Dortmund.City overview
Rectangular wooden city map made from oiled maple – two layers with a black back plate and frame.
About the product
Dortmund’s central districts are connected to several large spaces that reveal its changing identity. The harbour represents industrial transport, while the Dortmunder U gives a former brewery building a cultural role. South of the centre, Westfalenpark provides extensive greenery; farther southeast, Phoenix Lake occupies a former steelworks site in Hörde. Dense neighbourhoods and everyday streets link these very different settings. Together they show a city organised around more than one historic core. Water, public space and culture are closely connected with its working past. Dortmund’s character comes from the relationship between these substantial former industrial grounds, newer leisure landscapes and the residential city that surrounds them.
What does the map show?
- Harbour on the northern side
- Dortmunder U west of the centre
- Westfalenpark and Phoenix Lake farther south and east
- Precisely cut and engraved
- Fine laser details with clear depth
- Carefully inspected and securely packed
- Handmade in Germany
Configuration
Shape: Rectangular · Design: Framed · Material: Maple · 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.
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Manufacturer & product identifier
- Manufacturer
- Benjamin Nöst - Lightworks
Rorichmoorer Str. 76
26802 Moormerland, Deutschland
kontakt@lightworks.de - Product identifier
- LW-CAT-026CFD31075B-S, LW-CAT-026CFD31075B-M, LW-CAT-026CFD31075B-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.
Dortmund’s harbour, cultural landmarks and open spaces
Dortmund’s transformation can be understood through the reuse of entire urban spaces. Harbour basins, a brewery tower, a landscaped park and an artificial lake mark separate directions of Dortmund’s development. Each tells a distinct story about work, movement and public life, while the intervening neighbourhoods keep them connected to the everyday city.
Water transport on the northern side
Dortmund’s harbour connects the city with the Dortmund–Ems Canal. Opened in 1899, it gave the industrial centre access to a wider inland waterway network. Basins, storage grounds and transport routes required a scale of space very different from residential streets. The harbour therefore helps explain both the economic history and the physical form of the northwestern central districts.
Densely built neighbourhoods stand between these working areas and the inner city. Their proximity is part of Dortmund’s structure: transport, employment and housing developed in close relationship. Looking across the wider area reveals a patchwork of different uses and connections. Even where activities have changed, the dimensions and arrangement of particular sites can still suggest what shaped them originally.
A brewery building enters public life
The Dortmunder U stands west of the central shopping and civic area. Built in 1926–27 for the Union brewery, it was later converted into a centre for art and creativity. The change retains a distinctive industrial building while giving it a new public purpose. Its history continues through the reuse of the existing structure rather than through a replacement with no visible connection to the past.
This is a different kind of transformation from the broad harbour landscape. Here, memory and activity are concentrated in one prominent building. Routes towards the centre place the cultural venue within ordinary urban life. Dortmund’s development can consequently be read at several scales, from the adaptation of a single tower to the rearrangement of extensive former industrial grounds.
Southern spaces for a changing city
Westfalenpark was created for the 1959 Federal Garden Show. South of the centre, it offers a continuous green landscape with paths and planted areas that allow a different pace from the surrounding streets. The Florian Tower gives this park a recognisable vertical marker. Together, park and tower express a period when recreation and designed greenery became conspicuous elements of the modern city.
Phoenix Lake lies farther southeast in Hörde. Opened in 2011 on former steelworks land, it introduces water as the central element of a new urban setting. The lake and Westfalenpark have different origins, yet both provide substantial public space within the built city. Read alongside the harbour and the U, they reveal several ways Dortmund has carried its working history into new uses, while remaining connected to the neighbourhoods around it.
Sources
- Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus – Dortmund — https://www.germany.travel/en/cities-culture/dortmund.html
- Wikipedia – Hafen Dortmund — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafen_Dortmund
- Wikipedia – Dortmunder U — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmunder_U
- Wikipedia – Westfalenpark — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfalenpark
- Ruhr Tourismus – Phoenix-See — https://www.ruhr-tourismus.de/poi/phoenix-see/
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