Vitkovitsky Metallurgical Plant with Depth Mine

Vitkovitsky metallurgical plant with mine "Glubina" - industrial area of the city of Ostrava, which became a national monument of culture in 2002. The plant was founded in 1828, here coal was mined, coking and cast iron was produced in blast furnaces. Due to the fact that the plant represented a single technological flow and the fact that all facilities and equipment were preserved in one place, the Ostrava area is unparalleled. The plant is open for tourist excursions. Particularly interesting are the high furnace (1836), the first pudling furnace in the Austrian monarchy, built in 1828, and the Deep Mine, founded in 1843.