AustriaVorarlberg 7 · Vorarlberg · History of your federal state
How did the Vorarlberg textile industry begin?
In the exam (German)
Woraus ist die Vorarlberger Textilindustrie entstanden?
- aFrom trading companies that imported cheap fabrics from Asia to Vorarlberg.Aus Handelsfirmen, die billige Stoffe aus Asien nach Vorarlberg einführten.
- bFrom home work: farming families worked at home for textile entrepreneurs.Aus Heimarbeit: Bauernfamilien arbeiteten zu Hause für Textilunternehmer.Correct answer
- cFrom factories that the state built after the Second World War.Aus Fabriken, die der Staat nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gebaut hat.
- dFrom the workshops of large monasteries in the Bregenzerwald and the Montafon.Aus den Werkstätten großer Klöster im Bregenzerwald und im Montafon.
Why?
From the 18th century, many farming families earned extra money by working at home for textile business owners. In the 19th century this led to large textile factories, which were the province’s most important industry until the 1980s.
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