Relation between the Czech and German culture. Folk culture of the Northern Pilsen region

This diploma work is focused on the relationship between Czech and German folk culture in the Northern Pilsen region. In the first part we treat with inhabitation and structurizing of space in general paying special attention to one' s living in cultural landscape. In the second part we follow history of german settlement in Czechia, Moravia and Silesia. We highlight the most important events in this history presenting the milestones to the czech and german national interaction. Third part deals with history of Northern Pilsen region and also with history of both Czech and German nation in this region. In the fifth chapter we introduce the brief history of the folk costume, explain what it is and the we pay our attention to the Czech a German folk costume in the Northern Pilsen region separatelly. Next part describes folk architecture in the landscape close to the town of Plasy, Kralovice and Manětín. The final chapter of this diploma work is about small village chapels, sacellums, crosses and other diminutive relics of folk architecture in the region