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Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Fagus Factory World Heritage Site / Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Weltkulturerbes Fagus-Werk e.V.

Cultural Route

• European Route of Industrial Heritage

Country

• Germany

Member Category

• Cultural Institution / NGO
• Museum
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Network

Year of Accession to Membership

N/D

Contact Details

UNESCO-Welterbe Fagus-Werk
Hannoversche Straße 58
DE-31061 Alfeld (Leine)

Tel: +49 (0)5181 790
Website: www.fagus-werk.com
Email: info[at]fagus-werk.com

Contact Person

N/D

Main Town/Region

Alfeld (Leine) (Hildesheim, Lower Saxony)

Site Town/Region

Alfeld (Leine) (Hildesheim, Lower Saxony)

Main GPS Location

51.983596, 9.812172

Site GPS Location

51.983596, 9.812172

UNESCO World Heritage List

Fagus Factory in Alfeld (2011) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/1368)

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

The shoe last Fagus Factory in Alfeld is a 10-building complex designed at the beginning of the 20th century by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer. The factory is still operation and its former warehouse has been turned into an exhibition on past and present of the industrial plant.
The Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Fagus Factory World Heritage Site (est. 2011) was founded by committed friends of the factory and company employees. The purpose of the Association is the promotion of cultural and tourist activities as well as the intangible and material support for the development of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Fagus Factory.
The Fagus Factory in Alfeld is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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