In the footsteps of the Klein brothers

Since the beginning of December 2013, a new permanent exhibition has been open in the building of the Museum of Roads in Vikýřovice near Šumperka. This is an installation that shows the activities of important companies in the Desná valley and its tributary Merty. In the middle of the 19th century, the foothills of Hrubé Jeseník were an important industrial center that took part in the transformation of an agricultural monarchy into an industrial state. The 6 Klein brothers belonged to…