European iron road in Central Europe

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The European Iron Road in Central Europe , also known as the Central European Iron Road, links local iron routes and individual institutions and places that are important for the cultural heritage of the iron and steel industry . It declares itself to be an international ambassador for the history, culture and tradition of the iron industry in Central Europe . The Central European Iron Road was recognized as a cultural route by the Council of Europe in 2007 .

Eisenstraße is an international cooperation of eight countries based in Leoben (Austria). The overall project includes the Bavarian Iron Road in Germany and the network of themed roads through the Eisenwurzen (Lower and Upper Austria) and Upper Styria in Austria . There are also nature trails in the Carinthian region around the Hüttenberger Erzberg .

Project

Iron has been the most widely used metal in Europe for 2500 years. The history and culture of iron began with the replacement of bronze as the most important utility metal in ancient Europe between 1000 and 500 BC. The history of the culture of iron in Central Europe, which can be recorded by documents, began in the Middle Ages , around the year 1000. The introduction of new methods of production and processing led to the economic development of several regions of Europe: mining , charcoal production , iron production in the racing kiln , stucco kiln and Blast furnaces and blacksmithing gave many people work and bread, made cultural activities possible and promoted music and poetry in the iron zones of Europe, which are still preserved today.

The idea of ​​cooperation between the zones and the history of iron in Europe had already been presented in Valcamonica (I / BS) in 1988 and soon met with a lively response, especially in the new EU countries, as the history and culture associated with the iron being are in danger of being lost, but on the other hand, a positive presentation could give the regions new hopes both for identity formation and for tourism . On the initiative of the Austrian Mining and Mining Association, the European Iron Road Working Group was founded in 1990 to organize Europe-wide cooperation. Through contacts with members of the Association of Hungarian Miners and Smelterers (OMBKE), especially with the "Eastern Coordinator" Tibor Laar (Budapest), a network of groups in the new EU countries and their neighbors could be established.

Council of Europe Cultural Path

Following a proposal by the European Iron Road Working Group of the Austrian Mining and Mining Association in early 2004, the project was presented in Burglinster (LU) at the invitation of the European Institute of Cultural Routes in Luxembourg (Institut Européen des itinéraires culturels) . In February 2007, the responsible body of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg decided the cultural path of iron with the title " Central European Iron Trail " ( English " Central European Iron Trail ", French "  Route du Fer en Europe Centrale  ") the status of a cultural path of the Council of Europe to rent.

The diploma was ceremoniously handed over in Luxembourg in September 2007 and in April 2008 the founding of its own sponsoring association for Central European Eisenstrasse in Eisenstadt in the presence of well-known personalities from politics and science.

The Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe are an instrument of the European cultural cooperation between the member states of the Council of Europe, founded in 1949, through the European Cultural Convention . The “Council of Europe Cultural Routes” program was officially adopted in 1987 and has been run since 1998 by an executive agency of the Council of Europe in Luxembourg, “The European Institute of Cultural Routes”. The program is dictated by a resolution adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The aim of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe is to protect, enhance and convey the cultural heritage and cultural diversity of Europe and also to promote intercultural dialogue .

The Central European Iron Road as a cultural route of the Council of Europe intends to protect, perceive and promote the iron cultural heritage of Central Europe through scientific work, exchange of experience, excursions, publications, conferences, but also through educational measures, ceremonial events, means of communication and cultural tourism in eight Central European countries engage. In addition, it participates in the development of the regions of Central Europe through cultural tourism and in the appreciation of the historical iron regions in the consciousness of the population.

society

  • Members of the “Norisches Eisen” mining association at the parade in Lienz 2009

The Central European Eisenstrasse was established on April 11, 2008 in Eisenstadt as a separate association. According to the statutes adopted there, there are personal members, institutional members, sponsors and partners from the regions and specialist areas who have the right to participate in shaping the cultural path of iron and to show the signet visibly. The association is run by a presidium, which is supported and controlled by a board and the general assembly. A scientific advisory board is formed from the board of the association. All committees are international according to the nationality of the participants. The basic funding of the association comes from membership fees and selective support. The association mainly uses German as a colloquial language in internal communication, but corresponds externally in English and / or French.

activities

  • Exhibition of wrought iron work in the Technical Museum, Košice / Kaschau - Slovakia

In the past 20 years of Europe-wide cooperation, numerous conferences and symposia have been organized to deepen the idea of ​​bringing together the witnesses of the iron culture. Several open meetings of the association's board of directors (presidium) are held every year, whereby Sopron / Ödenburg (HU) has developed into an important hub. The next important activities of the association should be the development of a joint project within the framework of an EU program and the dissemination of its activities and events for a larger and more diverse audience in the areas of cultural tourism, cultural and educational exchange and public education.

Institutions

Map of the Central European Iron Road

Legend of the map 1 - The Steirische Eisenstrasse , Eisenerz / Museumsverbund Steirische Eisenstrasse, Trofaiach / History Club ALPINE, Leoben - Donawitz / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichische Eisenstrasse
2 - Radwerk IV in Vordernberg , Leoben / Marktgemeinde Vordernberg, Vordernberg / Montanhistorischer Verein Österreich (MHVÖ), Leoben-Donawitz
3 - Eisenstraße-Ötscherland Cultural Park Association , Ybbsitz
4 - Eisenstraße Association Upper Austria , Steinbach an der Steyr
5 - Norisches Eisen Association for Mining History , Hüttenberg
6 - Norisch-Pannonische Eisenstraße , Eisenstadt
7 - Országos Magyar Bányászati ​​és Kohászati ​​Egyesület ( society of mining and metallurgy), Budapest / Műszaki és Természettudományi Egyesületek Szövetsége (MTESZ - technical and scientific association), Budapest / Öntödei Múzeum (Abraham Ganz foundry Museum), Budapest
8 - Kohászati Múzeum (metallurgy museum), Miskolc
9 - Magyar Olajipari múzeum (Hungarian Petroleum Museum), Zalaegerszeg
1 0 - Erdélyi Magyar Műszaki Tudományos Társaság (EMT - Societatea Tehnico-Ştiinţifică Maghiară din Transilvania - Hungarian scientific and technical society of Transylvania), Cluj-Napoca
11 - Universitatea Eftimie Murgu (University Eftimie Murgu) Reşiţa
12 - Association of Bavarian Iron Road , Amberg
13 - Technické muzeum v Brně (Technical Museum in Brno), Brno
14 - Stowarzyszenie Inżynierów i Techników Przemysłu Hutniczego (SITPH, union Polish engineers and technicians of metallurgy), Katowice
15 - Slovenska Železná cesta ( Slovak Eisenstraße ) Košice / Slovenské technické múzeum (Slovak Technical Museum), Košice
16 - Slovenské banské múzeum (Slovak Mining Museum), Banská Štiavnica
17 - Museum Ravne na Koroskem (Museum of Ravne), Ravne na Koroskem

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Individual evidence

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