Calendar images: the Rhineland-Palatinate region

Sep 23, 2026

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Sunset over the coking plant at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; chimneys and truss bridges, Essen; tetrahedron on the Beckstraße slag heap in Bottrop; wind turbine in Essen’s city harbor; gasometer at the active Prosper coking plant, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
Die Panoramaaufnahme zeigt das monumentale Industriedenkmal des ehemaligen Hüttenwerks in der Abendsonne. Mächtige Schornsteine, Hochöfen und Industriegebäude ragen aus einem Meer von grünen Bäumen empor und verdeutlichen den Wandel von der Schwerindustrie zur grünen Oase. Das warme Licht verleiht der historischen Kulisse im Ruhrgebiet eine ganz besondere, friedliche Atmosphäre. Duisburg, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland The panoramic photo shows the monumental industrial monument of the former metallurgical plant in the evening sun. Huge chimneys, blast furnaces and industrial buildings rise up from a sea of green trees and illustrate the transformation from heavy industry to a green oasis. The warm light gives th Copyright: imageBROKER fotoping ibxwth18064573.jpg
Herten-Westerholt, Altes Dorf Westerholt, Alte Freiheit, Fachwerkhaeuser mit Blumen, katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martinus, Basilika, Neuromanik, Spaetromantik, Radfenster am Querhaus, Deutschland, Herten, Ruhrgebiet, Westfalen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, NRW Deutschland, Herten, Ruhrgebiet, Westfalen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, NRW, Herten-Westerholt, Altes Dorf Westerholt, Alte Freiheit Westerholt, Haeuserzeile, Fachwerkhaeuser mit Blumenschmuck, hinten die katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martinus, Basilika, Neuromanik, Spaetromantik, Fensterrosette am Querhaus, Germany, Herten, Ruhr area, Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW, Herten-Westerholt, Old Village Westerholt, Alte Freiheit Westerholt, row of houses, half-timbered houses with floral decoration
Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Zollverein Coking Plant, UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, sunset Essen North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Duisburg, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord, an approximately 180-hectare landscape park around a disused hut factory in Duisburg Meiderich, which was created as part of the International Building Exhibition Emscher Park The landscape park is one of the anchor
Headframe of Nordstern colliery, industrial monument in Gelsenkirchen Horst, former coal mine, closed since 1980, Gelsenkirchen, April 4, 2026 Germany, Gelsenkirchen, April 4, 2026, Headframe of Nordstern colliery in front of a blue sky, industrial monument in Gels
Old Port Authority Dortmund at Night, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Dortmund The Old Port Authority Building in Dortmund AT night, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS744815 Copyright: xblickwinkel D.xMaehrmannx
Zeche Zollverein NRW 30012026 The former Zollverein colliery presents itself as a monumental industrial monument in the north of Essen The clearly structured steel and brick buildings of Shaft XII are considered a masterpiece of Bauhaus architecture and are reminiscent of 300126_ppb-10
the Eccentric house, Buerohochhaus at a superstructures Air-raid shelter at the Universitaetsstr , Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Bochum The Eccentric house, a High Rise Office Building ON Top of to Air Raid Shelter ON Universitaetsstr , Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Bochum BLWS724485 Copyright: xblickwinkel S.xZiesex
World Heritage Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Zollverein Coking Plant, Chimneys and conveyor bridges in the evening light, Essen, Germany, Zollverein Coking Plant
Blast furnace Schwelgern 1 and 2, ThyssenKrupp Steel plant Schwelgern in Duisburg Marxloh belongs to the steelworks Bruckhausen, sunset, NRW, Germany Thyssenkrupp Steel blast furnaces
Alter Industriebau und Förderturm vor einem klaren Himmel, eingebettet in grüner Landschaft, Förderturm der Zeche Ewald in Herten Old industrial building and winding tower in front of a clear sky, embedded in a green landscape, winding tower of the Ewald colliery in Herten Copyright: imageBROKER MarkusxQuabach ibxmqu11716170.jpg
Autumn colors at the Platanen Allee, Hardenberg Ufer, lakeside path at Lake Baldeney, near Haus Scheppen, in Essen, NRW, Germany, Lake Baldeney Autumn
Landschaftspark Duisburg Landschaftspark Duisburg Copyright: xZoonar.com LindaxBrotkorbx 21737836
HER_Halde Pluto_21.tif Halde Pluto mit Vegetation und dem Doppelbock ueber Schacht 3 der Zeche Pluto, Herne, Ruhrgebiet, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, Europa Copyright: xZoonar.com StefanxZiesex 21787658
District Park Gneisenau with the both Foerdergeruesten the closed down Colliery, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Dortmund Gneisenau Park With The Two headframes of The Disused colliery, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS710637 Copyright: xblickwinkel S.xZiesex
Gasometer Oberhausen, exhibition Planet Ocean 31 03 2024, view on the outer wall of the Gasometer high Oberhausen Gasometer Ruhr area Germany +Ostern Bochum + Gasometer 03.2024 iphone LR-6913
Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, HKM in Duisburg Hüttenheim, coking plant and 2 blast furnaces, sintering plant and power station, Tiger Turtle Magic Mountain landmark, walk-in sculpture in the form of a roller coaster on the Heinrich Hildebrand Höhe slag heap, NRW, Germany, Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann
Machine hall Zeche Zollern Machine hall of the former coal mine and Museum Zeche Zollern in Dortmund, part of the Route of Industrial Culture in the Ruhr area, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe Machine hall of the former coal mine and Museum Zeche Zollern in Dortmund, part of the Route of Industrial Culture in the Ruhr area, North Rhine Westphalia, Ger
Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Tetraeder, the Emscherblick spoil tip event is an accessible viewing terrace in the form of a three-sided pyramid on the Beckstrasse spoil tip in the Bottrop district of Batenbrock Tetraeder, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Zollverein Coking Plant, UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, sunset Essen North Rhine-Westphalia Germany

Duisburg, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord, an approximately 180-hectare landscape park around a disused hut factory in Duisburg Meiderich, which was created as part of the International Building Exhibition Emscher Park The landscape park is one of the anchor

Headframe of Nordstern colliery, industrial monument in Gelsenkirchen Horst, former coal mine, closed since 1980, Gelsenkirchen, April 4, 2026 Germany, Gelsenkirchen, April 4, 2026, Headframe of Nordstern colliery in front of a blue sky, industrial monument in Gels

Old Port Authority Dortmund at Night, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Dortmund The Old Port Authority Building in Dortmund AT night, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS744815 Copyright: xblickwinkel D.xMaehrmannx

Zeche Zollverein NRW 30012026 The former Zollverein colliery presents itself as a monumental industrial monument in the north of Essen The clearly structured steel and brick buildings of Shaft XII are considered a masterpiece of Bauhaus architecture and are reminiscent of 300126_ppb-10

World Heritage Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Zollverein Coking Plant, Chimneys and conveyor bridges in the evening light, Essen, Germany, Zollverein Coking Plant

Blast furnace Schwelgern 1 and 2, ThyssenKrupp Steel plant Schwelgern in Duisburg Marxloh belongs to the steelworks Bruckhausen, sunset, NRW, Germany Thyssenkrupp Steel blast furnaces

Autumn colors at the Platanen Allee, Hardenberg Ufer, lakeside path at Lake Baldeney, near Haus Scheppen, in Essen, NRW, Germany, Lake Baldeney Autumn

Landschaftspark Duisburg Landschaftspark Duisburg Copyright: xZoonar.com LindaxBrotkorbx 21737836

HER_Halde Pluto_21.tif Halde Pluto mit Vegetation und dem Doppelbock ueber Schacht 3 der Zeche Pluto, Herne, Ruhrgebiet, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, Europa Copyright: xZoonar.com StefanxZiesex 21787658

District Park Gneisenau with the both Foerdergeruesten the closed down Colliery, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Dortmund Gneisenau Park With The Two headframes of The Disused colliery, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS710637 Copyright: xblickwinkel S.xZiesex

Gasometer Oberhausen, exhibition Planet Ocean 31 03 2024, view on the outer wall of the Gasometer high Oberhausen Gasometer Ruhr area Germany +Ostern Bochum + Gasometer 03.2024 iphone LR-6913

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Tetraeder, the Emscherblick spoil tip event is an accessible viewing terrace in the form of a three-sided pyramid on the Beckstrasse spoil tip in the Bottrop district of Batenbrock Tetraeder, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany