Podcast Tour Oberhausen The Workers Who Saved Their World

53 minutesGerman, EnglishDortmund, Germany

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Dive into the oldest workers' settlement in the Ruhr area and discover a gripping story about entrepreneurial control, daily survival, and the grassroots rebellion that wrote history. This audio journey takes you behind the brick facades of Eisenheim and reveals a 19th-century social experiment. Learn how families survived, why homing pigeon sport became a symbol of freedom, and how residents drove away the bulldozers in the 1970s and co-founded modern industrial heritage preservation.

- 1.2 km self-guided tour with 4 stations over 53 min. - Ideal for history & memory and society & everyday life Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Exciting audio output in podcast style with experts and locals
Interactive guide in the app for questions about history and surroundings
Verified facts incorporated into an exciting story
Point-to-point navigation between stops

What you'll do

The entrance to the settlement forms the backdrop for the master plan of the Gutehoffnungshütte from 1846
10 min
The green spaces behind the houses were vital and served for self-sufficiency as well as pigeon sport
10 min
Berliner Strasse - Gutersloh
Berliner Strasse, Gutersloh, Germany
The epicenter of the protests in the 1970s, where the 'Eisenheim Workers' Initiative successfully prevented the demolition.
10 min
Housed in the former laundry house, this museum shows how the community's strugg
le brought about modern industrial heritage preservation.
10 min

Meeting and pickup

1 location

Pickup details

From Oberhausen main station with local public transport towards the Eisenheim housing estate. Get off at the nearest stop and walk a few minutes to the Siedlung Eisenheim portal. Please check the current connection on the travel day.