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With a shortage of labor during and after World War I, up to 1,446 people from territories occupied by
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focusing on the making of iron. Visitors can tour the production areas. Huge gas machines stand in the blower hall. They were driven by blast furnace gas and generated the wind for the blast furnaces. Parts of the blower hall are used for exhibitions today.
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After World War II, only minor maintenance was conducted until the plant closed in 1986 during the economic steel crisis. The ironworks retains its 1930s-era appearance today, with intact blast furnaces and the original coking plant.
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is a biennial exhibition (since 2011) dealing with urban art. The aim of the
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