In space of National Park of Šumava happened in last years several bark beetle calamities, in result of it came extensive disputes about form of management in protected areas with society-wide impact. The shape of forests in Šumava in strickened places had changed and caused extensive discussion, which, besides other things, bear on human behavior and at the same time opened up the question, which form of forest is required in the present days . I decided through of qualitative strategy of research to discover the realtion to the nature of those, which took a part in discussion about National Park of Šumava and how they percieve it taking it into consideration of forest. I was interested in their relationship to symbolic dimension of forest, which question is pivotal in perception of forest and which form of management in protected areas they prefer. Key words: Šumava, aesthetics of forest, relationship to nature, disintegration of forest, symbolic dimension of forest

The aim of the thesis is to show the changes and the development of the landscape and the settlement of the region of central Šumava mountains due to industrialization in the 19th century. The thesis is based theoretically and methodologically in the field of anthropology of landscape and industrial archeology. It combines archive written and cartographic sources with non-destructive field research of anthropogenic relics. The industrialization of the area of interest meant the woodworking expansion that was caused by the lack of firewood in Prague and its surroundings and was realized as a business plan by the noble Schwarzenberg family. Schwarzenberg forest exploatation and timber floating system for firewood transport have brought significant landscape changes to hitherto almost untouched mountaneous forested areas. The field research has identified elements of the floating timber system, such as water reservoirs, watercourse troughs or the Vchynicko-Tetovský floating canal, as well as traces of both, permanent and seasonal settlement of woodcutters. The work divides the area into four zones, depending on how they were used, settled and transformed during the 19th century. The greatest attention is devoted to zone no. I, the remote forest area, which has become a major resource area for the Schwarzenberg...

This thesis examines the influence of the cross-border cooperation on the inhabitant's regional identity in Euroregion Šumava. Although this form of cooperation in the countries of Western Europe's long tradition in the Czech Republic formed and the first Euro-regions until the early 90 years. Such example is the Euroregion Šumava. To what extent are the residents of this Euroregion informed of its activities? It is already possible to speak of so called Euro-regional cross-border identity of the population? If so, it is possible to find the Euroregion its spatial differentiation? There are also present on the territory of Euroregion some barriers, which have a negative impact on the greater integrity? These and other questions seeking answers submitted work. To this end, it was realized the questionnaire, the main results are discussed and compared with the conclusions of other specialized publications. Key words: regional identity, cross-border cooperation, euroregion Šumava

The thesis deals with the historical development of cross-border cooperation in the Euroregion Šumava which is the Czech part of the Czech-German and the Czech-Austrian border defined as Euroregion Šumava/ Bayerischer Wald - Unterer Inn/ Mühlviertel. The main objective is to find out how joint cross- border cooperation has changed from the initial idea of joint cross-border cooperation through the establishment of the Euroregion Šumava to the present. Another objective is to identify regional differences in the development of cross-border cooperation from the perspective of three model areas that have different scale levels. The overall aim is to identify changes in the evolution of cross-border cooperation and an attempt to explain the causes of possible variabilities. The thesis is based on quantitative research in the form of cross-border analysis of completed projects and qualitative research based on structured interviews with selected respondents. A prerequisite of this thesis is both the shift from cross-border cooperation "bottom up" to "top down" and the subsequent interconnection of both forms. It is further assumed considerable regional differentiation. Both assumptions were confirmed through mutual reporting periods as well as comparison of model municipalities. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The aim of the thesis was to evaluate the influence of maedi-visna on reproductive indicators in selected Šumava sheep breeding. Serological test ELISA was accomplished in the evaluated herd, and its results were used for comparing reproductive rates of healthy and infected ewes. Maedi-visna disease was proved in 16 out of 193 samples (8, 29 %). Statistically significant influence of maedi-visna was shown in indicators such as age of infected ewes and number of reared lambs. For other indicators (number of live birth lambs, lambs weight in 100 days, occurrence of sterility, mortality and stillborn lambs) higher success rate was observed in maedi-visna negative ewes, however these findings were not statistically significant. Maedi-visna is incurable disease and most important tool how to avoid this disease is preventive protection of the sheep breedings.

This diploma thesis focuses on sustainable and responsible tourism in Šumava and the influence of the bad weather on sustainability in tourism in the Šumava National Park. The thesis is divided into two parts, a theoretical and a practical part. Positive and negative influences concerning tourism are explained at the beginning of the theoretical part. It further continues with characteristics of sustainable tourism, its principles, foundations, management and marketing. The last part of the theoretical part is focused on terms concerning responsible tourism and its principles. The practical part characterizes Šumava National Park and its relations with sustainable tourism. On the basis of secondary data, an analysis is conducted, which compares the influence of the weather on sales in tourism. The aim of the analysis is to establish the weather impacts on the economic outcomes. In the following part, the current portfolio of the available alternative tourist attractions during bad weather in the Šumava region is analysed. On the basis of the acquired results, tourism products are suggested. The products respect the principles of the sustainable and the responsible tourism. These are a network of the so-called shelters, a raincoat and a mobile application containing further information on the aforementioned products.

The preliminary part of the work Image of the Šumava in feature film deals with the Šumava area, its origin, area, climate, waters, natural disasters, agriculture, industry, crafts and everyday life in Šumava. The aim of the work is to occupy with films which were filmed in Šumava. In this films Šumava plays either the main part, where the directors set the plot of the film in the area of Šumava intentionally or it is just backround to the main plot of the film. There are also some pictures or posters of the films and some cuttings from periodicals in this work. The work is based on contemporary and secondary Czech and foreign literature, Czech and foreign periodicals, internet sources or professional and personal analysis of the films themselves. KEYWORDS Šumava and cinematography, Nazi propaganda, communist propaganda

The thesis studied effects of forest management and natural disturbance on oribatid mites in montane forests in South Bohemia (Czech Republic). We focused on the influence of (1) spruce monoculture establishment on the former beech forest, (2) management intensification in spruce forest and (3) forest dieback after bark-beetle outbreak. The impacts were pronounced especially like changes in species composition and distribution of functional traits.

This thesis deals with the bark beetle population gradation which resulted in dieback of montane spruce forest in the central part of the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic, during 1991 - 2000. A spatio-temporal model of changing land cover has been made using remote sensing and GIS methods. The statistical analyses have been made using generalized linear models (GLM). The possible effect of various conditions and environmental factors at landscape as well as the stand level has been discussed.

My dissertation engages the analysis of tourist industry in selected area, Šumava during the years 2001-2014. Primarily are analysed the capacity of lafge-scale accommodation, which is devide on number of accommodations, rooms, beds, caravan places and tents. Also my dissertation analyses turnout of these aaccommodations and number of overnight stays of residents and not residents. Important part is also analysis of turnout the castles Rabí, Kašperk, Rožmberk nad Vltavou and Český Krumlov. I have used the data of the Czech statistical office and basic characteristic time row.