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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-963-1-0318

THE BLATNÁ WATER DITCH – AN EXAMPLE OF CONNECTING MULTIPLE INTERESTS WHILE PRESERVING A FUNCTIONAL MONUMENT OF TECHNICAL HERITAGE

Miloš Rozkošný1, Miriam Dzuráková1, David Honek1, Jaromír Florian2, Aleš Vyskočil2, Kateřina Sedláčková1, Zbyněk Sviták2
1 T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p. r. i., Podbabská 2582/30, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic
2 Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, p. r. i., Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Prague, Czech Republic

The Blatná water ditch, also named “Blatenský” water channel, belongs to a specific group of monuments of so-called technical and industrial heritage, which have managed to preserve their work even in the face of a change in function and repeated degradation of the structure and partial structures. It was necessary during the previous two reconstruction phases to balance the oftenconflicting interests of historic preservation, nature protection, provision of water management functions and interests connected with tourism in the Ore Mountains. This was due to the nature of the water ditch representing an artificial water channel itself with many accompanying structures, e.g. the aqueduct and water distribution facilities. This paper aims to demonstrate the possibilities of solving the reconstruction of similar waterworks taking into account the aforementioned interests and at the same time preserving the maximum possible authenticity of the work, including the structural design and the techniques used for carrying out the work.

Keywords: water channel, industrial heritage, authenticity, tourism, waterworks reconstruction

pages: 318-321, Published: 2024, online: 2024



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