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Topography of the Jewish population in Highlands. A case in point Velký Beranov and Malý Beranov
Kuncová Zadražilová, Jaroslava ; Hlavačka, Milan (advisor) ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (referee)
This work deals sith the topography of Jewish population in highlands of Jihlava region, giving an example of the history of Velký Beranov and Malý Beranov villages. Jewish population in those two villages was not so numerous as in towns, nevertheless it comprised a significant demographic part of both of the villages. It also formel an important commercial social vlase. The pupils of the basic school in Velký Beranov took part in a project of the Jewish Museum in Prague, "The Missing Neighbours", which formed the motivation for my thesis. The participants of the project are searching for the life stories of "The Missing Neighbours" from thein own region. Of course the pupils of the Basic School in Velký Beranov chose their region Velký Beranov and Malý Beranov. A short treatise about Jewish Religious Community in Jihlava and its local inhabitants, as well as about the Jewish population in the whole Bohemia and Moravia, make also the cotents of my theses.
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The memory places of the battle of Kulm
Kessler, Vojtěch ; Hlavačka, Milan (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
In current czech historiography the concept incurred from french historians (such as Pierre Nora), such as the concept of places of memory, is hardly used. As an example we can see the broad edition of Deutsche Erinnerungsorte, which tries to understand and describe important "moments" of the history of German nation in an entirely new way. The German authors include a wide variety of phenomenons such as abstract functionally-symbolic products of intelect as well as raw material monuments into these "pockets of hibernation" into which the society stores and delegates their cultural memory in order to prevent them from perishing. The neighbourhood of the Ústí nad Labem city, in the direction to the Czech- Saxon border, is covered with a number of such stone monuments. These memorials, calling to the battles of 1813, silently store a memory, which was stored in them in a feeling of patriotic flame_and the most deep love for the inherited Hapsburg home, furnished for years by a friendship with the German Brethren and the offspring of the companion-in-arms in the epoch of Befreiungskriege, completedly silented after the 1945, when the departure of German inhabitants from the border region takes away as well the memories that the memorials represented. In my work I focused on the processes, by which a purely...
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František Šimáček (1834-1885), journalist and publisher
Muchka, Pavel ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Hlavačka, Milan (referee)
The master thesis František Šimáček (1834-1885), the Journalist and Publisher tries to introduce an important person of the Czech nationalistic movement of the 1850's-1880's from different aspects, i. e. concerning his activity in the fields of journalism, publishing, national movement, national economy and his family life. General research method used in the thesis is biographically focused analysis of the primary sources, mainly private correspondence and other documents from collections of the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature, the National Museum Library and the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures. Based on the method, the chronological construction of history of Šimáček's life, his public and professional activities was outlined. Sufficient literature concerning the topic which would analyse in detail scope of activities of František Šimáček in the context of the Czech intellectual milieu in the 19th century is unfortunately lacking in the meantime. Fragmentarily preserved archival documents do not allow us to follow Šimáček's public contacts with all important actors of the Czech cultural and political life in the 19th century. Therefore, a deeper relationship with Božena Němcová was chosen as an example of Šimáček's steadier and lasting friendships with...
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Nation in family and family in nation. The type of patriotic town family, example of Dr. Václav Staněk's family.
Srbová, Veronika ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Hlavačka, Milan (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with theme of family in Czech patriotic circles in the 19th century, example of family of Václav Staněk, Doctor of Medicine and patriot. Václav Staněk was a friend of Josef Frič and František Ladislav Čelakovský, their families were very close. While Fritč's and Čelakovský's families appear very often in different works about 19th century, Staněk's family was almost forgot. This thesis deals with public activities of the family, in the time before the revolution 1848 it's the Czech "salon" which was also one of the first platforms for women interested in education and during the revolution in 1848 - 1849 the engagement of Václav Staněk at parliament in Vienna and Kroměříž. Thorough attention is paid to the family connections among members of the family, especially to relationships between wife and husband and relationships among parents and children. The source is rich and yet not used correspondence of the family which allows insight to the political as well to the family business.
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Genesis and development of the railway junction in Prague until 1939 with regard to its strategic planning
Junek, Tomáš ; Hlavačka, Milan (advisor) ; Rychlík, Jan (referee)
"Organickou součástí průmyslové revoluce byly převratné změny v dopravě. Jejich podstata spočívala ve vytvoření kvalitativně nového dopravního systému, který se technicky opíral o sílu parního stroje, tedy o hnací sílu, která neměla v minulosti obdoby, a ekonomicky spočíval na rychlé, spolehlivé a především masové přepravě nákladů a pracovní síly na víceméně libovolné vzdálenosti."1 Nový dopravní systém, to byla železnice, symbol průmyslové revoluce. Využívajíc objevů vědy a techniky a jimi podmíněného pokroku v průmyslové výrobě, stala se záhy sama jejich šiřitelkou a zpětně podněcovala prudký rozmach průmyslu, a to i v oblastech, kde to doposud nebylo možné. Železnice neznala hranice, cla a výsady, byla nositelkou nových myšlenek, názorů a kulturních proudů, železniční tratě "zkrátily čas a zmenšily prostor, ... urychlovaly, ať přímo či nepřímo, radikální proměny nejen ve výrobních silách, ale i v sociální struktuře každé společnosti."2
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Daniel Sluníčko. From the life of Prague typographers
Koudelková, Kateřina ; Hlavačka, Milan (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
The topic of this diploma thesis is Daniel Sluníčko, From the Life of Prague Typographers. Its target is to show Sluníčko's life on the background of the 19th century. Up to now, no work about this person has been written, Daniel Sluníčko is known only as a director of Eduard Grégr's printing-house. However, his life and activities were much more versatile. He was born in 1830 in Bohnice, a small village near Prague. During his apprenticeship as a typesetter in Prague he was a witness of the revolution in Prague in 1848 and he described it in his diary very well. After the revolution he went to Vienna and other towns of Austria monarchy to get some experience in his branch. It was very difficult in the beginning but after many ordeals, he was very successful. He worked in some printing-works after coming back to Prague and finally he became a director of a newly established firm of Julius Grégr and František Šimáček. There were many problems with money in this company, Julius Grégr was arrested and František Šimáček got off the company. Eduard Grégr, Julius' brother, became a new owner. Both brothers were in the leadership of the company together but after some time they parted. Sluníčko was a factotum of technical activities in the printing-house. During his directorship, he met many people out of the...
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Josefa Menšíková and civil society of Německý Brod in the second half of the nineteenth century
Tvrdý, Petr ; Hlavačka, Milan (advisor) ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (referee)
In my diploma thesis I deal with the history of the Německý (today Havlíčkův) Brod in the nineteenth century. I am watching the fate of Josefa Menšíková, Czech patriot and the local mayor's wife. But the diploma work is not limited to one region. Partly I devoted to the town history of Třebíč and Tišnov or phenomenon of Czech emigration to the United States related to the area of Nebraska. Throughout my diploma thesis, I notice the local self-government of the Německý Brod, transformation of the city and its inhabitants and fates of Josefa Menšíková friends. (Karel Havlíček, Ferdinand Čenský). Keywords Havlíčkův Brod; Karel Havlíček Borovský; National emancipation; Německý Brod; Local self-government
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Czechs at world's fairs
Ulmanová, Kristýna ; Hlavačka, Milan (advisor) ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (referee)
In the introduction, the thesis author provides a typology of Czech travelers who visited one of the world exhibitions in the second half of the nineteenth century. Then the work focuses this typology on two types of travelers, namely the type of traveler-tourist and the type of traveler-scholar. The type of traveler-tourists is first defined by the contemporary understanding of the concept of "tourist." Then the conditions in which Czech tourists traveled to the World's Fairs are described, where they were housed and how they ate. Subsequently, the author analyzes the reasons why the Czech traveler-tourist traveled to the exhibition, what were his expectations, and whether those expectations were realistic. The work also captures the emerging phenomenon of mass trips abroad. Part of the work also deals with cultural stereotypes and self-reflection of Czech tourists, provoked by contact with other countries and their inhabitants. The traveler-scholar is characterized by comparison with the traveler-tourist. Furthermore, the author pays attention to international congresses, which were an integral part of the World's Fairs and in which the traveler-scholar often participated. The example of Unity of the Encouragement of Industry in Bohemia shows how the representatives of Czech organizations were sent to the...
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