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mészégető
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mészégető

Mészégető is a ruin in Sopron that preserves the memory of a lime kiln site once central to local craft and rural industry. The name itself—mészégető in Hungarian—points to the traditional lime-burning work that supported building, agriculture, and everyday life in the region. Today, what remains are the fragments of a historic kiln; the place survives only as ruins, with no intact structures left to traverse. This site embodies a facet of Sopron’s industrial past, illustrating how lime production shaped the local economy and built environments in the pre-industrial era. …

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