Changes in religious landscape after 1945: The case study of towns in Šumpersko region

The content of this thesis is research and comparison of religious landscapes of two villiges in Šumpersko region Velké Losiny, which was before 1945 inhabited mainly by Germans, and Bludov, which was inhabited by Czechs. The aim is to observe the differences in religious landscapes and influence of the nationality composition of the villiges before 1945 on it. The theoretical basis of the thesis is within religious geography and historical geography. It mentions topics as religious landscape, sacralisation, changes of the religious landscape during history and the influence of the expulsion of Germans from Czech borderland on this changes. The second part of the work is focused on the development of religiosity and the religious landscape in model areas. It describes number and type of sacral objects and whether the object was build before or after 1945 and if it was reconstructed after 1945. Key words: religious landscape, expulsion of Germans, Šumpersko region, geography of religio