Ostrava - Lower Vítkovice region - Veronika and Koliba

At the beginning of the 19th century, many iron smelters began to be established in the territory of today's Moravian-Silesian Region. In 1828, Archduke Rudolf Jan decided to build blast furnaces, rolling mills and workshops in Vítkovice. The first Vítkovice blast furnace was lit in 1836. In 1838, the Vítkovice ironworks already had two blast furnaces in operation and growing receivables for the production of rail barrels for the construction of the Northern...