Die Slowakei und die europäische Integration

From Agricultural Village to Socialist Industrial Town

“…Therefore, the government developed a more detailed plan for the industrialization of eastern Slovakia 17 with the building of a metallurgical base and extensive expansion of the chemical industry. The priority of the Communist Party became "equalizing the standard of living of the inhabitants of the state" 18 . Since there were no large industrial enterprises extant in Strážske that could be nationalized and further developed, at the IX.…”

“…The rurality of Strážske was not only preserved but also enhanced. This difference may be also related to the characteristic relative underdevelopment of Slovakia in the field of industrialization and the traditional tendency of the population to live in smaller settlements 44 .…”