Industrial Heritage in Vojvodina Today: Typology, Protection and Revitalization

Sa？etak In the past few decades, issues related to industrial heritage have often been discussed at academic and practitioners’ forums. Topics on industrial heritage are broad and range from identification, protection and revitalization to the sustainable use of industrial heritage. Because of the province’s rich industrial past, the study of industrial heritage in Vojvodina is important both in Serbia and beyond its borders. This paper presents a brief historical overview of industrial development in the province of Vojvodina, followed by typological examples of industrial heritage and discussion about industrial and cultural heritage protection. The most effective way to protect industrial heritage structures today is their sustainable re-use since these buildings have lost their primary function and new forms of improper use threaten to wipe out all important evidence of industrialization in Vojvodina