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Development of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1897-1914
Kalecká, Karolína ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee) ; Pejčoch, Ivo (referee)
The goal of this study is to describe the way Austria-Hungary followed to create and develop a modern navy in 1897-1914, and to determine, which factors were decisive in creating the final composition of the fleet. As the base for the research, a number of works related to the subject were studied, but far more important was detailed research of primary sources located in Austrian State Archives. The main line of the research as well as of this study follows negotiations on navy's budgets because of the assumption that the very base for building ships and developing the navy are financial resources. Among the more important subtopics are the way the navy had to award producers form both state, Austria and Hungary, with adequate portion of contracts, the Austro-Italian naval arms race, and the structure of the Austro- Hungarian fleet. The research revealed, that the ideal fleet as imagined by the commanders of the navy was a product of theories concerning a decisive battle and naval supremacy then widely widespread, and of the rivalry with Italy. However, the extent to which the ideal could have been followed, depended on the economic situation of both states; in the process of discussing and voting navy's budgets, the decisive word belonged to governments, not to delegations. The way the navy had...
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Exploring cruises of Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) Navy, 1848-1914
Kalecká, Karolína ; Skřivan, Aleš (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
The thesis is focused on cruises of Austrian and Austro-Hungarian navy's ships in remote areas. These cruises called "Missionsreisen" were undertaken to train the crews in different conditions, but staffs were correcting maps, looking into local markets and weather conditions as well and they might have been able to carry out more scientific research. The first that big cruise was the expedition of frigate Novara. On the base of research consisting of studying the reports written by commanders of various ships is possible to say that this expedition was very different from the later cruises. Apart from general conditions on the ships, the differences were in the purpose of cruises or scientific benefits. Novara's expedition was focused on science much more than later missions for which were exploring local conditions in terms of navigation and economy the most important or almost the only ones fields of research. The ships' commanders had to see to the training of crews and the economy of cruises, especially in terms of consummation of coal. Tens of ships were sent to these missions, the investments into them were most likely reasonable. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Reflections of the 1866 War in the Bohemian Urban Enviroment
Kalecká, Karolína ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Velek, Luboš (referee)
The central theme is the reflection of the Prussian-Austrian war of 1866 in Prague. The study deals in detail about what had the occupied Prague to experience, how was the reaction of people on the occupation and how did Prague manage to fulfill the requirements of the Prussian army. The research is based on Národní Listy, which were the most influential Czech-speaking newspapers, and City Council meetings protocols. We can say that Prague, its administration and population, did very well. After the departure of the imperial authorities, the City Council had to deal with all city management and communication with the Prussians, has mastered its role and saved Prague from falling into chaos. There were no food riots and the Prussians had no reason to conflicts with the people of Prague who conscientiously fulfill their requirements. National conflicts were marginal or none, but in this work, they are not described in detail. Locals took the war primarily as a necessary evil and do everything possible to survive it unscathed.
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