Užití hlíny v lidovém stavitelství v severní části středních Čech na příkladech z dokumentačních fondů Etnologického ústavu Akademie věd v Praze
The use of clay in folk construction in the northern part of Central Bohemia on examples from the documentation funds of the Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences in Prague

Author(s): Dana Motyčková, Kateřina Sedlická
Subject(s): Cultural history, Architecture, Regional Geography
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Unburnt bricks; mud plasters; mud puddles; half-timbered structure; Central Bohemia;
Summary/Abstract: The area of alluvial sediments and loess soils in flat and slightly undulating terrains north of Prague, in a part of the Districts of Mělník and Litoměřice, around the confluence of the Vltava and the Elbe rivers, is a territory in which one can still encounter traditional building material – unburnt mud. The most buildings are painted with lime or cement plasters in modern times, which cover older mud construction. It was flood in 2002 that drew attention to this material, as the residential houses were devastated considerably in the villages of Zálezlice, Zátvor and Kozárovice. This became an inspiration for the study of the type of housing in the villages in question as well as the nearby ones, which the content of the submitted essay presents.

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