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41831
Type
conference item
Titre
Ózd: An abandoned industrial site
Langues
English
Auteurs
Vacszi, Piroska
Date
2003
Pages
4 p.
Titre de conférence
14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’
Lieu de conférence
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Date de conférence
27 – 31 oct 2003
Mots-clés
industrial heritage / ironworks / spirit of place / legal protection / dereliction / conservation of historic sites / causes of deterioration / industrial sites / industrial towns
Pays mentionnés
Hungary
Monuments et sites
Ózd, Hungary
Résumé en anglais
The economic and political circumstances of the almostpast twenty years started an extremely quick and massive
destruction in legally not protected areas of our industrialcultural heritage: this means the destruction of specific
buildings, traditional industrial sites and regions’characteristics of the industry.
Ózd Ironworks is a unique example of Hungarian largescaleindustrial areas which is dated back to the mid-19th
century based on the production of local coal mines. Thetown and its surroundings shows how industry and
social conditions developed simultaneously: the factorywhich is the traditional centre and the generativ power
of the town structure with its residential areas and rowof public buildings represent a characteristic
atmosphere. The spirit of the place can be catched inthis town structure and in the living memory of the local
inhabitants, in their customs and in the special name ofthe places. All of these reflect a vanished life in the
abandoned scenery of the past. The question is how wecan built up again, or keep these social, architectural,
industrial, natural and traditional values without theoriginal meaning and background. Namely, in the 1990’s
with the change of political regime, large-scale industryceased to exist in Hungary, leaving significant factories,
including Ózd, without work. The once 50-hectarecentral industrial area has seen many of its buildings
demolished and several civic and residential buildingswere left abandoned and empty. In the lecture it is
shown where one can catch the special atmosphere ofthe site. a new project worked out by the National
Office of the Cultural Heritage is outlined, in which onetries to keep these very complex values of the site.
destruction in legally not protected areas of our industrialcultural heritage: this means the destruction of specific
buildings, traditional industrial sites and regions’characteristics of the industry.
Ózd Ironworks is a unique example of Hungarian largescaleindustrial areas which is dated back to the mid-19th
century based on the production of local coal mines. Thetown and its surroundings shows how industry and
social conditions developed simultaneously: the factorywhich is the traditional centre and the generativ power
of the town structure with its residential areas and rowof public buildings represent a characteristic
atmosphere. The spirit of the place can be catched inthis town structure and in the living memory of the local
inhabitants, in their customs and in the special name ofthe places. All of these reflect a vanished life in the
abandoned scenery of the past. The question is how wecan built up again, or keep these social, architectural,
industrial, natural and traditional values without theoriginal meaning and background. Namely, in the 1990’s
with the change of political regime, large-scale industryceased to exist in Hungary, leaving significant factories,
including Ózd, without work. The once 50-hectarecentral industrial area has seen many of its buildings
demolished and several civic and residential buildingswere left abandoned and empty. In the lecture it is
shown where one can catch the special atmosphere ofthe site. a new project worked out by the National
Office of the Cultural Heritage is outlined, in which onetries to keep these very complex values of the site.
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