AustriaOberösterreich 6 · Oberösterreich · History of your federal state
In Linz there is a large steelworks from which today’s voestalpine company developed. When was this works founded?
In the exam (German)
In Linz steht ein großes Stahlwerk, aus dem die heutige voestalpine hervorgegangen ist. Wann wurde dieses Werk gegründet?
- a1995, the year Austria joined the European Union1995, im Jahr des Beitritts Österreichs zur Europäischen Union
- b1955, shortly after the signing of the State Treaty1955, kurz nach der Unterzeichnung des Staatsvertrags
- c1848, in the first year of Emperor Franz Joseph’s reign1848, im ersten Regierungsjahr von Kaiser Franz Joseph
- d1938, soon after the “Anschluss” with the German Reich1938, kurz nach dem „Anschluss“ an das Deutsche ReichCorrect answer
Why?
The works was built from 1938 onwards as part of the “Reichswerke Hermann Göring”. After the Second World War it became state property as VÖEST, and in 1952 a new steelmaking process (the LD process) was used here on a large scale for the first time.
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