as an independent state in 1278, but it was ruled by two foreign “co-princes”: The Bishop of La Seu d’Urgell – the Catalonian city to the south – and the Count of Foix to the north of the mountains, whose [...] public as an example of an aristocratic manor house. In the 19th century, the entrepreneur Guillem d‘Areny-Plandolit was also an active merchant and banker. He also played an important role in the reforms
Brewery. Berlin (D) El Pobal Ironworks. Muskiz (E) Fröndenberg Culture Forge. Fröndenberg (D) Hall of the Century. Bochum (D) Henrichshütte Steelworks LWL Industrial Museum. Hattingen (D) Historic Silver [...] sites: Añana Salt Valley. Salinas de Añana (E) Art Casting Museum. Lauchhammer (D) Baruth Glassmaking Village. Baruth (D) Bursledon Brick Works Industrial Museum. Southampton (GB) Centrum Kultury Śląskiej [...] Góry (PL) Königshain Granit Quarrying Museum. Königshain (D) La Encartada Fabrika-Museao. Balmaseda (E) Lage Brickworks LWL Industrial Museum. Lage (D) Le Bois du Cazier World Heritage Site. Marcinelle (B)
disease and pests, increasing the need for synthetic inputs. By the 1920s, the herbicide auxin 2,4-D had been introduced: It can be seen as a symbol of the ambivalence of development, as auxin was a product
forced labor Concentration camp prisoners at the construction site of the ‘Valentin’ bunker, Bremen (D). 1944 (cutout; Denkort Bunker Valentin/LzpB, photo: J. Seubert)