STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1780, sig. 109-5/8 (damaged)

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The movement of goods is not very high, up to 1,700 wagons a year. Of the 12,000 workers, 10 % would be employed, most of which would come from Germany. For these, settlements would have to be built immediately. The question of construction workers for both the plant and the settlement can be solved by the Oberlandratsamt Königgrätz. Director F a l k en b a c h concluded that in his view Königgrautz would in any case be considered as a location for a plant, either for the engine plant with about 12,000 workers, or for the light metal foundry with 3,500 - 4,000 workers. On the way back, Tschelako- witz was visited on the Elbe. The areas available there were described as less suitable, and the question of work was also difficult to resolve. On the 9.5. the representatives of the "Hermann Göring-Werke" were present in the company of Min. Rat Dr. F i sic h e r and speaker R o e h l from Group I 8 to Budweis. There, they were joined by the Oberlandrat, the head of the working ante, the government commissioner of Budweis and the district head taltro. Three sites were visited, one of which left as too small from the beginning. The Ge- 99538 countryside in the north-east of the city, with the so-called "Dürren meadows" causes a high groundwater level to be feared. The area in the south-east would be strongly divided into Germany's peasant country. In the discussions it was found that the workers' question could not be solved at all for a large engine plant and was very difficult for light metal foundry. Czechs from all over the country would have to be delayed to Budweis and since there are no sufficient connections for commuting, apartments for those looking for work should be built immediately.