Nature tours at Zollverein
Until October you can explore the extraordinary industrial nature at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein on various nature tours every second Saturday of the month. After the colliery and coking plant were shut down, nature reclaimed the site and an amazing variety of plants and animals emerged: more than 60 species of birds, over 40 species of wild bees and various rare amphibians are at home on the world heritage site, as are around 540 species of ferns and flowering plants can be found around the coking plant and the Zollverein colliery. So-called neophytes, plants from other countries, also came to Essen through the transport routes of coal and coke from all over the world and have long felt at home on the former industrial site.
Accompanying the current special exhibition "Wild Customs Union" is offered by the Zollverein Foundation in cooperation with the NABU Ruhr this summer and autumn nature tours on various exciting topics:
Nature tour on the Zollverein: pond habitat
8 and July 2023, 12 p.m. to 14 p.m
Guided nature tour at Zollverein: extreme location: industrial wasteland
August 12, 2023, 12 p.m. to 14 p.m.
Nature tour on the Zollverein: bats between the colliery and the coking plant
September 9, 2023, 20 a.m. to 22 p.m.
Nature tour on the Zollverein: Mushrooms on the Zollverein
14 October 2023, 12 a.m. to 14 p.m
Contact person and contact
Visitor Service Zollverein
Telephone 0201 246810
Email besucherdienst@zollverein.de
Prices for public tours: Adults / reduced 15 € / 12 €, children and young people (5-17 years) 12 €, family ticket I (one adult and up to four children) 24 €, family ticket II (two adults and up to four children) €37
Treffpunkt: Visitor Center Ruhr in the coal washery,UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein, Essen
Tickets and further information: www.zollverein.de/visit-planen/zollverein-fuer-naturfreunde/
The UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein is the anchor point of the Route of Industrial Culture.
Images: Sarah Bölke / NABU Ruhr, Jochen Tack / Zollverein Foundation
