German Petroleum Museum / Deutsches Erdölmuseum Wietze
- Cultural Route
-
- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
-
- Germany
- Member Category
-
- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Museum
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- N/D
- Contact Details
- Schwarzer Weg 7-9
DE-29323 Wietze
Tel: +49 (0)5146 923-40
Website: www.erdoelmuseum.de
Email: info[at]erdoelmuseum.de
- Contact Person
- N/D
- Main Town/Region
- Wietze (Celle, Lower Saxony)
- Site Town/Region
- Wietze (Celle, Lower Saxony)
- Main GPS Location
- 52.660361, 9.833416
- Site GPS Location
- 52.660361, 9.833416
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- N/D
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- The German Petroleum Museum includes various functioning technical relics from the period before 1930 as well as drilling and extraction equipment and utility vehicles from the decades after. The exhibition focuses on how oil is formed and how it is searched, extracted and processed. The Museum was set up on part of the former Wietze oil field, where oild was extracted from at least the 17th century.
The German Petroleum Museum in Wietze is an Individual Site of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
- Logos/Pictures
-
Destek ile:
Lüksemburg
