The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. The aim of the project is to create interest for the common European Heritage of the Industrialization and its remains. ERIH also wants to promote regions, towns and sites showing the industrial history and market them as visitor attractions in the leisure and tourism industry.

The – virtual – main route is built by the so-called Anchor Points. These are Industrial Heritage sites which are the historically most important and most attractive for visitors. In a first step the route leads through Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Anchor Points are for example:

- Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (UNESCO-World Heritage Site) in Telford, Great Britain
- industrial village Saltaire (UNESCO-World Heritage Site) near Bradford, Great Britain
- Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Great Britain
- Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain
- Heineken Experience exhibition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Dutch Textile Museum in Tilburg, the Netherlands
- Industry and Railway Park Fond-de-Gras near Differdange, Luxembourg
- Industrial Museum in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg Germany
- Völklingen Ironworks (UNESCO- World Heritage Site), the Saar Germany
- Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
- Zollern II/IV Colliery in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
- Historical and Technical Information Centre (HTI) in Peenemünde, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania Germany The Ironbridge Gorge Museums are based in the Ironbridge Gorge at Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale on the River Severn in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. ... UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Statistics Population: 138,241 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ699092 Administration District: Telford and Wrekin Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Shropshire Historic county: Shropshire Services Police force: West Mercia Fire and rescue: Shropshire Ambulance: West Midlands Post office and telephone Post town... Saltaire is the name of a Victorian era model village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ... The larger City of Bradford Metropolitan District includes other settlements in the surrounding area. ... The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a working museum of a medium sized pottery, typical of those once common in the North Staffordshire area of England from the time of the industrial revolution in the 18th century (a pottery factory first opened on the site in 1787) to the mid 20th... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Agglomeration - up to 2. ... Tilburg ( (help· info)) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant. ... Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. ...

Regional Routes (like the Route der Industriekultur in the Ruhr) cover regions as where industrial history has left its mark.

Seven European Theme Routes show the diversity of industrial landscapes all over Europe and the common roots of industrial history:

- Mining: The treasures of the Earth
- Iron & Steel: The glow of the blast furnaces
- Textiles: From fibre to fabrique
- Production: Goods for the world
- Energy: What makes us go
- Transport & Communication: The tracks of the Industrial Revolution
- Water: Blue Gold

Weblinks

• ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage