This not only affected the landscape. It also affected the people. To such an extent that they have resurrected the past once more.
The climax of this journey back in time is a visit to the Big Pit: National Coal Museum. Here visitors climb into a cage and descend 90 metres to the pit floor below. Former colliery workers have plenty to talk about as they guide their guests through the galleries and the underground pit pony stables. Those who prefer a somewhat more comfortable life can stay on the surface and experience miners’ working conditions in a mock-up gallery. --> Go to website
Its nickname was “Racehorse” and in its life it travelled a total of 221 kilometres – a long way for a crawler swing excavator. In 1995 the old steel giant went into retirement in Ferropolis, the town of iron. Here it is surrounded by four other examples of decommissioned giant building machines, all at least 30 metres high and up to 150 metres long. It is possible to climb aboard one of these exhibits and get a good view of the green watery countryside beneath. Nearby is the peaceful town of Gräfenhainichen. It is difficult to believe that only a few years ago this was the centre of the brown coal industry in central Germany. At its high point 820 miners of both sexes were employed on the open-cast mining site at Golpa-Nord. Now the excavated desert lies sunk beneath Lake Gremmin. Right in the middle on a peninsula is Ferropolis, which is very much alive. Its arena is the showplace for spectacular open-air concerts. The old 30 kilovolt central electricity power station now houses a multifaceted museum of regional mining history. The “Orangerie” provides visitors with all the need to eat and drink and the old pit railway contains original old locomotives and a large collection of wagons. The rail network is still intact which means that visitors who come here by rail can travel directly to the concert arena. --> Go to website
Zeche Zollverein / Germany
Zollverein is the meeting place for past, present and future. The past is the "path of coal". Zollverein was once the largest coal mine in Europe, the central point in the lives of 5,000 colliers and their families. Conveyor belts, shaking screens, the tipper house and the wagon run bear witness to the mutual interplay of men and machines. The present lives from the new uses to which the surface buildings have been put; buildings which have given Zollverein the reputation of being the “most beautiful coal mine in the world”. Its simple Bauhaus facade is equally suitable for housing concerts, dance and theatre shows, not to speak of congresses, conferences and trade fairs. The future has already begun. Zollverein is being developed into an innovative meeting point for design and the arts. --> Go to website
Blaenavon / UK
A small town – with a huge effect. The South Wales town of Blaenavon was once the spearhead of the industrial revolution. For 200 years everything revolved around coal and iron here in the Afon Lwyd Valley. This not only affected the landscape. It also affected the people. To such an extent that they have resurrected the past once more.
The climax of this journey back in time is a visit to the Big Pit: National Coal Museum. Here visitors climb into a cage and descend 90 metres to the pit floor below. Former colliery workers have plenty to talk about as they guide their guests through the galleries and the underground pit pony stables. Those who prefer a somewhat more comfortable life can stay on the surface and experience miners’ working conditions in a mock-up gallery. --> Go to website
Roros / Norway
Røros Mining Town is associated with a cultural landscape that is a unique testimony to how mining operations, transport and daily life had to be adapted to the challenges of nature: mountain plateaux, the cold climate and the remote location without road connection, together with challenging growth condotions for both forestry and agriculture. --> Go to websiteFERROPOLIS
Its nickname was “Racehorse” and in its life it travelled a total of 221 kilometres – a long way for a crawler swing excavator. In 1995 the old steel giant went into retirement in Ferropolis, the town of iron. Here it is surrounded by four other examples of decommissioned giant building machines, all at least 30 metres high and up to 150 metres long. It is possible to climb aboard one of these exhibits and get a good view of the green watery countryside beneath. Nearby is the peaceful town of Gräfenhainichen. It is difficult to believe that only a few years ago this was the centre of the brown coal industry in central Germany. At its high point 820 miners of both sexes were employed on the open-cast mining site at Golpa-Nord. Now the excavated desert lies sunk beneath Lake Gremmin. Right in the middle on a peninsula is Ferropolis, which is very much alive. Its arena is the showplace for spectacular open-air concerts. The old 30 kilovolt central electricity power station now houses a multifaceted museum of regional mining history. The “Orangerie” provides visitors with all the need to eat and drink and the old pit railway contains original old locomotives and a large collection of wagons. The rail network is still intact which means that visitors who come here by rail can travel directly to the concert arena. --> Go to website