Towns & cities
Essen
city in Ruhr Region, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Germany · 51.4508, 7.0131
Essen is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
3 places inside Essen have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Essen as well.
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Essen as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations inside Essen
3 places inside Essen, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Essen too.
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Landmarks & buildings
Folkwang University of the Arts
Germany
German university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies
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Landmarks & buildings
SANAA building at Zollverein Essen
Germany
building in Essen, Germany
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Landmarks & buildings
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
Germany
large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
Germany·5 km north-east
large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Landmarks & buildings
SANAA building at Zollverein Essen
Germany·5 km north-east
building in Essen, Germany
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Landmarks & buildings
Folkwang University of the Arts
Germany·7 km south
German university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies
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Landmarks & buildings
Bochum Railway Museum
Germany·8 km east
railway museum in Bochum-Dahlhausen
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Landmarks & buildings
Hans-Sachs-Haus
Germany·9 km north-east
architectural structure
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Towns & cities
Gelsenkirchen
Germany·9 km north-east
town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Essen?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Essen, including The Damned (1969) and Palermo Shooting (2008). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Essen?
The Damned (1969), covered by 34 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Essen?
Essen is in Germany. Its coordinates are 51.4508, 7.0131. The day trip guide for Essen lists 125 filming locations within 100 km.
What other filming locations are near Essen?
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (5 km north-east), SANAA building at Zollverein Essen (5 km north-east), Folkwang University of the Arts (7 km south), Bochum Railway Museum (8 km east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Drdavid41, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Planning a visit? Filming locations near Essen: 125 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.