The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lklingen_Ironworks" class="extiw" title="en:Völklingen Ironworks">Völklingen Ironworks</a> (German: Völklinger Hütte) is located in the German town of Völklingen, Saarland. In 1994, it was declared by UNESCO a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites" class="extiw" title="en:World Heritage Sites">World Heritage site</a>. The former ironwork was founded in 1873 and decommissioned in 1986.
In 1994 it was declared a World Heritage site by the UNESCO and is regarded the most important location of the industrial culture in Europe today (2010).
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rainer_Lippert" title="User:Rainer Lippert">Rainer Lippert</a>
2010-07-10
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>