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Authors: Peter Kumble (University of Massachusetts, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning) , Kristina Molnarova (Faculty of Life Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic) , Petr Sklenicka (Faculty of Life Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic) , Elizabeth Brabec (University of Massachusetts, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning) , Blanka Kottova (Faculty of Life Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic) , Katerina Pixova (Faculty of Life Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic) , Miroslav Salek (Faculty of Life Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic)
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).
Keywords: greenways, czech republic, medieval, landscapes, heritage, pilzen
How to Cite: Kumble, P. , Molnarova, K. , Sklenicka, P. , Brabec, E. , Kottova, B. , Pixova, K. & Salek, M. (2010) “The Potential For Development of an Integrated Network of Greenway Trails on Medieval Hedgerows Landscapes in the Czech Republic”, Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning. 3(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.888