Erzberg

region, Austria

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Alpine economy

  • Alps
    In Alps: Mining and manufacturing

    …is still significant in the Erzberg of Austria, where iron has been extracted from the mountain since the Middle Ages. Near Cluse, in the pre-Alps of Haute-Savoie not far from Geneva, a region of watchmaking, screw cutting, component manufacturing, and related industries emerged in the first quarter of the 19th…

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