The Potential For Development of an Integrated Network of Greenway Trails on Medieval Hedgerows Landscapes in the Czech Republic

2010/01/01 by Peter Kumble, Kristina Molnarova, Petr Sklenička +7
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Botany and Plant Ecology Studies #Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine #czech republic #greenways #heritage #landscapes #medieval #pilzen

paper · pdf · doi:10.7275/fabos.888

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Abstract

Today in the Pilzen region of the Czech Republic, remnants of medieval fields known as “pluzinas” represent an extremely valuable historical landscape pattern. The character of a pluzina landscape is in many aspects comparable to the hedged field (bocage) landscapes that are well known as a symbol of some parts of Europe, e.g. Belgium (Flanders), England, Scotland, Wales, France (Brittany and Normandy) or the Irish highlands. The character of preserved pluzinas in the Czech Republic differs from that of typical bocage landscapes in some respects, especially in spatial composition. In pluzinas, long parallel plots connected to the individual farmsteads of the village prevail, with a minimum of shorter, transversal hedgerows (see Figure. 1).

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