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The phenomenon of relict border and its influence on the religiosity of the population and the sacral landscape in Manětín
Bačo, Jaroslav ; Havlíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Novotná, Marie (referee)
The presented diploma thesis deals with the effects of the Czech-German relict border on the religiosity and the sacral landscape of the city region called Manetin, which consists of the permanent Czech territory and the Nectiny village of German historical origin. The theoretical introduction of this work therefore includes a part dedicated to the topic of borders, introducing different types of borders, focusing particularly on the terms relict and ethnic borders used in the further study. The second part of the theoretical introduction contains the characteristics of the religiosity and the sacral landscape, its evolution on the national level after the Second World War, highlighting the consequent processes related to the exile of the German population after 1945. The research section of the thesis consists of the micro-regional analysis of the reference region. The analysis is based on the field study and semi-structured interviews, which were complemented by the demographic statistics. The main aim of the investigation presented in the thesis is to analyze the differences in the religiosity and the sacral landscape in the regions under study through the chosen methodological approaches and consequently to evaluate the continuity of the relict border existence. Key words: relict border,...
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Memory on borderland. A comparative study of collective memory in the former East Prussiaregion in Poland and the Sudetes in the Czech Republic
Wladyniak, Ludmila Maria ; Hájek, Martin (advisor) ; Olechnicki, Krzysztof (referee) ; Oláh, Gábor (referee)
Collective memory has recently become one of the most explored topics in the social sciences and has led to the emergence of a separate and independent subdiscipline called memory studies. The thesis investigates the awakening of collective memory in two borderlands of Central Europe: the former Sudetes region in the Czech Republic and the southern part of former East Prussia in Poland. The thesis provides an overview of the current theories about collective memory with a focus on the interactional and visual character of the studied phenomenon. In line with this, the thesis presents, discusses, and elaborates on research conducted in the two borderlands in 2016 and 2017. The aim of the research was to study the role and form of collective memory (shared remembrance) in ethnic, cultural, and historical borderlands. The contributions of the thesis are both methodological and theoretical. Firstly, the discussed research revealed that between particularly family-based communicative memory and official, institution-generated cultural memory, there is ritualised communicative memory, maintained through interactions among members of the borderland community (community of memory). Secondly, the thesis contributes to various studies within the interactionist paradigm and proves the usability of Goffman's...
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Imagery of Czech border in modern cinematography and in television
Šolcová, Tereza ; Štoll, Martin (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
This master's thesis named Imagery of Czech Border in Modern Cinematography and in Television focuses on the issue of the representation of the Czech border region in Czech cinematography after 1990. The Czech border region is still an interesting area for its historical development, attracting the attention of many historians and artists. The thesis seeks to answer the question of how Czech cinematography works with historically and geographically given realities. The first part of the thesis deals with the issue of the historical development of the Czech border region and introduces the reader to the key events that formed the border in the past. It then explains how these historical events resulted in the present form of the Czech border region. The second part of the thesis focuses on the exploration of five different films made after 1990. Selected Czech films are Až do Města Aš (Made in Ash), Mistři (Champions), Habermannův mlýn (Habermann's Mill), the analysed series are Pustina (Wasteland) and Přísahám a slibuji (Spondeo ac polliceor). Movies are analysed through selected means of expression, such as location and environment, acting and characters, camera, shot and cut, lighting and sound component. The aim of the thesis is to confirm or rebut the hypothesis that the Czech borderland will...
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The Odry region after World War II in life stories of its inhabitants
Kučerová, Lucie ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Kreisslová, Sandra (referee)
This Master's diploma thesis elaborates on the history of Odry region, particularly the period after World War II, when it underwent a significant transformation. The goal od the thesis is to do a thorough micro-historical research of the postwar history of the region with respect to the transformation of the formerly German areas into the reclaimed lands of the Czech nation. It is divided into several chapters. In the first chapter I evaluate the source base to the topic; I investigate various literature related to the transfer of the Germans and the frontier settlement (its regional provenance being taken into account), archival sources and narratives - memories of displaced Germans from the presently analyzed region and several examples of the recorded oral-history interviews. In other six chapters I elucidate the situation of the Odry region in particular periods: in 1938, during World War II, and in the era of the liberation, followed by the transfer of the German population and the process of a new habitation. The last chapter then discusses the postwar Odry region as a home both lost and obtained. The paper provides insight into the postwar transformation of the Odry region in the period after the World War II perusing primarily the memories of those who were directly involved. Key words the...
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Land use changes in the test area Radvanice v Čechách in 1845 - 2015
Boudný, Zdeněk ; Jeleček, Leoš (advisor) ; Eretová, Veronika (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to evaluate the development of land use change of the model area Radvanice located on the edge of Broumov hook located in the northeastern Bohemia district Trutnov. Another aim is to find out what social driving forces had a major impact on the change in the type and size of various categories of land use. Model area is specific to its location in the border region, which was part of the so-called Sudetenland and the reason was in the postwar period affected by the transfer of Czech Germans. The important feature of the area is undoubtedly many years of mining coal in the cadastral area of Radvanice and beyond, which contributed to the formation of the local landscape. Keywords: land use, test area, borderland, Czechia, 1845 - 2015
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Historical development of cross-border cooperation: example Euroregion Šumava
Jánová, Zuzana ; Havlíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Dokoupil, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with the historical development of cross-border cooperation in the Euroregion Šumava which is the Czech part of the Czech-German and the Czech-Austrian border defined as Euroregion Šumava/ Bayerischer Wald - Unterer Inn/ Mühlviertel. The main objective is to find out how joint cross- border cooperation has changed from the initial idea of joint cross-border cooperation through the establishment of the Euroregion Šumava to the present. Another objective is to identify regional differences in the development of cross-border cooperation from the perspective of three model areas that have different scale levels. The overall aim is to identify changes in the evolution of cross-border cooperation and an attempt to explain the causes of possible variabilities. The thesis is based on quantitative research in the form of cross-border analysis of completed projects and qualitative research based on structured interviews with selected respondents. A prerequisite of this thesis is both the shift from cross-border cooperation "bottom up" to "top down" and the subsequent interconnection of both forms. It is further assumed considerable regional differentiation. Both assumptions were confirmed through mutual reporting periods as well as comparison of model municipalities. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The Iron Curtain and its heritage in the context of transformations of the borderland of Czechia in the second half of the 20th century
Chloupek, Pavel ; Kučera, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Semian, Michal (referee)
The Iron Curtain and Its Heritage in the Context of Transformations of the Borderland of Czechia in the Second Half of the 20th Century This bachelor thesis deals with the Iron Curtain and its heritage, which is related how the Iron Curtain is commemorated to us today, and how we can look at the history of the Czech borderland affected by this former barrier. The thesis first introduced the phenomenon of the Iron Curtain and the problem of defining the borders. Then there is the form of discussion with the literature discussed how the Czech borderland changed by the Iron Curtain and its subsequent fall, and what was in this context of the research. It is discussed what is heritage of the Iron Curtain, and its possible use. Own research here is established at first, which is the comments of the Iron Curtain today, and what we can say these comments. Another part of the thesis is focused about the presentation the past of the Iron Curtain, and what people, visitors to the Museum of the Iron Curtain perceive about it. Different types of interviews are detected another interesting finding information on the borderland and the influence of the Iron Curtain. The research suggests that the Iron Curtain is remembered while successfully, but it would not mind if it was remembered more, to never more repeat...
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Resettlement of former district Rumburk after 1945
Simandl, Marek ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Nováková, Tamara (referee)
This thesis deals with the post-war years of the Rumburk district, more precisely with post-war expulsions and mainly with resettlement. The work was based on archival materials (SOkA Děčín), especially on the administrative ones, secondly, the comparison of accessible secondary literature was made and lastly, the actual memories of those who still remember were composed into the research. The accessible literature and sources are introduced to the reader right in the introduction. The thesis is divided into three basic parts. The first part focuses on the topic of post-war expulsions, what the author considers to be crucial for understanding of the phenomena of resettlement. Furthermore, this part consists of two parts: perception of post- war expulsions generally in the whole Czechoslovakia and concretely in the Rumburk region. The second part of the thesis includes the topic of resettlement, generally and concretely, as well. The last section deals with the Rumburk region from the view of historical sources and those who still remember. It also contains a chapter about the regional social and cultural life (culture and sports clubs, religion, towns and landscape transformation). The aim of the presented paper is not informing the reader about past-war expulsions or resettlement but it is...
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The importance of changes of administrative borders in the formation of inner peripheries on the territory of Czechia since the mid-19 th century
Burda, Tomáš ; Jeleček, Leoš (advisor) ; Čermák, Zdeněk (referee) ; Gurňák, Daniel (referee)
The dissertation thesis covers the theme of the relationships between the changes of administrative borders and the peripheriality of space on the territory of Czechia since the mid-19th century. The author first defines the fundamental objectives and discusses the bases of the research of changes of administrative borders in Czechia in the process of polarization of space, as well as the general background and approaches to the issue of borders and regions, while emphasizing the concept of inner peripheries and internal borderland. The thesis attempts to contribute to the debate regarding: the importance of administrative borders of regions of different scales in the polarization of space; identification, analysis and evaluation of areas that changed their administrative affiliation at the level of mesoregions (regions) and microregions (districts) on the territory of Bohemia and the Vysočina Region in particular; evaluation of the degree of stability of administrative regions and stability of centers of these regions; and to assessment of the importance of the borders of regions in the context of problems associated with the development of peripheries. Discussion of changes in administrative borders and related development of territorial administration and local government places focuses on the...
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