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City Tour: Industrial Culture - From Sheet Metal to Stage

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Current information

The number of participants is limited. Please register!

Description

The history of the rolling mill and its significance for the Wisserland

Mining and iron smelting shaped the Wisserland for centuries.
The approximately 2-hour tour allows us to dive into the era of the mining industry. With the construction of the tinplate rolling mill, the industrialization of Wissen took off. The number of "rollers" increased from 300 to 3000 employees.
Each day, 90 company buses arrived from the Westerwald to the Sieg. Workers' settlements, "director villas," and a football stadium still testify to what was once the largest and most modern tinplate rolling mill in Europe. The dark times in the history of the "WORK" from 1940 to 1945 are also illuminated.
Where rolls once roared, the smell of iron and grease filled the air, and during the times of the Alfredhut and the hot rolling mill, the air shimmered with heat, today lies the "kulturWERKwissen".

Dates:

Sunday, April 26, 2026, 14:00

Sunday, August 23, 2026, 14:00

Sunday, October 4, 2026, 14:00

Wissen breathes rolling mill

Participation in all tours is at your own risk!

Price

Cost: €5 per person, children up to and including 14 years free, maximum number of participants 20 people. The participation fee must be paid on site to Mrs Weber. If there are fewer than 10 paying participants, a flat rate of €50 will be charged for the guided tour.

Meeting point

Tourist-Information Wisserland
Im Regio Bahnhof
Bahnhofstraße 2
57537 Wissen
Telefon 0 27 42 26 86
info@wisserlandtouristik.de

Arrival Information

Car parks: "Im Buschkamp" car park in Wissen, car parks in the old town in Wissen (near the starting point), car parks in Walzwerkstraße, e.g. at kulturWERKwissen (this is where the tour ends).

Contact and directions

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Bahnhofstr. 2 (im RegioBahnhof)
57537 Wissen