Geology of Castles and Chateaux of the Czech Republic

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-3507/01
Abbreviation	GHZ
Course title	Geology of Castles and Chateaux of the Czech Republic
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Jan Kubáč, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. History of building and importance of castles and chateaux
3. Geological bedrock of the Czech Republic, sources of building stone
4. Classification of used building stone
5. Relation of geomorphology and construction of castle buildings
6. Exogenous processes and their influence on castle objects
7. Castles on Proterozoic rocks
8. Granite castles
9. Castles on metamorphic rocks
10. Castles on volcanic rocks
11. Limestone castles
12. Sandstone castles
13. Castles on "exotics"

E-learning

Study materials for this course can be found at the following link: https://edison.sso.vsb.cz/cz.vsb.edison.edu.study.prepare.web/StudySupportsFileServlet/8dac4c0a-9689-4a7f-a114-b33fef3ee2fe;1.0/Geologie%20hrad%C5%AF%20a%20z%C3%A1mk%C5%AF%20%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9%20republiky.pdf?inline=true

Literature

EHRENBERGER, T., GRUNT, F., KOSTI-OVÁ, J., NOVOTNÁ, D.: Czech Republic. The Most Beautiful 88 Castles. 1st publ. Praha: Kartografie, 2003, 160 s.

Advised literature

CZECHTOURISM: 111 castles, châteaux and other selected historic buildings in the Czech Republic. Praha: Česká centrála cestovního ruchu, 1998.

back to search page