Side Programme and Technical Visits
The Essen Tourist Center will advise you to plan your personal visit programme.
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UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein
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Jochen Tack Even in times of operation the coal mine “Zollverein” was nominated as the »Most beautiful coal mine of the world«. Yet the industrial monument “Zollverein” is the only world heritage site in the Ruhr area. Visitors can discover history, design, architecture, and cultural activities daily in one of the most fascinating places of industrial history. The Ruhr Museum in the former coal washing plant presents several special exhibitions besides its permanent exhibition of displaying nature and cultural history of the Ruhr area. |
Museum Folkwang
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Peter Wieler The Museum Folkwang ranks among the most important art museums of Germany. It owes because of its outstanding collections of German and French painting and sculptures of the 19th century, different art trends of the 20th century such as cubism, abstract art and expressionism as well as the post-1945 art, the photography and the graphic arts. A special feature is the collection of works by old and non-European artists and the collection of the German Poster Museum, with over 350,000 sheets. |
Villa Hügel
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Peter Wieler Villa Hügel is located in the midst of a 28-hectare parkland with a view over the Baldeneysee. Designed by the industrialist Alfred Krupp in 1868 and completed in 1873, it served as a residence for the Krupp family until 1945. Since 1953, the "Major House" of Villa Hügel has been used for sophisticated art and cultural history exhibitions. From 1953 until the death of Alfried Krupp in 1967, Berthold Beitz was his representative and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Krupp Foundation. He established the Kulturstiftung Ruhr from his private property in 1984, which has been responsible for the exhibitions since then. |
Everything at a glance
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Technical Visits
Registration for the technical visit tours can be made using online with the regestration to the VGB Congress. All technical visit tours will only take place provided that the minimum number of participants is reached.
VGB PowerTech e.V. Ι Deilbachtal 173 Ι 45257 Essen Ι P: +49 201 8128 274 Ι Email: ines.moors@vgb.org
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Power plant Duisburg-Walsum block 10
PP Duisburg-Walsum block 10
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Garzweiler opencast mine and Neurath power plant
Garzweiler opencast mine
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Please take note of the following guidelines:
The Garzweiler opencast mine is located to the west of Grevenbroich and is moving into the direction of Erkelenz. The mine mainly touches the Rhein-Erft county, Rhein county Neuss and Heinsberg county. Lignite is deposited in three seams which altogether have an average seam thickness of 40 metres. The coal is some 40 to max 210 metres below the Earth's surface. It is used entirely to generate electricity in the nearby power plants.
The lignite-fired power station with optimised plant engineering (BoA 2&3) is the most modern of its kind in the world. The system in Grevenbroich-Neurath, consisting of two units, backs innovative power-plant engineering. Optimisation of all process steps in power generation ensures higher efficiency, lower emissions and greater flexibility.