Central-European Iron Trail
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The Central-European Iron Trail is a European Cultural Route
European Cultural Route
A European Cultural Route is a title awarded to cultural routes recognised as significant throughout Europe by the Council of Europe. The European Institute of Cultural Routes is the body established to help the Council of Europe co-ordinate the development of these routes...

 which combines local iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...

 routes with institutions as well as places that represent important parts of the Europe
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an iron cultural heritage. The aim of the route is to increase understanding of the history, the culture and the traditions of the Central Europe
Central Europe
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an iron areas in 8 countries. The “Central-European Iron Trail” was recognised as a “cultural route of the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
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” in 2007.

A cultural route of the Council of Europe

Following a suggestion of the working group „European Iron Trail“, the project of an Iron route on the European scale was presented in Bourglinster
Bourglinster
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 (LU) on the European Institute of Cultural Routes
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 (Luxembourg) invitation in 2004. In February 2007 the Council of Europe recognised the initiative of the “Montahistorischer Verein Österreichs”’s working group as a “cultural route of the Council of Europe” called: “Central-European Iron Trail” (“Mitteleuropäische Eisenstraße”; “Route du Fer en Europe Centrale”). The association “Central-European Iron Trail” was created in April 2008 in Eisenstadt
Eisenstadt
- Politics :The current mayor of Eisenstadt is Andrea Fraunschiel ÖVP.The district council is composed as follows :* ÖVP: 17 seats* SPÖ: 8 seats* Austrian Green Party: 2 seats* FPÖ: 2 seats- Castles and palaces :...

 in the presence of many politic and scientist personalities.
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 of Europe. They also aim at the development of the intercultural dialog.

The association

The „Central-European Iron Trail“ was created on 11 April 2008 in Eisenstadt (ZVR-Nr. 959952283). Members can be individuals, institutions, partners and sponsors. The members are entitled to participate to the constitution of the cultural route and to use the network’s logo. The association is supervised by a president, who assists and controls the executive board and the general assemblies.

Participating Institutions

1 - Die Steirische Eisenstraße, Eisenerz / Museumsverbund Steirische Eisenstraße, Trofaiach / Geschichte-Club ALPINE, Leoben-Donawitz / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichische Eisenstraße

2 - Radwerk IV in Vordernberg, Leoben / Marktgemeinde Vordernberg, Vordernberg / Montanhistorischer Verein Österreich (MHVÖ), Leoben-Donawitz

3 -Verein Kulturpark Eisenstraße-Ötscherland, Ybbsitz

4 - Verein Eisenstraße Oberösterreich, Steinbach an der Steyr

5 - Montangeschichtlicher Verein Norisches Eisen, Hüttenberg

6 - Norisch-Pannonische Eisenstraße, Eisenstadt

7 - Országos Magyar Bányászati és Kohászati Egyesület (OMBKE), Budapest / Műszaki és Természettudományi Egyesületek Szövetsége (MTESZ), Budapest / Öntödei Múzeum, Budapest

8 - Kohászati Múzeum, Miskolc

9 - Magyar Olajipari múzeum, Zalaegerszeg

10 - Erdélyi Magyar Műszaki Tudományos Társaság (EMT - Societatea Tehnico-Ştiinţifică Maghiară din Transilvania), Cluj-Napoca

11 - Universitatea Eftimie Murgu, Reşiţa

12 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bayerische Eisenstraße, Amberg

13 - Technické muzeum, Brně

14 - Stowarzyszenie Inżynierów i Techników Przemysłu Hutniczego (SITPH), Katowice

15 - Slovenska železná cesta, Kosice / Slovenské technické múzeum, Kosice

16 - Slovenské banské múzeum (slowakisches Bergbaumuseum), Banská Štiavnica

17 - Museum Ravne na Koroskem, Ravne na Koroskem


Further reading

  • Sperl G., The European Iron Trail (Die Europäische Eisenstrasse), in: Traditions ans Innovations in the Early Medieval iron Production, Dunaferr, Sopron 1999, S.31-32
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