Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Volklingen Ironworks

Location

Saarland

Country

Germany

Year of Research

1994

Culture

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