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This year´s Annual conference will take place from 12 to 14 September 2012 in Amsterdam
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Save the date - ERIH Annual Conference 2012
The ERIH Conference 2012 will take place from 12 to 14 September in Amsterdam / Netherlands.
Welcome
to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the tourism information network of industrial heritage in Europe.
Currently we present more than 850 sites in 32 European countries. Among these sites there are 77 Anchor Points which build the virtual ERIH main route. On thirteen Regional Routes you can discover the industrial history of these landscapes in detail. All sites relate to ten European Theme Routes which show the diversity of European industrial history and their common roots.
Anchor Point of the Day
Foxton Inclined Plane and Lock Staircase | Market Harborough
Foxton Locks
A unique patchwork of 18th, 19th and 20th century industrial heritage unmatched...
Do you know...
that a potash pit in the Werra Valley was once the richest mine in the world?
During the Second World War the gold reserves of the doomed German Reich were stored in the Kaiserroda potash mine in Merkers. In 1945 the Nazis had tried to conceal from the allies 8,645 gold bars, countless platinum and silver bars, as well as 600.000 gold coins to a total current value of more than 2 billion Euros, not forgetting valuable works of art. Nonetheless the allies quickly found the hidden treasure trove and brought it back to the surface. Today the "gold room" in the Merkers Adventure Mine, an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage, reminds visitors of this historical event.
