Helenenpark

Helenenpark is a park in Essen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. Helenenpark is situated nearby to the playground Spielplatz Im Looscheid, as well as near the college Dore Jacobs Berufskolleg.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex and Essen-Altenessen station.

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 1½ km northeast of Helenenpark.

Essen-Altenessen station

Railway station

Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Essen-Altenessen is a railway station situated in Essen in western Germany. It is served by Regional-Express service RE3, Regionalbahn lines RB32 and RB35 and lines U11 and U17 of the Essen Stadtbahn. Essen-Altenessen station is situated 1 km northwest of Helenenpark.

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 1½ km northeast of Helenenpark.

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.