DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-087-0-0034

APPROACHES TO THE USE OF HISTORICAL WATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF RECREATION AND TOURISM

Miloš Rozkošný¹, Kuei-chen Lin², Miriam Dzuráková¹

¹ T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p. r. i., Czech Republic, Mojmírovo nám. 16, 612 00 Brno, Czechia

² Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 115130 Yen Chiu Yuan, Taiwan

The protection, preservation and use of industrial heritage, including water management facilities and their systems, are among the main areas of care for historic buildings and monuments around the world. The purpose of the article is to compare approaches to the possible use of preserved or reconstructed historic water management facilities and their equipment (not only the buildings themselves, the premises of the facility complexes, but also machines, tools for operation and maintenance, etc.) within the framework of recreation for residents of the surrounding environment and tourism for visitors to the places and areas in which these facilities are located. In many cases, this is part of secondary use, when the original function of the facility has ended. In some cases, it is necessary to balance the requirements for maintaining a defined functionality with the need to present this historic heritage, the purpose of which is also to promote awareness of the field of water management, related industries and the historical development of the area. The article is based on research on sites in the Czech Republic and Taiwan.

Keywords: Industrial heritage; restoration of historical buildings; use of historical buildings

pages: 34-37, Published: 2026, online: 2026