Zlaté Hory in context of landscape memorial zones

The thesis is divided into several chapters, which continously follow one another. The introductory part is focused on the definition and the general characteristic of the territory of the Zlaté Hory. Subsequently it deals with the detailed history of the mining town and the surrounding area from 13th century, from when the first written mention of the town has survived, to this day. The thesis describes the gradual development of mining, the methods of mining the ore, the modern extraction and the total gold production. In the next chapter there are in short outlined the historical cultural monuments and their surroundings affected by mining. A separate part consists of the local gold washing area, which are divided according to the preserved mining relicts. The last chapters are focused on the general characteristics of the landscape memorial zones and the methodology for the creation of maps, which is the output of a literary review and includes the remains after the ore extraction and surface mining. In conclusion, the potential of the site in the context of landscape memorial zones reservation is scanned. Part of the literary review, but also the whole of the thesis are my own photographs, which are trying to complement and to better navigate in the content of the entire work