DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-831-3-0074

Cultural heritage monuments in forests, their protection and their possible use in tourism

Aleš Bajer, Jakub Novák

In the Czech Republic, a number of archaeological and cultural heritage monuments are located in forest environment. The protection of cultural heritage monuments especially in economic forests is not clearly defined in practice. Their occurrence is often associated with increased attendance of the localities, which in turn affects forest management activities. The paper addresses a specific situation at three localities in the Drahanská vrchovina (Drahany Highlands) in context of possibilities of their protection and their use in accordance with the principles of sustainable tourism.  Specifically, the localities are 1) Vildenberk castle ruins and its closest surroundings (a cultural monument with well-identifiable remains of buildings and significant anthropogenic morphology of the relief), 2) Polom, a deserted medieval village (with distinct anthropogenic morphological shapes), 3) Bohdalůvka, a deserted medieval village (practically without surface anthropogenic relicts). The current state of tourist use was assessed at all three localities, and their potential and risks associated with tourism were evaluated.

Klíčová slova: deserted medieval village, forest, sustainable management, sustainable tourism

stránky: 74-78, Publikováno: 2022, online: 2022