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The Ševčin Mine in Příbram – Březové Hory
Contribution to the 10th Anniversary of the Designation as the National Cultural MonumentMateriálie

Josef Velfl, Jan Pešta

Památky středních Čech 2024, 38(2)

The group of mining buildings in Příbram – Březové Hory, declared the National Cultural Monument (NKP) ten years ago, is among the most remarkable technical monuments of the Central Bohemian Region. Established on the site of older mining works in 1813, the former Ševčin Mine holds a special position within the group. Most of its structures, rightfully attracting attention (the mine building, the engine room, the pithead room) date from the turn of the 1870s and 1880s. The Ševčin Mine has become the centre of the gradually developing Příbram Mining Museum. The paper presents the architectural, technical, and conservation values of the compound...

Newly Identified Fortified Manors in the Kolín RegionMateriálie

Jan Kypta, Jiří Marounek

Památky středních Čech 2024, 38(2)

The article deals with two newly identified fortified manors in the Kolín Region. The small fortification discovered between the villages of Pašinka and Bohouňovice has not been published in literature. It is a fortified manor situated along a distinctive terrain edge above the Polepka River valley. It is enclosed by a rampart and a ditch. The second recently identified fortified manor is located near the church in the village of Drahobudice. It has survived in a heavily damaged state, as it is almost completely covered with buildings from the 18th–20th centuries. Although this fortification has not appeared in literature, it was hypothetically...

Source of Stone for the Portals of Town Gates in BerounMateriálie

Filip Facincani, Jan Zavřel, Vladimír Žáček

Památky středních Čech 2024, 38(2)

The article expands on the recently published study by the first of the authors of this article dealing with the interpretation of masons’ marks found on the portals of the Beroun town gates. The presented results of petrographic research revealed that stone for the Beroun town gates was quarried on Knihov Hill near Zdice, about 10 kilometres, as the crow flies, from the centre of Beroun. Research further included the localisation of other quarries providing stone for the repairs of town fortification based on early 16th-century accounts.

Burghers in the Church, a Church in the Town
Church of St Bartholomew in Rakovník and Its Historical Development in the Context of the Town Life from the Middle Ages to the Mid-19th CenturyStudie

Alena Nachtmannová

Památky středních Čech 2024, 38(2)

The article deals with the Church of St Bartholomew in Rakovník and its historical role within the town‘s social structure. It analyses the development of the church from the Middle Ages to the mid-19th century, exploring its function as a religious, cultural, and social centre of the town. Not only did it provide a spiritual space, but it was also a place of social meetings, town ceremonies, and a symbol of town identity. The study mostly draws from the archival sources of the municipal and deanery archives of Rakovník.

New Findings about the Building History of the Hořovice Old CastleStudie

Alfréd Schubert, Jan Veselý

Památky středních Čech 2024, 38(2)

The study deals with the history and building development of the multiply rebuilt Old Castle in Horovice, originally a medieval fortress. Archival and building history research results are presented and complemented with a dendrochronological analysis of several wooden elements. The fortified structure has undergone many transformations – today, it is a single-storeyed three-wing castle. The study primarily seeks to inform about the previously unrecognised existence of the substantial part of the original masonry of the prismatic tower. In addition, a room that was most likely used as a chapel is newly described. The paper also reports on...