Discover the Völklingen Ironworks and view the impressive halls and machines from the blower hall to the blast furnace. How is pig iron created? And how did the people who used to work and live here fare?

Visit the Völklinger Hütte, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world's only fully preserved ironworks from the heyday of industrialisation. Explore the site's exhibitions, the UNESCO Visitor Centre and the viewing platform.

The Völklingen Ironworks World Heritage Site is the only completely preserved ironworks from the heyday of industrialisation and at the same time the first monument of this era, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Today the Völklinger forms Hut with its numerous halls, open spaces and the captivating tangle of pipe systems a unique venue for international exhibitions and festivals and concerts. Culture is joined by nature: paradise, emerging from it former “hell” of the coking plant, fascinated by the recapture of parts of the Terrain with diverse flora and fauna.

Admire the Völklinger Hütte, the first industrial monument of this era to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Discover the site's landscape garden, “The Paradise,” and explore the exhibitions, the UNESCO Visitor Centre and the Science Centre Ferrodrom®.