15.05.2008

The unique Voelklingen Ironworks

A visit to the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Voelklingen Ironworks is an adventure. The visitor can descend deep into the dark corridors of the burden shed and climb up to the lofty heights of the blast furnace viewing-platform.

The new multi-media introduction in the sinteringplant takes the visitor on a journey through time from the beginnings of the Voelklingen Ironworks right up to the present day. From the roof of the ore shed, a view opens up over the town of Voelklingen (in German spelled: Völklingen) and the active Saarstahl steelworks. At the granulating-plant, the laid out picnic area invites the visitor to stop for a rest and relax between colourful aquatic plants and defiant steel. The visitor can ascend to the top platform at a height of 28 metres, where the raw materials were tipped into the blast furnaces. Anyone wanting to go higher still can climb up to the blast furnace viewing-platform.

The top platform is open to visitors along the whole of its length, over 240 metres. Then the walkway takes the visitor to the blower shed. The blowers, giants of iron and steel, used to generate the blast which was piped into in the blast furnaces. It takes two to three hours to follow the well signposted walkway through the World Cultural Heritage Site, which is more than 5000 metres in length. The World Cultural Heritage Site at the Voelklingen Ironworks: one of the most exciting places in the world.
Catalogue: the Voelklingen Ironworks: 9.95 €

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