The Liberec Region, once a poor region in the country, in the mid-nineteenth century entrepreneurial activities from all over Europe began to concentrate in this region and it began to overshadow other traditional centres in terms of its significance.

The book contains 303 entries and 430 photographs on 288 pages. Individual structures are ordered chronologically by date of origin within each chapter, and each chapter represents a geographically defined area, presented in individual maps. In the case of each entry an effort has been made to identify the particular entrepreneur, engineer, architect, and builder. The book is the first systematic attempt to highlight industrial structures in this region, and it is an introduction that often draws merely on the identification of their existence. However, the creation of this basic inventory is urgently needed, as the material remains of heritage are literally vanishing before our eyes.

Lukáš Beran – Vladislava Valchářová, The Industrial of Liberec Region, Prague 2007. 

288 pages; Czech, English/German introduction; 430 images; ISBN 978-80-01-03798-0 / index of names Jana Stará / translation Susanne Spurná, Robin Cassling / graphic design Jan Forejt / typesetting and print Studio Element / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage CTU Prague with cooperation and financial support of the Liberec City

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