while new sites are booming. What is more, there is hardly any other ‚old‘ industrial sector that combines industrial museums with highly advanced facilities and handicraft with state-of-the-art production [...] power or close to important trade centres or routes. The industrialization of the 19th century entailed a concentration on a small number of industrial zones scattered all over Europe, which – a common feature [...] exist until to this day. But there are also differences. The traditional hubs of the industry meanwhile host museums devoted to cutlery, whereas new players such as Portugal did not (yet) enter this level

Homepage Service Photo Galleries Images of European Industrial Heritage IMAGES OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE Images of European Industrial Heritage Erih and Events Almadén (E). Almadén Mining Park WHS [...] (GB). Open Air Museum Bergisch Gladbach (D). Old Dombach Paper Mill LVR Industrial Museum Beringen (B) be Mine Flamish Mining Museum Berlin (D). German Technical Museum Birmingham (GB). Museum of the Jewellery [...] Catalonian Museum of Science and Industry Tychy (PL). Tyskie Brewery Museum Częstochwa (PL). Museum of the Production of Matches Tyssedal (N). Norwegian Museum of Hydro Power and Industry Völklingen (D)

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF CYPRUS Listen Copper is Cyprus’s only major natural resource – but it was once so plentiful that it secured the island’s fame and wealth for millennia. Copper was the first [...] greatly enhanced the properties of the material. Copper mining on Cyprus reached a large, quasi-industrial scale around 2300 BCE: the Cypriots exploited the seemingly inexhaustible deposits in the Troodos [...] the ethnic Greek town of Skouriotissa are still worked, as the deposits are virtually played out. Industrial activity now mainly concerns the production of construction materials such as bentonite and cement;

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special historical importance in terms of industrial heritage which also offer a high quality visitor experience. They are the milestones of European Industrial Heritage. Acceptance as an Anchor Point is a seal [...] the complete range of European industrial history. After that, they tell tourists what they can see at a local level. Visitors of all ages can relive their industrial heritage through fascinating guided tours [...] site’s own history and visitor offers - other (industrial-) tourism attractions in the region - the work and offers of local/regional industrial heritage networks - the ERIH networkservice information

government subsidies, the port industry proved to be a chronic loss-maker and new sectors were developed, particularly in the areas of electronics and pharmaceuticals. However, industry accounts for only a small [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF MALTA Listen Malta and its surrounding islands have very little in the way of natural resources. Only the limestone, which is suitable for making cement. Additionally, the [...] it for a major role in naval matters in particular. For several centuries, a profitable textile industry also developed on the basis of cotton, which the Arabs brought to Malta in the 9th century. The

Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution Textile History - Invention of Textile The Heritage of the Textile Industry. Thematic Study for TICCIH Sites of the Theme Route [...] the long road to power looms. The mechanisation of the textile industry began with spinning. The striking lack of yarn in the wool industry, one of the most important sectors of the British economy, led [...] effects on other branches of industry. With centralised production in factories, however, it provided both the blueprint for the machine-based mass production of the industrial age and the model for the new

rapidly mushrooming foreign debt. Related Links Industrial and technical heritage on Kvarner WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Croatia World Atlas: The biggest industries in Croatia Rijeka.Tvornica (Hartera) Paper Factory [...] expansion of heavy industry: oil and gas extraction, machinery, chemicals and transport had the highest priority, mining and metal processing expanded as well, and even the traditional industries of food production [...] y. In particular, Croatia’s tradition-rich ship-building industry boomed in the shipyards of Rijeka, Pula and Split. The petrochemical industry was established on the Adriatic island of Krk. The petroleum

Europe which present organisations and networks dealing with industrial heritage as well as websites, which present the industrial heritage of a country or a region – most of them from a tourism point [...] taken into the collection as this may become unmanageable. An exception was made for industrial UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which you can find on top of the list. Numerous links can also be found on single

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List Searching in History: The Industrial Revolution in Belgium Industrial Heritage in Belgium WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Belgium World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Belgium? Grand Hornu. Mine and [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF BELGIUM Listen The industrial age of the European continent began in Belgium, where conditions were similarly good to those in England: coal had been mined in the valleys of [...] soon other locomotive factories were established within the iron industry of Wallonia. For over a hundred years, a flourishing industrial belt stretched from Mons and Charleroi in the west through the valleys

pushed the establishment of industry. Following the example of the Soviet Union, the government formulated five-year plans and founded state-owned companies in key industries, which characterised the Turkish [...] pillar of the Turkish automotive industry with the licensed manufacture of Renaults. However, the crisis-prone economy was unable to establish a strong foundation. Industrial areas emerged primarily in the [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF TURKEY Listen By the beginning of the 20th century, the once-glorious Ottoman Empire had deteriorated for all practical purposes into an agricultural colony of the West. Due

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 Netherlands? Haarlemmermeer [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS Listen Industrialisation came late: on the one hand, because the Netherlands had only small deposits of the key raw materials coal and iron ore, and on the [...] and Haarlem, also fell behind the British competition; only the highly specialised silk weaving industry was able to hold its own. The pillars of the economy were the highly productive agriculture sector

along the milestones of European industrial history. What is ERIH ? ERIH is the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. It is the common [...] left us a rich industrial heritage. A gigantic network of sites spread all over the continent. It only has to be brought back to life. That is what the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is doing [...] the complete range of European industrial history. After that, they tell tourists what they can see at a local level. Visitors of all ages can relive their industrial heritage in the form of attractive guided

management of industrial heritage requires a wide range of knowledge and skills. Industrial heritage is more than just industrial buildings and machinery, the "tangible" remains of industry. It also includes [...] as well as sector-specific social routines and intangible heritage. But this knowledge is in danger of being lost over time. Today, heritage organisations are increasingly facing the retirement of their [...] 2020 Annual Conference in Oberhausen. Under the theme 'Keeping the wheels turning. Making industrial heritage fit for generational change' , the conference showcased practical examples of preserving and

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did not initially force the construction of giant heavy industrial plants, but instead began to expand the established food and light industries. Lithuania did not experience a massive industrialisation [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF LITHUANIA Listen All three Baltic nations lack deposits of raw materials, but Lithuania remained an agricultural country the longest. Since 1795, when the Russian Czars annexed [...] Memel with the port of Klaipėda and allowed mariners to circumvent the Curonian Lagoon. The first industrial enterprises were formed toward the end of the century, mainly for the processing of agricultural

practice websites on different topic dealing with industrial heritage. more LINKS Our link list: websites from all over Europe which present the industrial heritage of a country or a region – most of them from [...] SERVICE ERIH IH BAROMETER Since 2018, ERIH has been conducting surveys of industrial heritage sites in Europe in partnership with the Regionalverband Ruhr. more EXPERTS DATABASES Following you will find

great extent, have remained a significant enrichment of the European industrial landscape to this day. Some of the very first industrial breweries still exist today, either fulfilling their original function [...] from smaller brewers which gradually ceased to exist. World War II was a disaster for the brewing industry. During the war, many breweries interrupted production or started making low-gravity beers. Unf [...] variety in flavour; they want to try out new beers and new, interesting tastes. Beer produced in industrial breweries enjoys less popularity compared with that made in micro-breweries, the number of which

later industrialisation. The industries then contributed decisively to the next wave of colonialism in the late 19th century. This created a huge demand in later industrial nations such as France and the [...] supply the new industrial cities. Towards the end of the century, demand diversified as the electrical engineering, chemical and mechanical engineering sectors expanded in the "Second Industrial Revolution": [...] imperialist sabre-rattling of the powerful industrial nations, which increasingly rivalled aggressively for colonies, were the needs of the dominant industries. Industrialisation also changed the ideological