Delmenhorst.Industrial heritage and green heart
Rectangular wooden city map made from oiled oak – two layers with a black back plate and frame.
About the product
Delmenhorst brings industrial scale and green urban space into close proximity. Nordwolle lies northeast of the civic centre, while the Graftanlagen extend southwards and Deichhorst opens the town to the west. This wooden map connects the former factory landscape with the town hall and residential districts. Their contrasting footprints give the city portrait its particular structure.
What does the map show?
- Delmenhorst Town Hall
- Nordwolle
- Graft parkland
- Deichhorst
- Precisely cut and engraved
- Fine laser details with clear depth
- Carefully inspected and securely packed
- Handmade in Germany
Configuration
Shape: Rectangular · Design: Framed · Material: Oak · Sizes: 20 × 30 cm, 35 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm
The configuration shown in the cart and at the time of ordering is authoritative. The preview is not a dimensioned technical drawing.
Availability & production
- Availability
- Made to order
- Production time
- Ships in 3-5 business days
Production starts after successful payment and complete product configuration.
Materials & care
Depending on the variant, lacquered or oiled MDF or oiled real-wood veneer on MDF; optional stainless-steel mounting screws. Acrylic lacquer spray, hard-wax oil and white glue are used in production.
Wood is a natural material. Grain and color may vary slightly from the product images.
Clean with a dry, soft cloth and protect from prolonged moisture and direct heat.
Included & installation
The selected product in the ordered configuration, securely packed and prepared for installation.
- Maximum dimensions 50 × 70 cm and maximum product weight 2 kg.
- Wall-fixing screws and wall plugs are not included. Use fixings suitable for the wall type, substrate and product weight.
- Installation must be carried out by an adult. Keep optional mounting screws and other small parts away from children until installation.
Shipping & returns
Securely packed shipping. Return and cancellation information is available in the legal section.
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Manufacturer & product identifier
- Manufacturer
- Benjamin Nöst - Lightworks
Rorichmoorer Str. 76
26802 Moormerland, Deutschland
kontakt@lightworks.de - Product identifier
- LW-CAT-BAA981C398E6-S, LW-CAT-BAA981C398E6-M, LW-CAT-BAA981C398E6-L
Together with the order or production batch, the relevant SKU enables traceability. Safety questions and incidents can be reported to the email address shown above.
Product safety
- Decorative product for dry indoor use only; not a toy and not intended for children.
- Protect from moisture, high heat and open flames.
- Do not continue to hang the product after a fall, breakage or visible damage. Keep damaged parts away from children.
Delmenhorst: Industrial heritage and green heart
A former castle landscape and an extensive wool factory tell different chapters of Delmenhorst's history. The Graft preserves open space around the earlier centre, while Nordwolle records industrial expansion. The town hall and surrounding residential districts connect those chapters within a city whose urban structure extends well beyond either landmark.
An earlier centre preserved as open space
Delmenhorst's castle has largely disappeared, but its setting still matters. The Graftanlagen retain the water and green space around the former seat of power. Rather than presenting an intact palace, this part of the town preserves a landscape in which the absence of major buildings is itself significant. A historic centre can continue to organise urban space after the structures that established it have gone.
South of the town hall, the Graft provides a broad counterpart to the built centre. Paths and watercourses replace continuous blocks. The short distance between civic buildings and green space gives Delmenhorst a distinctive relationship between its public centre and its older landscape. The Graft is both a reminder of the town's origins and a substantial part of its present form.
Wool production changes the scale
The Nordwolle complex northeast of the centre introduced a very different footprint. Founded by the Lahusen family in 1884, the wool processing and spinning enterprise developed extensive production buildings and associated facilities. These occupied land at a scale unlike that of the earlier town. Nordwolle consequently means an industrial district as much as an individual landmark.
The collapse of the wider company in 1931 did not immediately end work in Delmenhorst. Successor businesses continued until production finally ceased in 1981. Later museum use retained an important part of that history within the city. The surviving fabric explains the physical consequences of industrial employment: large plots, substantial halls and a close relationship between production and the surrounding settlement. Reuse gave those structures another chapter rather than removing them altogether.
A civic and residential city
The town hall ensemble associated with architect Heinz Stoffregen expresses a different kind of authority from the former castle. It belongs to the civic development of a growing town. Its position between the green centre and the wider street network helps connect places formed for very different purposes.
Deichhorst extends this reading westwards into residential Delmenhorst. It prevents the city's story from shrinking to a pair of heritage sites. Moving across the urban structure from west to northeast brings together housing, landscaped open space, municipal buildings and the former factory grounds. Each uses land differently. Their proximity makes Delmenhorst's development unusually legible: the town is held together by the relationships between these contrasting areas, as well as by the buildings that survive within them.
Sources
- Sehenswertes - dwfg — https://www.dwfg.de/sehenswertes.html
- Northwest German Museum of Industrial Culture / Nordwolle ... — https://www.coe.int/en/web/cultural-routes/-/nordwolle-delmenhorst-northwest-german-museum-of-industrial-culture
- GERHARD KALDEWEI — https://difu.de/sites/default/files/media_files/IMS_1_2006_OK.pdf
- 9 None | 8 — https://www.dwfg.de/files/cto_layout/downloads/FINAL%20Del%20laufend%20entdecken.pdf
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