Westfalenhütte

The Westfalenhütte is an industrial site in the northeast of Dortmund, Germany.

Following changes in the steel industry and a consolidation process in the sector, activities on the Westfalenhütte were reduced to a few, economically sustainable core areas.

The territory is now owned by the ThyssenKrupp AG and is the largest abandoned industrial area in Europe.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited the Westfalenhütte in 1989 and spoke in front of 8,500 steel workers.

The Hoeschpark, a recreational area for industrial workers of the Hoesch AG, was established in 1937 on the site of the Weisse Wiese, the first home stadium of football club Borussia Dortmund.