The main type of housing for many of the workers who came to the Ruhr area to work in its coal mines were the so-called ‘Pit Colonies’. This type of home became extremely common across the region, though the Mausegatt/Kreftenscheer Mülheim is one of the few colonies to have remained unchanged. Thanks to the efforts of its current residents, the colony looks and feels as it did more than a century ago, giving visitors a rare glimpse into the region’s industrial past.
Siedlung Mausegatt
Mausegattstraße 25, 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Phone: +49 208 / 37 11 87
info(at)mausegatt.org
www.mausegatt.org