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growth and prominence to the
Krupp family, who, over several
generations from the mid-19th
century, created the powerful
German steel and arms industry.
The most important historic
building in the town is the
Münster, the former collegiate
church of the canonesses. This
unusual edifice consists of the
15th-century Gothic church of
St John, an 11th-century atrium
and the main church, which in
turn has a Romanesque The grand Villa Hügel, former home of the Krupp family in Essen
11th-century frontage and
a Gothic 14th-century main 10th-century imperial frontage. 20th-century sculptures, 8 Wuppertal
body. Without doubt the most The treasury holds many including works by famous Road map B4. * 380,000. £
The picturesque exterior of Palace Haus Rodenberg in Dortmund-Aplerbeck precious object held by the precious objects including a artists such as Salvador Dali, n Schloßbleiche 40 (0202-563 22
church is the Goldene Madonna, bronze crucifix from around 1060. Henry Moore, Max Ernst, Emil
5 Dortmund the Reinoldikirche and the a statue of the Virgin Mary with Nolde and Joseph Beuys. Also 70); Elberfeld, Informationszentrum
am Döppersberg (0202-194 33).
Marienkirche. The former, the Infant, made from sheet E Museum Folkwang worth visiting is the Museum
Road map: B4. * 600,000. £ @ ∑ wuppertal.de
n Max-von-der-Grün-Platz 5–6 dedicated to St Reinold, the gold, probably around 980. The Goethestraße 41. Tel (0201) 884 54 44. der Deutschen Binnenschiff-
(0231-189 990). _ Dortmund à la patron saint of Dortmund, has treasury has an outstanding Open 10am–6pm Tue, Wed, Sat & Sun, fahrt with its collection of Wuppertal, capital of the
carte (Jun), Dort mund aller art (Aug), an early-Gothic 13th-century collection of gold items from 10am–8pm Thu & Fri. Closed 1 Jan, barges and inland waterway Bergisches Land area, was
Hansetage (Nov). ∑ dortmund- main body and a late-Gothic, the Ottonian period. Easter, 1 May, 24 & 31 Dec. & vessels. In the 16th century, created in 1929 by combining
tourismus.de 15th-century presbytery. It Another important sight in Duisburg was the home of the six towns strung along a
includes many Gothic sculptures Essen is the Synagogue built Environs famous geographer and 20-km (12-mile) stretch of the
The large city of Dortmund is and furnishings. The second by Edmund Kömer in 1911–13. Visitors interested in techno logy cartographer Gerhard Mercator, Wupper river. The towns are
famous not only for its excellent one, the church of St Mary, The largest synagogue in should visit Bochum, which is whose collection of globes, joined by the Schwebebahn,
beer and highly developed is a 12th-century Roman- Germany, it managed to outlast also the seat of the excellent maps and charts can now be a monorail constructed in
industry, but also for its esque structure. It has a the Third Reich and is now a Ruhr-Universität. There are seen in the Kulture- und 1900. Carriages are suspen ded
more than 1,000 years of magnificent main altar, place of commemoration. two excellent museums: the Stadthistorisches Museum. from a single rail, which rests
history. In the Middle by Conrad von Soest Visitors who are interested Deutsches Bergbau-Museum on tall pillars.
Ages the town (1415–20) and a statue in 20th-century architecture devoted to mining, and the E Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum The most interesting of the
grew rich through of the Madonna should see the church of St Eisenbahnmuseum (railway Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße 40. Tel (0203) former towns is Elberfeld, with
trade and joined (around 1230). Inside the Engelbert in Fischerstraße, museum) in Dahlhausen. Both 283 26 30. Open noon–5pm Tue–Fri, a museum of clocks, and the
the Hanseatic impressive Dortmunder U designed by Dominikus Met- have world-class exhibits. 11am–5pm Sun. & Von der Heydt-Museum of
League; after a tower, the Museum am zendorf (1934–6), the town- 19th- and 20th-century German
period of decline it Ostwall has an excellent garden in Margarethenhöhe Environs art. The museum in the
flourished again in the modern art collection. built from 1909 to a design by 7 Duisburg CentrO in Oberhausen, 14 km Friedrich-Engels-Haus in
19th century. Georg Metzendorf, and the Road map B4. * 540,000. £ @ (9 miles) north of Duisburg, Barmen (Engelsstraße 10) is
A walk through the small E Museum für Kunst- opera house designed by the n Königstraße 86 (0203-285 440). is the largest shopping and worth seeing, and Neviges has
old town will take visitors und Kulturgeschichte Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto. ∑ ruhr-tourismus.de leisure complex in Europe. a Baroque pilgrimage church,
to the Museum Hansastraße 3. Tel (0231) 502 Essen has much to offer to Krefeld, 6 km (4 miles) south- with a much-visited miraculous
für Kunst-und 55 22. Open 10am–5pm modern art enthusiasts. The Duisburg, on the edge of the west of Duisburg, has been a picture of the Virgin Mary.
Kulturgeschichte Statue on Alter Markt, Tue–Wed & Sun, 10am–8pm Museum Folkwang boasts Ruhr region, underwent a period centre of silk fabric production
(museum for art and in Dortmund Thu, noon–5pm Sat. & an excellent collection of of rapid development in the 19th from the 17th century, and the E Von der Heydt-Museum
cultural history) with E Museum am Ostwall 20th-century paintings, mainly and 20th centuries. Once a small Deutsches Textilmuseum has Elberfeld, Turmhof 8. Tel (0202) 563
displays of interiors from various Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse 2. Tel (0231) German Expressionists. It also town, it became the world’s over 20,000 exhibits, ranging from 62 31. Open 11am–6pm Tue, Wed,
periods, including Secessionist 502 47 23. Open 11am–6pm Tue, Wed, has a graphic arts section. largest inland harbour thanks to anti quity to the present day. Fri–Sun, 11am–8pm Thu. & = 8
designs by Joseph Maria Sat & Sun; 11am–8pm Thu & Fri. The Grugapark is a large its location at the spot where the
Olbrich. A short distance from ∑ museumostwall.dortmund.de green area with botanical Ruhr flows into the Rhine.
here is the Petrikirche, a Gothic gardens, zoo and the Grugahalle, The small old town was almost
14th-century hall-church, where major concerts are held. totally destroyed in World War II,
whose greatest attraction is its 6 Essen To the south of the centre, on but the 15th-century Gothic
high altar (1521), the work of Road map B4. * 600,000. £ @ n the banks of the Baldeneysee, Salvatorkirche (church of St
Gilles, a master from Antwerp. Im Handelshof (am Hauptbahnhof 2) stands Villa Hügel, which Saviour) has been rebuilt. Some
Also noteworthy is the former (0201-194 33). _ Essen Original (Aug). belonged to the Krupp family of the town’s greatest attractions
Dominican Propsteikirche, ∑ essen.de until 1945. Today interesting art are its museums. The Wilhelm-
with its exquisite late-Gothic exhib itions are frequently hosted Lehmbruck-Museum focuses
main altar. A shortcut across It is hard to believe that this vast here. Further south, in Werden, on the work of the sculptor
the market square and along industrial metropolis has grown is the former Benedictine church Lehmbruck, who was born in
Ostenhellweg takes the from a monastery, established of St Ludger, consis ting of a 13th- Duisburg. The museum has
visitor to two more churches: in 852. The town owes its century body preceded by a an interesting collection of The unusual monorail, linking Wuppertal’s six constituent towns
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp500–501 and pp526–9

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