Pforzheim.River valleys, jewellery and urban landscape
Round wooden city map made from oiled walnut – two layers with a black back plate.
About the product
Pforzheim’s river valleys connect a city associated with jewellery to industrial landmarks and green hills. The Jewellery Museum, gasometer, Wartturm and wildlife park establish reference points beyond the central streets. Wood gives the map a consistent material presence across these contrasting areas. Dense urban blocks, waterside corridors and rising ground together reveal the wider landscape that has shaped Pforzheim’s development in several directions.
What does the map show?
- Jewellery Museum
- Gasometer
- Wartturm
- Wildlife park
- Enz, Nagold and Würm
- Precisely cut and engraved
- Fine laser details with clear depth
- Carefully inspected and securely packed
- Handmade in Germany
Configuration
Shape: Round · Design: Layered · Material: Walnut · Diameter: Ø 23 cm, Ø 35 cm, Ø 50 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.
Shipping costs and delivery options depend on the destination and format. The published cancellation right applies to non-personalised standard goods; it may be excluded for individually made products.
Manufacturer & product identifier
- Manufacturer
- Benjamin Nöst - Lightworks
Rorichmoorer Str. 76
26802 Moormerland, Deutschland
kontakt@lightworks.de - Product identifier
- LW-CAT-3A0A7B90CE15-S, LW-CAT-3A0A7B90CE15-M, LW-CAT-3A0A7B90CE15-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.
Pforzheim’s jewellery heritage and its valley landscape
The Enz, Nagold and Würm give Pforzheim several landscape directions, complemented by rising ground around the built valleys. The Jewellery Museum provides a cultural setting for the city’s craft associations, while the gasometer preserves earlier infrastructure. Wartturm and the wildlife park extend the portrait towards northern and southeastern green areas.
The beginnings of a specialised city
Pforzheim’s connection with jewellery and watchmaking reaches back to the eighteenth century. In 1767, Margrave Karl Friedrich established jewellery production with training in the former orphanage. This beginning developed into a defining commercial specialism. For the present city portrait, that history explains more than a familiar nickname. It connects skilled manufacture, design and knowledge with a continuing cultural identity. The Jewellery Museum provides a public place for considering those relationships, placing the city’s association with specialised work within a broader story of objects and their use.
Jewellery as cultural history
The Jewellery Museum stands close to the central urban area. It approaches jewellery as a cultural and historical subject, extending its perspective beyond local manufacturing alone. Forms, materials and uses connect personal objects with larger historical settings. Its location offers a different reference from the technical grounds in the eastern city. Together, they introduce separate aspects of Pforzheim’s development: public collecting and earlier infrastructure. The museum belongs to a network of streets and open spaces linking the centre with areas farther south, rather than remaining an isolated cultural destination.
A gasometer in the eastern valley
Built in 1912, the gasometer served as a balancing container for Pforzheim’s gas supply. The surviving bell-type holder recalls the former municipal gasworks and remains a visible structure in the eastern district. Later cultural use demonstrates how technical infrastructure can acquire a new role. Its large circular form operates at a different scale from neighbouring street blocks. At the same time, it belongs to the eastern valley setting. The site adds another part of the city’s history: the systems needed to supply an expanding built urban area.
The city also occupies higher ground
Wartturm lies north of the centre on elevated terrain. The wildlife park provides another green setting to the southeast. Their separate positions show that Pforzheim cannot be understood through its river corridors alone. Slopes and heights contribute to the city’s physical shape, with streets responding to conditions unlike those of a uniformly flat landscape. The change between developed valley areas and greener ground is consequently important. These higher reference points extend the urban view beyond the denser centre and introduce a different relationship between settlement and its surrounding terrain.
Rivers and the connecting neighbourhoods
The Enz, Nagold and Würm establish several directions through Pforzheim’s landscape. Urban areas close to the water relate to neighbourhoods on higher ground. Streets, residential districts and ordinary uses connect the museum, gasometer and green heights. Those intervening areas are essential to understanding the known places as parts of one city. The result is more than a contrast between industry and nature. It reveals specialised manufacture, public culture and technical supply within a settlement whose form developed through the relationship between river valleys and rising land.
Sources
- Pforzheim Jewellery Museum — https://www.schmuckmuseum.de/en/index.html
- 250 Jahre Goldstadt Pforzheim Das Magazin — https://www.pforzheim.de/fileadmin/user_upload/goldstadt250/Pressematerial/Magazin_Goldstadt_web_klein.pdf
- Industriedenkmal Gasometer Pforzheim: Geschichte & Kultur — https://www.gasometer-pforzheim.de/de/industriedenkmalgasometer
- Flüsse im Enzkreis | Enz | Nagold | Würm — https://www.stadt-land-enz.de/aktiv/auf-und-im-wasser/fluesse-und-seen/
- Wandern - Stadt Pforzheim — https://www.pforzheim.de/freizeit/rad-und-wanderwege/wandern.html
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