The Bavarian Iron Route or, less commonly, Bavarian Iron Road ( German : Bayerische Eisenstraße ) is a major holiday route in southern Germany which is steeped in history. Running for 120 kilometres, it links numerous historic industrial sites, covering a period of several centuries, with cultural and natural monuments.
8-649: The project is part of the Central European Iron Route , whose organisation is coordinated by the Mining History Association of Austria ( Montanhistorischer Verein Österreich ) with its head office in Leoben . In the working group are representatives from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Rumania, Slovenia and Italy. This project was recognised by the Council of Europe as the cultural route for
16-689: 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 Österreichs working group as a "cultural route of the Council of Europe" called: "Central European Iron Trail" ( Mitteleuropäische Eisenstraße ; Route du Fer en Europe Centrale ). The Central-European Iron Trail Association
24-508: 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 “Central European Iron Trail” was recognised as a “cultural route of the Council of Europe ” in 2007. Following a suggestion by the "European Iron Trail" working group, a project for an iron route on
32-557: 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
40-456: 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 network’s logo. The association is supervised by a president, who assists and controls
48-565: The iron industry in Europe . The Bavarian Iron Route runs southwards along old transport routes from the Upper Franconian town of Pegnitz through the Upper Palatinate to Regensburg and links the former iron centres of East Bavaria, the mining regions of Pegnitz , Auerbach , Edelsfeld , Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Amberg . From there it continues for about 60 kilometres on a waterway on
56-453: The rivers Vils and Naab to their confluence with the Danube near Regensburg. This German road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central European Iron Route 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
64-519: 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
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