The Central European Iron Trail is a European Cultural Route which combines local iron routes with institutions as well as places that represent important parts of the European iron cultural heritage. The aim of the route is to increase understanding of the history, the culture and the traditions of the Central European iron areas in 8 countries. The âÂÂCentral European Iron Trailâ was recognised as a âÂÂcultural route of the Council of Europeâ in 2007.
<br /> Following a suggestion by the "European Iron Trail" working group, a project for an iron route on a European scale was presented in Bourglinster (LU) to the European Institute of Cultural Routes (Luxembourg) invitation in 2004. In February 2007, the Council of Europe recognised the initiative of the Montahistorischer Verein ÃÂsterreichs working group as a "cultural route of the Council of Europe" called: "Central European Iron Trail" (Mitteleuropäische EisenstraÃÂe; Route du Fer en Europe Centrale). The Central-European Iron Trail Association was created in April 2008 in Eisenstadt in the presence of many politic and scientist personalities. The "cultural routes of the Council of Europe" are tools of the European cultural cooperation implemented by the Council of Europe with the "European cultural convention" in 1954. The programme of the "cultural routes of the Council of Europe" was officially created in 1987 and is managed by an executive agency of the Council of Europe in Luxembourg since 1998: The European Institute of Cultural Routes. The programme is ruled by a resolution adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The "cultural routes of the Council of Europe" aims at the protection, the valorisation and the transmission of the European cultural heritage as well as the cultural diversity of Europe. They also aim at the development of the intercultural dialog.
The Central European Iron Trail Association was created on 11 April 2008 in Eisenstadt (ZVR-Nr. 959952283). Members can be individuals, institutions, partners and sponsors. The members are entitled to participate to the constitution of the cultural route and to use the networkâÂÂs logo. The association is supervised by a president, who assists and controls the executive board and the general assemblies.
1 - Die Steirische EisenstraÃÂe, Eisenerz / Museumsverbund Steirische EisenstraÃÂe, Trofaiach / Geschichte-Club ALPINE, Leoben-Donawitz / Arbeitsgemeinschaft ÃÂsterreichische EisenstraÃÂe <br /> 2 - Radwerk IV in Vordernberg, Leoben / Marktgemeinde Vordernberg, Vordernberg / Montanhistorischer Verein ÃÂsterreich (MHVÃÂ), Leoben-Donawitz <br /> 3 -Verein Kulturpark EisenstraÃÂe-ÃÂtscherland, Ybbsitz <br /> 4 - Verein EisenstraÃÂe Oberösterreich, Steinbach an der Steyr <br /> 5 - Montangeschichtlicher Verein Norisches Eisen, Hüttenberg <br /> 6 - Norisch-Pannonische EisenstraÃÂe, Eisenstadt <br /> 7 - Országos Magyar Bányászati és Kohászati Egyesület (OMBKE), Budapest / Mà ±szaki és Természettudományi Egyesületek Szövetsége (MTESZ), Budapest / ÃÂntödei Múzeum, Budapest <br /> 8 - Kohászati Múzeum, Miskolc <br /> 9 - Magyar Olajipari múzeum, Zalaegerszeg <br /> 10 - Erdélyi Magyar Mà ±szaki Tudományos Társaság (EMT - Societatea Tehnico-à Âtiinà £ificàMaghiaràdin Transilvania), Cluj-Napoca <br /> 11 - Universitatea Eftimie Murgu, Reà Âià £a <br /> 12 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bayerische EisenstraÃÂe, Amberg <br /> 13 - Technické muzeum v Brnà<br /> 14 - Stowarzyszenie Inà ¼ynierów i Techników Przemysà Âu Hutniczego (SITPH), Katowice <br /> 15 - Slovenska à ¾elezná cesta, Kosice / Slovenské technické múzeum, Kosice <br /> 16 - Slovenské banské múzeum (slowakisches Bergbaumuseum), Banská à  tiavnica <br /> 17 - Museum Ravne na Koroskem, Ravne na Koroskem