Rothschild’s Vítkovice
Learn the story of the Vítkovice Ironworks and New Vítkovice – a town built by ironworks‘ directors for their employees. The houses of the town have typical unified architecture and are made of unplastered brickwork.
- Length of the Tour: 2 h/3 km
- Start of the Tour: Heligonka Club (Vítkovická 3367, Ostrava)
- End of the Tour: Mírové square
What you visit and what you learn
- The Hlubina mine and the Vítkovice blast furnaces
- The Vítkovice Ironworks and the city’s expansion
- New Vítkovice by Paul Kupelwieser
- Life in workers‘ colonies
- The Ironworks‘ welfare programme – hospitals, orphanage, old people’s home
- Company marketplaces, gymnasiums, and schools
Admission
- Group up to 10 people – 2500 CZK
- Group over 10 people – 250 CZK/person