The dissertation shows one of the possible portraits of the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia between the years 1927-1963. On the example of Václav Boštík (1897-1963), the dean in Ústí nad Orlicí between the years 1934-1942 and 1945-1961, the thesis focuses on continuities and discontinuities in the history of the local Roman Catholic parish. The presented analysis combines the socio-historical, microhistorical and biographical approach, by means of which it shows pastoral and other strategies of dean Václav Boštík - an ecclesiastical administrator and statutory representative - in various situations during the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. Local events are interconnected with the context of Czech ecclesiastical history at the statewide and diocesan level as well as with a broker context of Church history. Key words 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church, Czechoslowakia, communism, Ústí nad Orlicí, Václav Boštík (1897-1963)

In the year 1903, the oldest existing Bohemian music society, the Tonkünstler-Wittwen-und-Waisen-Societät, founded in Prague in March 1803, finally ceased all its music activities; it continued its work just as a pension fund up to its final closing down in 1930. The Cecilská hudební jednota (Cecilian Music Society), founded in November 1803 in Ústí nad Orlicí/Wildenschwert, East Bohemia, was at that time still thriving. The ways in which the period social, political and cultural circumstances reflected in its work, are of special interest for anybody researching Bohemian music history.

The goal of this thesis is to describe establishment, development and forms of town twinnig. There is described development, definitions, benefits and forms of town twinning in the theoretical part. There are presented international organisations supporting town twinning too and also there is described a programm called "Town Twinning". Practical part is devoted to description of activities among choosen towns - Hradec Králové, Kostelec nad Orlicí, Vamberk and Albrechtice nad Orlicí. There are some proposals how to support tourism with these partner towns too.

Master thesis titled "Kocian Violin Competition in Usti nad Orlici" outlines in brief the life of violinist Jaroslav Kocian. Usti nad Orlici native. It concerns the competition beginnings, ongoings of all recent yearly undertakings, international participants, winning participants, obligatory compositions, influence of external and internal factors on KVC participants. The analysis was based on personal survey, future trends and changes which occured in KVC. The purpose of the thesis was to summarize the ongoings and progress of KVC, in detail analyze and compare international and local participation, selection of compulsory composition and also to characterize KVC laureates in terms of age and gender. Also, the aim of the thesis was to analyze the purpose, quality, origin and overal competiton character in relation with Jaroslav Kocian personality within Usti nad Orlici culturel environment. Master thesis informs about artistic paths of Czech KVC winners who with their art of playing violin achieved worldwide success. This success was also a proof of very high level of this violin competition.

The thesis follows the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia between 1948-1961. The first part includes broader theoretical context and the second part contains historical context of the issues which are discussed in the third part. On the example of Václav Boštík, the dean in Ústí nad Orlicí between the years 1934-1942 and 1945-1961, and using the micro-historical method, the thesis demonstrates the running of a parish in a district town during the first thirteen years of the communist totalitarian rule. The options and actions of dean Václav Boštík - an ecclesiastic administrator and statutory representative - in various situations and his decisions, which had a direct and significant influence on the parish, are analyzed in the thesis. At the same time, the presented local situation is compared with the steps of the state towards the Church on the national level, which shows one of possible pictures of the ecclesiastical history in Czechoslovakia in the second half of the 20th century. Key words 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church, Czechoslowakia, communism, Ústí nad Orlicí, Václav Boštík (1897-1963)

This thesis is focused on improving the organizational culture in the COOP Albrechtice Orlici. The current organizational culture is established on basis of own observation and consultation with the Head shop. Proposals to change the organizational structures emerge from the survey when they were surveyed customers' views and attitudes to the selected store. Based on this survey will be designed to improve to meet the requirements of all customers.

This diploma thesis is built on prediploma project, whose aim was to create a strategy for converting of ground of textile factory Perla in Usti nad Orlici. During prediploma project functional content of the whole area was designed, for diploma thesis it was chosen part of this territory and it was processed in detail. Specifically, it was chosen the southwestern part of the area situated around a factory smokestack. Partly, there is a new use of existing buildings and partly there are designed new objects. Preserved buildings will be newly used as a museum, gallery, IQ center, formal hall, shops and offices. All new buildings in the selected area will be used for commercial purposes, namely for shops, offices, services and a cafeteria. Important city-forming elements are two squares: one smaller around the chimney, which is intimate, and the second square, which is larger, so there is enough room for holding various social events.

The aim of this dissertation is to propose adjustments of five chosen locations leading to increase safety and to improve financial requirements. Problematic locations can be found in the region of Ústí nad Orlicí. The work contains three variants to improve every area.

The aim of this master´s thesis is valuation of 11 real estate propetries of type flat in Ústí nad Orlicí by selected methods of valuation. Subsequently comparison of these methods and analysis of selected factors influencing the ascertained price and the standard price is done.