account of the precarious agricultural conditions, became dependent on immigration. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Switzerland World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Switzerland

By the 1960s, Hungary had been transformed into an urban-oriented industrial society. Related Links ERIH Link List Relicts of Hungarian Iron Metallurgy WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Hungary World Atlas: What are

and Plovdiv. This same centuries-old route also developed into the most important north-south road link in this geographically arduous country. The expansion of food and textile manufacturing after World [...] dependent on Russian natural gas, and over 20 % of Bulgarians live below the poverty line. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Bulgaria World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Bulgaria? Burgas. Harbour

attempt an alternative development strategy instead of desperately struggling to catch up. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Greece World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Greece? Piraeus

destruction of the First World War and the subsequent breakup of the Habsburg Empire. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Austria World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Austria? Vienna

consumption and massive restrictions on the supply of ordinary goods for the population. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Slovakia World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Slovakia Žilina. Cloth

industrialised and prosperous regions of the Soviet Union – just as it was under the czars. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Estonia World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Estonia? Türi [...] ers in the world. As so often, railway construction provided the impetus for further foundings. A link from Paldiski to Saint Petersburg via Tallinn and Narva opened in 1870. A narrow-gauge railway line

the dependence on foreign capital, before Black Friday 1929 triggered a new crisis. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Poland World Atlas: The biggest industries in Poland? Chorzow. Königshütte

agricultural enterprises and small farmers, the country is now independent of food imports. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Turkey World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Turkey History of Istanbul:

markets with the aim of promoting a productive, prosperous society, reached its zenith. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Sweden World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Sweden Ski [...] to Malmo in the south and Gothenburg in the west opened in 1864. By the start of the 20th century links had been constructed to the north, including the ore railway from Luleå to Narvik in Norway, which

of the century, industrialisation finally reached the rural parts of Bohemia as well. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of the Czech Republic World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in

boomed – but no more than half of Italy was industrialized by the start of World War One. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Italy World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Italy? Milan

resistance to drug imports ended in 1860 with defeat by troops of the colonial powers. Related Links ERIH Link List The Victorian Web: Victorian Technology London | Liverpool | Bristol and the transatlantic [...] steadily growing quantities of Indian cotton were imported and finished goods exported. By 1838, the link from Birmingham, the centre of the English Midlands, to London was in place, and in the "railway mania"

structural change than it had been in previous periods of economic and industrial change. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of the Netherlands World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in the

Luxemburg was one of the ten largest iron and steel manufacturing countries in the world. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Luxembourg World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Luxembourg

area, which further stimulated the economy and gained great international recognition. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Germany World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Germany? Duisburg [...] plantations in the Caribbean more cheaply. In 1843, they launched Prussia's first long-distance rail link from Cologne through the then rural Ruhr region to Minden. From the mid-19th century, the construction

still made a significant contribution to the economy until well into the 20th century. Related Links ERIH Link List Searching in History: The Industrial Revolution in France HpT: Révolution industrielle en

Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. It is the common link between them all. From disused production plants to industrial landscape parks and inter-active technology [...] lies in the fact that it unites many different traditions within a single idea. The Regional Routes link landscapes and sites which have left their mark on European industrial history. Germany's Ruhrgebiet [...] Theme Routes take up specific questions relating to European industrial history and reveal potential links between radically different industrial monuments all over Europe. The result is a "circuit diagram"

Following you will find a selection of links to expert databases and best practice websites on different topic dealing with industrial heritage. more LINKS Our link list: websites from all over Europe which