Open AccessField fortifications from the Second World War: possibilities of archaeological research on post-military landscapes in South Moravia (Czech Republic)
Author(s) -
Jiří Zubalík
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
auc geographica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2336-1980
pISSN - 0300-5402
DOI - 10.14712/23361980.2019.11
Subject(s) - archaeology , excavation , orthophoto , dozen , czech , trench , geography , history , ancient history , remote sensing , mathematics , chemistry , layer (electronics) , philosophy , organic chemistry , linguistics , arithmetic
Field fortifications from the end of World War 2 which were located in South Moravia are almost forgotten nowadays. This paper presents first results of archaeological research of their remains. Recently, relics of field fortifications have been registered during rescue excavations on 13 construction sites. In the vicinity of the town of Brno, parts of Wehrmacht trench systems, which defended whole town, have been excavated and documented on several sites. Several dozen small infantry entrenchments have been recorded near Pasohlávky and Mušov, where serious fights lasted for
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