Nether district Vítkovice (Czech: Dolní oblast Vítkovice) is a national sight[1] located near the center of Ostrava in the Vítkovice. It includes an extensive industrial area Vítkovice ironworks with a unique collection of industrial architecture. A set of three successive parts—coal mine, coke ovens and blast furnace operations—also called "Ostrava Hradčany".[2] The area is registered in the list of European cultural heritage.[3]
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The initial impetus for the establishment of the Vítkovice ironworks came December 9, 1828, by Olomouc Archbishop Rudolf. Rudolph's Smelter operation was then launched in mid-September 1830. A year later there was a coke plant. The first blast furnace coke was ignited in 1836, the second two years later. In 1852, it was near the smelter based mine depths. As time was running six blast furnaces which were gradually shut down until September 27, 1998, when the last tapping.[4]
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- Dolní oblast Vítkovice – official websites