Backwinkelstraße

Backwinkelstraße is a building in Essen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. Backwinkelstraße is situated near the grassland Hain der Menschenrechte, as well as near the church St. Stephanus.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex and Ruhr Museum.

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

Park

Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until 23 December 1986. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is situated 1 km northeast of Backwinkelstraße.

Ruhr Museum

Museum

Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ruhr Museum, formerly the Ruhrland Museum, is a diverse natural history and cultural history museum for the Ruhrgebiet in Essen, Germany. The sponsor is the Stiftung Ruhr Museum. The director since 2012 is the historian Heinrich Theodor Grütter. Ruhr Museum is situated 1 km east of Backwinkelstraße.

Red Dot Design Museum

Museum

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Red Dot Design Museum is situated 1¼ km east of Backwinkelstraße.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altenessen and Pestalozzidorf „Im Grund“.

Altenessen

Suburb

Altenessen is a northern borough of the city of Essen, Germany. Officially it is divided into the two boroughs of Altenessen-Nord and Altenessen-Süd. Because of its size, Altenessen was divided into two parts, when it was incorporated into the city of Essen in 1915.