RAILWAYS BRING AND TAKE: DEVELOPMENT, CURRENT STATE, AND PERSPECTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES IN HRVATSKO ZAGORJE Cover Image

ŽELJEZNICA »DOVOZI I ODVOZI«: RAZVOJ, STANJE I PERSPEKTIVE INDUSTRIJSKIH KOMPLEKSA NA PROSTORU HRVATSKOG ZAGORJA
RAILWAYS BRING AND TAKE: DEVELOPMENT, CURRENT STATE, AND PERSPECTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES IN HRVATSKO ZAGORJE

Author(s): Martina JAKOVČIĆ, Josip Kajinić
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Regional Geography, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Transport / Logistics
Published by: Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju - Izdavačka kuća Meridijani
Keywords: railways; Hrvatsko zagorje; industry; industrial heritage; geographical analysis; historical analysis;

Summary/Abstract: Railways and development of railway infrastructure played a key role in the development of industry in Hrvatsko zagorje region. During the second half of 19th-century railways »took«workers from Hrvatsko zagorje to Zagreb. After the Second World War railways »brought« workers and goods to large industrial complexes in Hrvatsko zagorje. This paper gives a historical and geographical analysis of the development of industry and its location near railway lines. It analyses development, circumstances of stagnation and current state and possibilities of development. Paper will analyze 10 largest industrial complexes in municipalities Gornja Stubica, Konjščina, Bedekovčina, Hum na Sutli i Kumrovec and towns Zabok, Oroslavje i Krapina located by railway lines.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 162-172
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian