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Schoellerovci a Levice
The Schoeller Family and Levice

Author(s): Jarmila Bátovská
Subject(s): Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Rural and urban sociology, 19th Century
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Levice; Léva; Schoeller Family; 19th-20th century; industrialization; entrepreneurship;

Summary/Abstract: The study deals with the relationship of the entrepreneurial Schoeler family to the Levice (Léva, Lewenz) estate in the second half of the 19th and the first half of 20th centuries. The author analyses the impact of the family's entrepreneurial activities on the Levice and its surroundings, especially in relation to the development of investments in entrepreneurship in the town and its surroundings, the intensification of the industrialization process in the region, rural development, the taking over of patronage of Church congregations, as well as the development of social and cultural life in Levice.

  • Issue Year: 2/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 1-6
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Slovak