HISTORICAL WOODY PLANTS AND THEIR PROTECTION IN THE CONCEPT OF THE NEW FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE COMPOSED

The National Cultural Monuments of Kuks and Braunův Betlém (Braun’s Bethlehem) are among the most remarkable works of Czech Baroque.
Historically, they were part of the manor of Count František Antonín Špork (1662-1738) – Choustníkovo Hradiště located on the south-east edge of the foothills of the Giant Mountains on the upper reaches of the Elbe river.
The landscape of the manor of Choustníkovo Hradiště has been analyzed within the international cooperation of the Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening with Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), World Heritage Centre (WHC), Fachhochschule Potsdam and Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus on the project “The Development of Methodology and Instruments for Preservation of Cultural Landscapes of National Value on the Example of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage” (Jech et al., 2007b).
The basic data for a new forest management plan of the south-east part of the territory of interest have been working out among the first applications of the results.
After the completion of the approval process the plan should serve as a binding groundwork for forest management of the composed Nový les (New Forest) surrounding the National cultural monument of Braunův Betlém.
The validity of the forest management plan: 2008-2018 (according to the Forest Act No. 289/1995 of Coll.), responsible entity: Lesprojekt Hradec Králové, s.r.o., owner: the town of Dvůr Králové nad Labem.

I International Symposium on Woody Ornamentals of the Temperate Zone

D. Jech, E. Dlouhá

forest management plan, F.A. Špork, M.B. Braun, Betlém, Choustníkovo Hradiště, UNESCO, Baroque, composed landscape

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.885.22