The team
Isabella Alfken
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Communication & Signage
Phone: +49 201 2069-257
M: +49 151 46679028
alfken@rvr.ruhr
Batuhan Avci
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Student Trainee
Phone: +49 201 2069-411
avci@rvr.ruhr
Christiane Becker-Romba
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Study tours
Phone: +49 201 2069-297
M: +49 151 22114590
becker-romba@rvr.ruhr
Hannah Bonke
Ruhr Tourism GmbH / Culture Team
Marketing & Communication
Phone: +49 208 89959-177
h.bontke@ruhr-tourismus.de
Esther Bradel-Gruszka (on parental leave)
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Mediation & Signage
Phone: +49 201 2069-425
M: +49 151 67121562
bradel@rvr.ruhr
Rhea Victoria Buckesfeld
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Student Trainee
Education & Communication
Phone: +49 201 2069-477
buckesfeld_r@rvr.ruhr
Timo Hauge
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Team Leader Industrial Heritage & Board Member of the Federal Association of Industrial Heritage Germany
Phone: +49 201 2069-303
M: +49 171 9226941
hauge@rvr.ruhr
Jasmin Kamann
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Accounting & Networking Industrial Culture
Phone: +49 201 2069-692
M: +49 15118919706
kamann@rvr.ruhr
Saleh Khadem
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
project staff
Phone: +49 201 2069-378
M: +49 160 94922517
khadem@rvr.ruhr
Gudrun Lethmate
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Network management and events
Phone: +49 201 2069-753
M: +49 151 14213743
lethmate@rvr.ruhr
Nicole Trittschack
Ruhr Tourism GmbH / Culture Team
Head of Cultural Affairs
Phone: +49 208 89959-150
n.trittschack@ruhr-tourismus.de
Dr. Helen Wagner (on parental leave)
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Education & Communication
Phone: +49 201 2069-797
M: +49 151 23456915
wagner_h@rvr.ruhr
Andreas Wellpoth
Regional Association Ruhr / Industrial Heritage Team
Quality and infrastructure management
Phone: +49 201 2069-531
M: +49 160 96714456
wellpoth@rvr.ruhr
About us
The industrial heritage of the Ruhr region is unique and has long been an international pioneer in structural change. The Regional Association Ruhr (RVR), as the initiator and project sponsor of the Industrial Heritage Trail, now presents and represents the trail worldwide. This is achieved through targeted collaborations and networking, as well as through highly regarded independent projects. At the heart of the RVR's statutory mandate is always the well-being of the Ruhr metropolis – as a networker, coordinator, catalyst, service provider, and project sponsor.
The Ruhr Regional Association developed the “Industrial Culture” project together with the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Emscher Park and designed and implemented the initial installation of the route infrastructure. In 2004, the RVR was given responsibility for the route by the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament. This involves - in collaboration with those responsible on site - the maintenance and development of the network, in particular the so-called five major locations: Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, Oberhausen Gasometer, Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bochum Jahrhunderthalle and Hansa Coking Plant. Through regional and international collaborations, the Industrial Culture Department also specifically seeks exchange with experts from the fields of industrial culture and industrial history, also in order to initiate joint projects.
Ruhr Tourism GmbH (RTG), a subsidiary of the RVR (Regional Association Ruhr), is responsible for the cultural marketing of the Industrial Heritage Route. RTG's mission is to attract people from all over the world to the region and showcase the many attractions the Ruhr area has to offer. The Industrial Heritage Route website therefore presents the Ruhr area's industrial heritage as a tourist information portal. The predecessor organization of Ruhr Tourism was founded in 1998 with the aim of boosting tourism in the Ruhr area. At that time, the idea that tourists would actually come here was more of a wish than a reality. Today, the Ruhr area is becoming an increasingly popular travel destination.
Comprehensive information about the Ruhr Regional Association and Ruhr Tourism GmbH can be found here:
