Due to the recent and ongoing massive restructuring of the heavy industry in the area, the unemployment went well above the country average – 18.4% (as of 2004), equalling nearly 30,000 people.
Industry and coal mines
Some of the largest Czech industrial concerns lie in the city of Ostrava. The Vtkovice ironworks, located in the suburb of the same name near the city center, concentrates on metallurgy and machine engineering. It was established in 1828 and nowadays, after nearly two hundred years of existence, it is undergoing a major transformation. The oldest part of the concern, called “Doln oblast” (the “Bottom area”), was closed down and there is an ongoing debate whether this area should be preserved and opened up as an industrial open-air museum or torn down. Nov hu? (the “New ironworks”, established in 1951) is another key metallurgical combine in Ostrava.
Universities
VB – Technical University of Ostrava [1]
University of Ostrava [2]
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