THE LOWER RHINE ROUTE
	THE KREFELD ROUTE
	THE WUPPERTAL ROUTE
	THE "BERGISCHES LAND" TEXTILE ROUTE
	THE EIFEL WOOL ROUTE
	THE MÜNSTERLAND COTTON ROUTE
	THE EAST WESTPHALIA ROUTE
	More important sites in Northrhine-Westphalia
	Smend Gallery
	Museum "Schnütgen"
	Museum of Applied Art
	Treasury of the Cathedral of Cologne
	Klaus Steilmann Institute
	Marcona Clothing Factory
	Former "Clothing Quarter" at Nordring

	Textile Contact Point
	Monument
	Textile event
	Site on the route
		Cultural heritage
		Textile production
		Education/research

FACTS ON NORTHRHINE-WESTPHALIA Name: Nordrhein-Westfalen Area: 34,080 sqkm, 5 admin. districts Capital: Düsseldorf Membership: Assembly of European Regions Partnership: Flanders, Wallonie Population: 18,059,000 (2005) Language(s): German Ethnic groups (up to 1%): Religions: Roman Catholic 45.9%, Protestant 32.7%, Muslim 3.2%, other 18.2%

MORE INFORMATION http://www.nrw-tourismus.de (Tourist information) http://www.industriekultur-aktuell.de (industrial-cultural events / in German only!) http://en.erih.net/index.php?pageId=22 ERIH Textile Route

The routes are presented in English; the description of the stations is also in other languages

Die Hauptsprache der Routen ist englisch; Beschreibungen der einzelnen Stationen sind auch in deutsch

La langue dominante est l'anglais; la description de chaque station est en francais aussi