About Dolní Vitkovice
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Industrial architecture, education, culture, connecting communities in the heart of Europe
Let us introduce you to Dolní Vitkovice (or as we like to call it DOV in short), the unique place which served for a black coal mining and production of raw steel between the years 1828 and 1998. It was in 1828 when Rudolf I. of Bohemia, the archbishop of Olomouc, ordered that the metallurgical plant be established in Vitkovice. This was the start of the unique place for heavy industrial production which until then was unprecedented in Europe. The industrial giant has now changed into no less unique educational, cultural, and social center with reach beyond the country borders.
History
start of underground excavation of coal in Landek (the Anselm Mine)
first coke furnace ignited in the Habsburg Monarchy
digging of the mining open-pit Hlubina started
new type of furnace put into operation
the building of the gas holder finished
a 900-tonne gas piston blower installed to the VI. energy center
a record number was hit with 1.7 million tonnes of raw iron on the first blast furnace
complete overhaul of the first blast furnace
the last minecart with coal came out from Hlubina mine
the mine at Landek is transformed into a museum
last tapping and the end of raw iron production in Dolní Vitkovice after 162 years
the DOV Group established...and we are off for a ride of transformation!
start of restoration work and elevation of the gas holder
beginning of new life - VP1, Gong are born, building work on the Science & Technology Center has begun
DOV welcoms its one milionth visitor
opening of the Science & Technology Center, reconstruction of Hlubina has begun
Hlubina is alive again, opening of the blast furnace no.1 superstructure (now known as Bolt Tower)
the yearly turnout number reaches 1 301 639 visitors
opening of the Milan Dobeš Museum in Gong
10 hectare
area
1998
last tapping
2002
registered as national cultural heritage
90 million tonnes
of pig iron