HERITAGE RECORD · 687

Völklingen Ironworks

弗尔克林根钢铁厂

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The ironworks, which cover some 6 ha, dominate the city of Völklingen. Although they have recently gone out of production, they are the only intact example, in the whole of western Europe and North America, of an integrated ironworks that was built and equipped in the 19th and 20th centuries and has remained intact.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ127754 ↗

Area6 ha

Administrative areaQ14876

WikipediaVölklingen Ironworks ↗

Chinese Wikipedia弗爾克林根鋼鐵廠 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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Brief synthesis The Völklingen Ironworks in western Germany close to the border with France cover 6 ha and are a unique monument to pig-iron production in Western Europe.

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