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Osterfeld Colliery

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Osterfeld Colliery

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  • Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    May 9, 2021

    Hiking

    "... The Osterfeld colliery was once a hard coal mine in the Osterfeld district of Oberhausen, which got its name from the formerly independent mayor of Osterfeld. At the beginning …
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    April 22, 2023

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    Once a coal mine.
    Today interesting industrial culture.
    So typical of the pot ⛓️🩶📸
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    June 13, 2018

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    The former coal mixing plant of the Osterfeld colliery
    is Europe's largest steel/timber structure building. It has a diameter of 83m and a height of 41m.
    It has been a listed building since 1998.
    In 1998 it was converted into a garden dome for the State Horticultural Show and has not been used since the last "Body Worlds" exhibition in 2001. The former glass fronts were replaced by steel plates and the cathedral was made inaccessible.
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    Elevation 90 m

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    Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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