The Ring of European Cities of Iron Works is an association of cities with a history dealing with the mining of iron ore and its processing. It wants to support the regional varieties of black smith craft and show the cities how to exploit their histories for city marketing

City marketing

City marketing is the promotion of a city, or a district within it, with the aim of encouraging certain activities to take place there. It is used to alter the external perceptions of a city in order to encourage tourism, attract inward migration of residents, or enable business relocation...

. The association was founded on June 16th, 2001. The seat is in Olbernhau

Olbernhau

Olbernhau is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, 35 km southeast of Chemnitz, and 23 km north of Chomutov, Czech Republic.- History :...

, Germany.

Most important working languages are German and English.

Members

Members are in Germany Olbernhau, Friesoythe

Friesoythe

Friesoythe, in Saterland Frisian language Ait or Äit, is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Soeste, approximately 25 km northwest of Cloppenburg, and 30 km southwest of Oldenburg....

, Kolbermoor

Kolbermoor

Kolbermoor is a town in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany.It is situated 5 km west of Rosenheim.It is the birthplace of football players Paul Breitner and Bastian Schweinsteiger....

 and Stolberg (Rhineland), in Austria Ybbsitz

Ybbsitz

Ybbsitz is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria....

 and Bad Hall

Bad Hall

Bad Hall is a market town in the Steyr-Land district in central Upper Austria, Austria. It has 5,200 inhabitants, as of 2006 estimates, in an area of 13.38 km². Its name, Bad Hall, means "Bath salt", a reference to its long history of baths and spas....

, in ITaly Stia

Stia

Stia is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km east of Florence and about 40 km northwest of Arezzo. The village of Stia is often called the "source of the Arno", although the real source is some 1200 metres higher up on the slopes of Monte...

 and Acireale

Acireale

Acireale is a coastal city and commune in the north-east of the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy, at the foot of Mount Etna, on the coast facing the Ionian Sea. It is a diocese, famous for its churches, including the Neo-Gothic St. Peter's Basilica, St...

, in the Netherlands Oude IJsselstreek

Oude IJsselstreek

Oude IJsselstreek is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January, 2005 through a merger of the former municipalities Gendringen and Wisch.- Geography and population centres :...

, in Finland Mynämäki

Mynämäki

Mynämäki is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

, in France Valbonne

Valbonne

Valbonne Sophia Antipolis is a commune near Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in south-eastern France...

 and Arles-sur-Tech

Arles-sur-Tech

Arles-sur-Tech is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.-Location:Arles-sur-Tech is situated in a valley which separates France from Spain, through which the 84km long river "Tech" flows as it passes through Arles-sur-Tech. This small town is dominated by the Pyrenees...

, in Polen Gniew

Gniew

Gniew is a town situated on the left bank of the Vistula River, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located at around .-History:The first recorded mentions of Gniew appear in written documents from the first half of the 13th century, one of which refers to the region as Terra Gymeu...

, in Ukraine Donetsk

Donetsk

Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...

 and Ivano Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....

, in Czech Republic Lipník nad Bečvou

Lipník nad Becvou

Lipník nad Bečvou is a small town located in the Olomouc Region, in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The nearest larger towns are Přerov and Hranice, approximately ten to twelve kilometers distant....

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