The Village of Holašovice in the Context of South Bohemian Rural Architecture

The Bohemian south is the epitome of the rural environment that retains a certain harmony more than other regions of the Czech Republic, based on the preservation of historic spatial pattern and the enduring natural sense for the symbiosis of architecture and landscape. The evidence is not only the seventy-one South Bohemian village conservation areas and protection zones, but also the inscription of Holašovice as a site on the UNESCO List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage (by the registration decree of 5 December 1998). The catalogue of the exhibition that was published on the 20th anniversary of this inscription captures the complexity of South Bohemian rural architecture and introduces individual regions with their typical elements documented by specific preserved buildings. Contents The Land of Rural Farmsteads [Pavel Hájek] ___ 6 Rural cultural landscape [Marek Ehrlich] ___ 18 The spatial pattern of the South Bohemian village [Klára Pešková, Gabriela Šťastná] ___ 26 The Historic Village of Holašovice [Michaela Špinarová, Daniel Šnejd] ___ 34 The South Bohemian Rural Architecture ___ 52 The Foothills of the Blanský Forest [Zdeňka Kočková] ___ 54 The Soběslav-Veselí Blata Region [Pavel Hájek, Miroslav Pikous] ___ 70 The Ševětín Region [Pavel Hájek] ___ 100 The Zbudov-Hluboká Blata Region [Pavel Hájek] ___ 108 Southern and Central Písek Regions [Pavel Hájek] ___ 140 The Work of Jakub Bursa in the Regions of Vlachovo Březí and Volyně [Jana Štorková] ___ 164 The Strakonice Region [Zdeňka Kočková] ___ 176 The Regions of Třeboň and Weitra [Jakub Drozda] ___ 188 The Jindřichův Hradec and Nová Bystřice Regions [Jakub Drozda] ___ 198 Doudleby Area [Daniel Šnejd] ___ 208 Empire-style Houses in the Sedlice Region [Jana Štorková] ___ 222 Vierkants [Daniel Šnejd] ___ 228 The Mladá Vožice Region [Pavel Hájek] ___ 242 Timber Architecture of the Northern Písek and Tábor Regions [Jana Štorková] ___ 246 Timbered Houses in Šumava [Eva Zuzáková] ___ 264 Houses in Volary [Eva Zuzáková] ___ 274 Pre-industrial Buildings [Jakub Drozda] ___ 286 Literature ___ 297