The Potential For Development of an Integrated Network of Greenway Trails on Medieval Hedgerows Landscapes in the Czech Republic
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.888
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Today in the Pilzen region of the Czech Republic, remnants of medieval fields known as “pluzinas” represent an extremely valuable historical landscape pattern. The character of a pluzina landscape is in many aspects comparable to the hedged field (bocage) landscapes that are well known as a symbol of some parts of Europe, e.g. Belgium (Flanders), England, Scotland, Wales, France (Brittany and Normandy) or the Irish highlands. The character of preserved pluzinas in the Czech Republic differs from that of typical bocage landscapes in some respects, especially in spatial composition. In pluzinas, long parallel plots connected to the individual farmsteads of the village prevail, with a minimum of shorter, transversal hedgerows (see Figure. 1).
Recommended Citation
Kumble, Peter; Molnarova, Kristina; Sklenicka, Petr; Brabec, Elizabeth; Kottova, Blanka; Pixova, Katerina; and Salek, Miroslav
(2010)
"The Potential For Development of an Integrated Network of Greenway Trails on Medieval Hedgerows Landscapes in the Czech Republic,"
Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 39.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.888
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fabos/vol3/iss1/39