The Village of Holašovice in the Context of South Bohemian Rural Architecture

The Bohemian south is the epitome of the rural environment that retains a certain harmony more than other regions of the Czech Republic, based on the preservation of historic spatial pattern and the enduring natural sense for the symbiosis of architecture and landscape. The evidence is not only the seventy-one South Bohemian village conservation areas and protection zones, but also the inscription of Holašovice as a site on the UNESCO List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage (by the registration decree of 5 December 1998). The catalogue of the exhibition that was published on the 20th anniversary of this inscription captures the complexity of South Bohemian rural architecture and introduces individual regions with their typical elements documented by specific preserved buildings. Contents The Land of Rural Farmsteads [Pavel Hájek] 6 Rural cultural landscape [Marek Ehrlich] 18 The spatial pattern of the South Bohemian village [Klára Pešková, Gabriela Šťastná] 26 The Historic Village of Holašovice [Michaela Špinarová, Daniel Šnejd] 34 The South Bohemian Rural Architecture 52 The Foothills of the Blanský Forest [Zdeňka Kočková] 54 The Soběslav-Veselí Blata Region [Pavel Hájek, Miroslav Pikous] 70 The Ševětín Region [Pavel Hájek] 100 The Zbudov-Hluboká Blata Region [Pavel Hájek] 108 Southern and Central Písek Regions [Pavel Hájek] 140 The Work of Jakub Bursa in the Regions of Vlachovo Březí and Volyně [Jana Štorková] 164 The Strakonice Region [Zdeňka Kočková] 176 The Regions of Třeboň and Weitra [Jakub Drozda] 188 The Jindřichův Hradec and Nová Bystřice Regions [Jakub Drozda] 198 Doudleby Area [Daniel Šnejd] 208 Empire-style Houses in the Sedlice Region [Jana Štorková] 222 Vierkants [Daniel Šnejd] 228 The Mladá Vožice Region [Pavel Hájek] 242 Timber Architecture of the Northern Písek and Tábor Regions [Jana Štorková] 246 Timbered Houses in Šumava [Eva Zuzáková] 264 Houses in Volary [Eva Zuzáková] 274 Pre-industrial Buildings [Jakub Drozda] 286 Literature 297