Landscape of Dolní Kounice from the perspective of the authors of Franciscan ("Stabile") Cadastre

Abstract

The aim of this contribution is to refer to the exceptional function of the Franciscan, so-called “stabile” cadastre in landscape description of the first half of the 19th century the Franciscan cadastre is an outstanding piece of work, both for its high historic and aesthetic value as well as for its detailed depiction of not only land use but also elementary description of social and economic aspects of the settlements during the beginnings of the industrial and the Agricultural revolution in the czech lands the Franciscan cadastre is a perfect tool for research on landscape structures, as it consists of the map records in which the actual landscape situation was recorded with the assistance of precise cartographic techniques, and thus allows us to study its spatial structure; the written records provide us with quantitative information about land use and way of farming