30.9.1967 - The first smelting in CKD Kutná Hora (Kutná Hora, Central Bohemia)
N 49° 56.868 E 015° 16.086
33U E 519234 N 5532861
The depicted unusual compass rose, which commemorates the first smelting in local machinery enterprises CKD Kutná Hora, is located on prominent viewpoint in park near Kutná Hora town' castle - Italian Court (Vlašský Dvur) in town' historic centre.
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/15/2013
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The depicted unusual compass rose, which commemorates the first smelting in local machinery enterprises CKD Kutná Hora, is located on prominent viewpoint in a small park near Kutná Hora town' castle - Italian Court (Vlašský Dvur) in town' historic centre.
The compass rose, casted from steel and embedded in a large stone tablet with stone pedestal, is located at viewpoint which offers a stunning view over the landmarks of Kutná Hora (the UNESCO World heritage Site) - Gothic St. Barbara Cathedral and Baroque Jesuits College. Compass rose itself bears following inscription: "30.9.1967 - první tavba CKD Kutná Hora" (The first smelting in CKD Kutná Hora).
The CKD Kutná Hora is a Czech producer of steel and iron castings, of welded fabrications and of railway bogies. The company began production in Kutná Hora in September 1967 .