The remains of the blast furnace in Šindelova

The Ore Mountains used to be a very important part of Czech industry. The turning point was only in 1945 and the subsequent expulsion of the Germans, which meant that a large part of the local industrial plants with a long tradition had to disappear, because there was simply no one to run them and it was not within the state's ability to maintain their profitable operation. One such industrial enterprise that had to close after the Second World War…