ST. VICENTIUS CHURCH

The catholic church of Saint Vincentius is the most noticeable and largest church in the city centre of Dinslaken. Amongst worship services and community life it is also used as a concert church.

The church has many artworks to admire: Those interested can look at a larger - than - life triumphal cross, two angels as the “armorial holders of Christ”, figures of the St. Vincentius, St. Petrus and St. Paulus as well as a chamber with ecclesiastical treasures. Very worth seeing as well is the high altar, which was manufactured in Flandern at the end of the 15^th century.

CRUCIFIXION GROUP "DREI KREUZE"

The crucifixion group today is positioned at the northern outer wall of the St. Vincentius church and is one of the most important of its kind. A copy of the “three crosses” can be found at the Duisburger Street.

TROTTING COURSE

As Germany's only half-mile harness racing track, Dinslaken's Bärenkamp harness racing track is known to equestrians far beyond the city limits. Built in 1954, the unusually short racetrack has always provided a very special experience. The trotting track is expected to cease operations in 2022.

WÖLLEPUMP (WOOL'S PUMP)

At the corner of Duisburger Street/Brücken Street lies the Wöllenpump, named by resident wool weavers. It was one of twelve pumps in town, groomed and maintained by residents.

Apart from water supply of the households it was used for the procurement of water for firefighting. As a commemorate, the home team of Dinslaken still votes a young girl as the “Pumpenmarie” every year.

HISTORICAL GARDEN CITY AND KREATIV.QUARTIER LOHBERG

Planned 1907 based on the model of English garden cities, Lohberg was renowned for its most modern place for workers: living, working and economizing in nature at the cutting edge of technology at the time. Since then, the history of the Ruhr area has been directly tangible in Lohberg: Ruhr fights, coal barons, economic miracles, rise and fall of mining, immigration and cultural diversity characterised the garden city and left their marks on it. Today, the neat mining settlement with its different houses, inner courtyards and its own tree population is completely under historic preservation. The Ledigenheim is a generously renovated centre for culture, service and industry. The market at the Johannesplatz attract customers from around the region twice a week. The daily life in the quarter is colourful, lively and liveable. 

FORMER COLLIERY LOHBERG

The mine of Lohberg once belonged to the mining empire of Thyssen. It was used for the supply of the iron and steelworks with black coal. The location was chosen well since the coal was found in low depth. The transfer systems emerged mainly between 1906-1915. 1914 the regular mining started. At the end of the 30s, the mine reached the level of a large pit. The double strut framework above shaft 2 with 70,5m of height held the record of the time of its construction (1955/56) for the highest in the Ruhr area. The Lohnhalle (payment hall) and the gatehouse are under preservation order. The colliery was closed at the turn of the year in 2005/2006.

GARDEN CITY SETTLEMENT

The garden city settlement was founded in 1907 and constructed semicircular towards the colliery Lohberg. This illustrates the close relationship between colliery and work. The settlement shows trails of the English garden city movement, which is characterised by few streets and large gardens. The settlement gets a special appeal from its different house types, country house – styled elements and different gables and entry areas. The design and colouring of the houses create a harmonic image.

Together with the colliery and the heap of Lohberg, the garden city settlement is part of a special ensemble of the Ruhr mining.

LEDIGENHEIM (SINGLE PERSON HOME)

The Lohberg home for unmarried miners was built in 1914 in the immediate vicinity of the Lohberg mine and provided living space for up to 542 unmarried miners on more than 6,400 square meters. At the same time, it offered room for cultural and sporting activities. At the beginning of 2004, it was included into an independent legally capable foundation. The foundation aims to keep the protected building as well as the expansion to a centre for culture, services and industry. Today, the Ledigenheim does justice to modern bureau spaces as well as to keeping its original character. Moreover, it offers an appropriate frame for conferences, seminars and events. .

DIZeum

Documentation and Information centre of the Ledigenheime.

The exhibition consists of two rooms. It displays presentation boards, display cases, a cinema of witness reports, a mining doorframe as well as a reconstructed livingroom that displays the situation of around 1920.

WHAT STAYS IS THE FUTURE: KREATIV QUARTIER LOHBERG (KQL)

Gray becomes green – this is the motto of the redesign of the open spaces of the former colliery Lohberg. It becomes a new holiday and leisure region: completely unsealed, prepared sustainably ecologically, accordingly planted and designed attractively by renowned landscape architects. The landscape focal point of the entire neighbourhood is the “Bergpark”: a high-quality park with both former heaps as landmarks and viewpoints, meadows, playing areas, open spaces, promenade ways around a new lake, the Lohberger Weiher. The heap Lohberg North, 84 metres high, is designed as a marked viewpoint and will be accessible soon – a new recreational pleasure and a real highlight. Heap wanderers will be rewarded at the top with exceptional impressions and views over the town and parts of the lower rhine. Important reference points of the “route of industrial culture” like the gasometer and the city of Oberhausen are viewable.

The Lohberg Corso adds new impressions to the regional experience map with its diverse attractions: The car-free promenade leads as a combined pavement and cycle path through the whole area and in the North and South ends in cyclepaths of the lower Rhine and the Ruhr region. This attaches the KQL to diverse regional leisure routes. .

HIESFELD

The idyllic Mühlendorf (mill village) is one of the largest town parts of Dinslaken. It stands for comfortable cottage atmosphere with lively shopping streets, a big market square, much culture as well as nature. Apart from a nice walk through the attractive shops, the wind- and watermills lure a visit. The Rotbach – Lake and the same-named valley invite visitors to ride a horse or a bike or just promenade. 

EVANGELIC CHURCH HIESFELD

Assumably, the evangelic church in Hiesfeld was founded in the 10^th century. The building of that time was destroyed multiple times in following years by fires, leading to the construction of a large church with a church tower in the 12^th century.

The western tower mainly stands until today. The long house as it can be seen today originates in the 15^th century.

WINDMILL

The Windmill Hiesfeld was built and started business at the beginning of the 19^th century. The mill stood freely in the farmland and was an exception as a windmill in the densely forested area. Exactly a hundred years later, 1922, all Hiesfield windmill business stopped again. During the last days of the second World War, the roof of the windmill got destroyed. The people of Hiesfeld did not want to give up on their windmill and decided to renovate it. This citizen`s initiative created the “Förderverein Hiesfeld e.V.” (booster club Hiesfeld), which 1979 got renamed into “Mühlenverein Hiesfeld e.V.” (Mill club Hiesfeld), inlcuding the watermill. Therefore, interested people can still visit the windmill with its former three milling plants. It is open from May to September every 1. Saturday per month from 11am to 1pm.

WATERMILL

The headquaters of the mill museum is situated at the former living house of the miller and the premises of the timbered house at the watermill. The development of miller`s handcraft is displayed there with photos and over 60 models of mills from around the world.

Between both exhibitions is the mighty, medium – shaft water wheel in the middle of the Rotbach. Since Hiesfeld was surrounded by dense forest, the operation of water mills was preferred in the past. The Hiesfeld Mill Museum is always an interesting destination for an excursion and is also an excellent starting point for hikes and bicycle tours into the Rotbach Valley.

In 1991, a mill museum was opened in the buildings of the water mill. It now contains more than 60 mill models from all over the world and is the second museum of its kind in Germany.

Am Freibad 3-5 www.muehlenmuseum-dinslaken-hiesfeld.de, Tel. 02064 – 93063, open Sundays from 10am to 12:30pm.

ROTBACHSEE

This body of water, which was created in 1976, is a dam that serves as flood protection. The lake and the adjacent reservoir area serve as a large temporary reservoir. Due to the idyllic location of the Rotbachsee in the Rotbachtal, the body of water is a popular leisure and recreation area that offers ideal conditions for relaxation.