Vývoj železiarskeho priemyslu v spišskogemerskej banskej oblasti v rokoch 1867–1914
Development of the iron industry in the Spiš-Gemer mining area in the years 1867–1914

Summary/Abstract: The presented study deals with the issue of the development of the ironindustry in the Spiš-Gemer mining area from the Austro-Hungariansettlement to the outbreak of the First World War. The work followsthe onset of industrialization in the Upper Hungarian iron industry, thedevelopment of metallurgical technology, iron ore mining, transport,the creation of export networks between Hungary and other CentralEuropean regions. In the second half of the 19th century, the nature ofUpper Hungarian metallurgy changed from proto-industrial to a moderncapitalist way of doing business. Since the 1870s, after the creation ofthe first railways in the monitored area, private foreign capital penetratesthe metallurgy of Spiš and Gemer, and the rate of export of iron ores toAustrian and Prussian ironworks increases. The Spiš-Gemer mining areais undergoing a transformation, which includes it becoming the mostimportant producer of ore and pig iron in Hungary.

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