Editing Enschede (section)

=== The end of the industrial age ===
In the 1960s, the textile industry was completely lost, at the cost of approximately 30,000 jobs. Most of the large factory complexes were demolished in the 1970s and 1980s, some were renovated and given a new purpose. For example, homes were built in the former factories of Jannink and Van Heek. In addition, part of the Jannink complex was converted into a [[museum]]. Enschede developed into a service city.

In the 1970s the textile production in Enschede came to a halt, due to fierce competition from mainly the [[Far East]]. This had a profound effect on the populace. Enschede became one of the poorest municipalities in the Netherlands and went bankrupt. Large areas of industrial wasteland came to mark the city. With the support of the national government, this property was acquired and rebuilt. The city center was rendered a [[car-free zone]].

[[File:Fireworks disaster monument.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Monument commemorating the [[Enschede fireworks disaster]]. The inscription says, "The vanished house between heaven and earth."]]In 1961 it was announced a third technical university would be founded, placed on an estate on the western border of Enschede. This green campus called Drienerlo was donated by the city of Enschede. Building was complete in 1964, when the first and only full-facility university of the Netherlands was realised.

On 13 May 2000, a [[fireworks]] storage depot in Enschede [[Enschede fireworks disaster|exploded]], destroying part of the neighborhood of [[Roombeek]] and killing 23 people, including 4 firemen. In 2001 a [[referendum]] confirmed the proposal of the city council to expand the built-up area into the [[Usseler Es]], an area of historic cultural significance and of geological importance, as it was here that the [[Usselo#Usselo Soil|Usselo horizon]] was discovered. The renovations at Roombeek were finished in the year 2012. The place where the factory used to be is now a monument.

The Alpha Tower was completed in 2008 and this tower block with 91 apartments spread over 29 floors, with a height of 101 meters, is the tallest building in Enschede and the whole province of Overijssel. In the period 1995–2010, Enschede grew by approximately 10,000 inhabitants, but since then the growth has stagnated.<ref>{{cite web |title=CBS Statline |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/70072NED/table?dl=25421 |access-date=2021-07-19 |website=opendata.cbs.nl |language=nl |archive-date=2019-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725200732/https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/70072NED/table?dl=25421 |url-status=live }}</ref>