Staré hraniční kameny na historické hranici Čech a Moravy novými kulturními památkami?
| Title in English | Old border stones on the historic border of Bohemia and Moravia as new cultural monuments? |
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Zprávy památkové péče |
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| Keywords | culture heritage documentation; border stones; cultural heritage property; Bohemian-Moravian border; Bohemia; Moravia |
| Description | The aim of this article is to present the main results of the documentation of border markers on the historical border between Bohemia and Moravia. Specifically, 26 solitaires/groups represented mainly by old boundary stones are presented here. The detailed mapping of the historic Bohemian-Moravian border was carried out in the years 2020–2023 on the basis of stable and land cadaster maps and with the help of a precise GPS instrument. Only a fraction of the original several thousand border markers recorded on the old maps were traced in the field. Although more than 1200 boundary markers were documented, only 138 boundary stones can be unambiguously identified with those in the analyzed sources. At present, seven Bohemian-Moravian boundary stones enjoy monument protection. However, we believe that another 320 border stones are also valuable, and we plan to propose them for declaration as cultural heritage properties. These include, among others, ten border stones dating from the 17th century and six road stones with explicit references to Bohemia and Moravia. The status of cultural monument can help preserve not only the physical relics of the historical land border, but also the historical memory. |
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