unaware of this. The close-knit network of European industrial regions, which continue to inspire and strengthen each other, is something that most industrial monuments and attractions today do little to show [...] Brochure "European Industrial Heritage: The International Story" Listen From the very beginning, industrialisation has crossed borders - it has never been a purely national phenomenon. From the mid-18th [...] in different countries, making huge profits, and thousands of workers migrated to the emerging industrial areas. Trade unions successfully fought for workers' rights, which became embedded in today's European

as a supplier of raw materials and a sales market for Russia’s first industrial plants. The modest beginnings of the large industrial districts were in the middle of the 19th century: the mining of coal [...] since 1929, the population grew and new food processing and light industry enterprises were established. During the Second World War, industry grew because Moscow moved factories from contested western territories [...] The Soviet government also invested massively in heavy industry - but as was so often the case, at the expense of the light and food industries, so that Kazakhstan had to import finished goods largely

power of the state. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Industrialization in the Soviet Union WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Russia World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Russia Perm. Motovolikha Copper Mill Russia [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA Listen Although the European part of the Russian Empire was rich in raw materials its industrialisation started late, due mainly to the lack of labour and capital caused [...] Petersburg and Moscow. These lines were financed primarily with foreign capital and as the domestic iron industry was unable to meet the demand for rails, locomotives and wagons, these had to be imported. Alexander

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF SAN MARINO Listen Since the 12th century, this small state has been able to maintain its independence throughout. Even after the founding of the Italian nation state in 1861 [...] the once important self-governing city states of the Italian Renaissance. The city-state has no industrial history. For centuries, the most important commercial activity was the quarrying of sandstone on [...] of war damage, however, operations were discontinued as early as 1944. Today, the manufacturing industry is concentrated in the Serravale district, where, in addition to traditional ceramics, clothing

of Italy. It has no industry and must be supplied from outside with virtually all necessities, including electricity, gas and water. The closest the Vatican City has to an industry is its Printing Office [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF VATICAN CITY Listen The smallest state in the world, the Vatican City developed from a palace of the Pope on Monte Vaticano in Rome and was recognised as independent in 1929

conversion of industrial monuments. Do you know any other website that should be listed here? Please send the corresponding URL to our webmaster . Bibliography Digital Offers Funding Industrial Heritage Tourism [...] Tourism Management of Industrial Heritage Sites Ongoing Research Projects Preservation and Conversion of Industrial Heritage Sites Research Results, Studies Teaching and Learning at Schools and Museums [...] There are numerous expert databases and best practice websites on different topic dealing with industrial heritage. Following you will find a selection of links we collected for you. In addition, a significant

role of industry in creating the image of the region. Case study of Upper Silesia throughout history The industrial revolution and the process of industrialization or e.g. 'European Industrial Heritage: [...] ACADEMY OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ERIH'S PROJECT TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE TO INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AS CARIER OPTION Listen All sites in Europe face the problem of finding well-trained staff, as industrial heritage [...] phenomenon Industrial heritage - the essence, definitions, attributes, categories, understanding of resources Consequences of the process of deindustrialisation for post-industrial communities, industrial heritage

Bochum (D) Hansa Coking Plant. Dortmund (D) Hendrichs Drop Forge LVR Industrial Museum. Solingen (D) Henrichshütte Steelworks LWL Industrial Museum. Hattingen (D) Historic Silver Mine World Heritage Site. [...] Casting Museum / Lauchhammer Biotowers. Lauchhammer (D) Blegny Mine. Blegny (B) Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum. Southampton (GB) Coal Mining Museum. Zabrze (PL) Culture Brewery. Berlin (D) Die Fabrik [...] Factory. Hoyerswerda (D) Königshain Granit Quarrying Museum. Königshain (D) Lage Brickworks LWL Industrial Museum. Lage (D) Le Bois du Cazier World Heritage Site. Marcinelle (B) Museum of Metallurgy. Chorzów

because more and more workers and job seekers were looking for a roof over their heads in expanding industrial regions. In the beginning, there was still room for utopias. As one of the first entrepreneurs [...] colour-accentuated façades, as in the garden city "Watergraafsmeer" near Amsterdam. Unlike in industrial construction, the new materials and production techniques of the era did not find their way into [...] Second World War when numerous satellite towns were founded for the workers of the gigantic new industrial plants in the socialist states: for example in Magnitogorsk in Russia, Nowa Huta in Poland or

extensive programme of industrialization. The use of water power began in 1927 with the hydroelectric plant in Avchala, near Tbilisi; the plant on the Rioni River near the expanding industrial city of Kutaisi [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF GEORGIA Listen The peaks of the Caucasus to the north; the Black Sea to the west and the Caspian Sea nearby to the east: for thousands of years, Georgia has been at the crossroads [...] thirst for energy triggered a massive rush of development. The world’s most powerful banking and industrial dynasties descended on Georgia to secure the region’s petroleum. Walter von Siemens, the brother

WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Azerbaijan WIKIPEDIA: Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan History of development of oil industry World Atlas: The biggest industries in Azerbaijan Neft Daşları. Oil platform Azerbaijan [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF AZERBAIJAN Listen The industrial history of Azerbaijan is largely a story of petroleum. Although the earth beneath this nation also holds iron, copper and other ores, their [...] in 1872, oil derricks began sprouting like mushrooms. Foreign investors from Europe’s booming industrial nations rushed into the country, and Baku saw the emergence of the legendary “Black City”, a cluster

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF IRELAND Listen Ireland is today widely known as the “Emerald Isle”, but this successful branding hides a bitter history: until well into the 20th century, unprofitable agriculture [...] College, was established in 1854. The south and west continued to stagnate with modest food-products industries; successful major companies such as Jacob’s Biscuits and the famous Guinness Brewery in Dublin [...] taxes to attract foreign investors. As wages too were very low, businesses in labour-intensive industries such as textile and shoe production and plastics processing soon set up shop. Following Ireland’s

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ARMENIA Listen Civilisation in Armenia is thousands of years old, but the high mountains and deep valleys of the Lesser Caucasus are a major obstacle to economic development [...] Moscow intensified the mining of copper and molybdenum in Alaverdi, and established a diversified industrial landscape in Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor: chemical combines sprang up, factories for mechanical [...] in Yerevan developed into one of the largest European producers of aluminium foil. By the 1930s, industry was already generating most of Armenia's economic output. From the 1950s onwards, electrical engineering

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF MOLDOVA Listen The fertile black soil is the country's only significant resource; the few mineral resources worth mentioning are limestone and gypsum, which can be used for [...] Soviet republics, the emphasis was on the mechanisation of agriculture and the expansion of the food industry. Sugar factories, dairies and canning plants were built, and thanks to new, large-scale wine presses [...] well as factories for textiles and electrical appliances were built in the larger cities. Heavy industry was concentrated east of the Dniester: since 1954, a hydroelectric power plant has been generating

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF KOSOVO Listen The country has plains of fertile farmland and rich deposits of ores and lignite, but it has never managed to get sustainable development off the ground. The [...] the 1960s. In accordance with socialist economic doctrine, investments flowed mainly into heavy industry: the government intensified the mining of the large lignite deposits, and the electricity generated [...] The Trepça mining combine was expanded and the extraction of bauxite and nickel ores began. An industrial area was built in Prishtinë, and in 1970 the university opened. Companies such as the steelmill

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Art Casting Museum. Lauchhammer (D) Baruth Glassmaking Village. Baruth (D) Bursledon Brick Works Industrial Museum. Southampton (GB) Centrum Kultury Śląskiej at former 'Polska' Mine. Świętochłowice (PL) [...] Fröndenberg Culture Forge. Fröndenberg (D) Hall of the Century. Bochum (D) Henrichshütte Steelworks LWL Industrial Museum. Hattingen (D) Historic Silver Mine World Heritage Site. Tarnowskie Góry (PL) Königshain [...] 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) Museum Nord. Narvik (N)

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF LIECHTENSTEIN Listen For centuries, this tiny Alpine country, founded in 1719, was considered the poor relation of Europe: situated in the Rhine valley, with Austria to the [...] by low wages and taxes. Companies werne established mainly in the metal, machinery and apparatus industries, , and many of these businesses are still in operation today. The Scana cannery, which opened in [...] leading company for vacuum and surface technology. In the 1950s, the country’s recently founded industries experienced dramatic growth, with the numbers of employees sometimes increasing fivefold. Some

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ANDORRA Listen The Principality of Andorra boasts a unique economic history. On account of its inaccessible location high in the Pyrenees, far from any trade routes, and with [...] first, albeit short-lived, museum in Ordino in 1903. Tobacco farming emerged as a further important industry at the end of the 17th century, not least on account of the profits to be made by smuggling cigarettes [...] doors, and the construction of the first ski lift in 1957 signalled the arrival of a booming new industry: tourism. Fuelled by a virtually complete exemption from customs duties and low taxes, the economic

ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Listen Although Bosnia-Herzegovina is a land of fertile fields and significant natural resources, its industrial development did not commence until very [...] Federal Republic of Yugoslavia too launched its transformation into an industrial state with a massive expansion of heavy industry. Bosnia in particular profited from President Tito’s break with the Soviet [...] the eastern part of the country in 1959, which gave rise to a significant aluminium industry. Yugoslavia’s industrial production grew by leaps and bounds, but although the government consistently strove