Peter Chrastina

The paper deals with the reconstruction of climatic and hydrological aspects of the flash flood in Sobotište in 1678 in terms of historical geography. The weather conditions and consequences (especially damage) caused by this natural disaster were outlined by M. Bel in paragraph IX. CHVOYNITZE (slov. Chvojnica), § V. Natural History of the General...

Caves represent natural phenomena that have been used by man since ancient times, first as a refuge and dwelling, and later as objects of research and tourism. In the karst landscape of Slovak Republic in Central Europe, more than 7000 caves are registered in a relatively small area, of which 18 are open to the public. This paper deals with the ana...

The landscape surrounding the village of Čív (Piliscsév in Hungarian) in the north of the Komárom-Esztergom County is part of the cultural heritage of the Slovaks in Hungary. This paper discusses the issue of the Čív landscape changes in the context of its use (historical land use). Between 1701 and 1709, new inhabitants began cultivating the desol...

This paper considers the reconstruction of forest development in industrial landscape of the town of Novaky and its hinterland in the southern part of the Prievidzska Basin, which is being reconstructed through profiles of cultural-landscape layers (CLL). The main objective of the article is modelling development of forest on the choric model of lo...

Cieľom príspevku je charakteristika historického land use krajiny Tardoša s dôrazom na obdobie od roku 1725 (osídlenie územia zaniknutej dediny Slovákmi) do roku 2017. Recentné zmeny plôch skúmaného územia charakterizujeme prostrednístvom dynamiky tried využívania krajiny (TVK) počas ostatných ccca 300 rokov (1725 - 2017) v kontexte prírodných (geo...

Nowadays not every company’s management department but even every usual man knows about priority meaning of security of his data and other computer files. Especially it is so relevant because there is the main power like knowledge in the modern world. If you have some information you can reach any goals, be a useful worker or a successful businessp...

The landscape surrounding village Tardoš (Tardos in Hungarian) in the north of Komárom-Esztergom County is a part of the cultural heritage of Slovaks in Hungary. The study anal-yses the issue of the revitalisation of the landscape in the context of its use (historical land use). Current state of the local landscape represents the result of the migr...

The paper points out the possibilities of mobile mapping in synergy with classical desktop applications of geographic information systems in the study of sustainable tourism in the urban environment. As an example, large Romanian cities (Oradea, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest) have been selected, collecting data on the normal movement of tour...

The study represents a probe into the issue of conceptualisation of environmental history in Slovakia based on a research of Slovak and foreign literature. Chronological aspect emphasizes the period of the end of the Middle Ages and the Modern Period. A n overview of the process of formation and development of the environmental history is complemen...

Landscape of Slovakian enclave Šára (hung. Sári) is an integral component of cultural heritage of lowland Slovaks. The paper is about reconstruction of land use in the examined area during the period 1696-2011. Relation modelling of the man – landscape (area) – culture – time we have realized by the secondary literature, maps (old maps from the yea...

From August 1914 to November 1918 the biggest military conflict lasted, which was gradually joined by thirty four of the fifty six then existing states of the world. The huge dimensions of the conflict, but also the technological advances in arms production led to mass consumption of war material, which meant an extra burden on the economy of all t...

The paper is focused on the new method which could be used for the reconstruction of forest development. We used the model town Nováky with its surroundings (southern part of the Prievidzská Basin in Slovakia). This method is called cultural-landscape layers (CLL) and it is an alternative way of evaluating the forest transformations in the landscap...

Matthias Bel in his work Notitia Hungariae Novae historico-geographica offered a contemporary view of specific realities of Hungarian counties within the Habsburg Monarchy. The aim of the presented study is the historical and geographical analysis and interpretation of Part I Section (Vagus) Paragraph V of the natural scientific part of the Notitia...

Matthias Bel in his work Notitia Hungariae Novae historico geographica offered a contemporary view of the condition, significance, response and specific features of Hungarian counties within the Habsburg monarchy. The aim of the present study is the historical geographical analysis and interpretation of SectionsVIII and IX of the Paragraph V in the...

Large migratory movements that followed after Satumarsky peace (1711) in Hungary significantly changed the ethnic structure of its population. They included also migration of Slovaks to present-day Romania Bihor area. This colonization process took place in several waves since the late 18th to 19th century, supported by the Hungarian aristocracy. I...

Scientific inquiry in historical geography also focuses on the research of prehistoric and historic landscape and its use. One of the procedures by which it can be done, is the study of profile/profiles of a cultural-landscape layer of a local area. The research of the scientific literature shows that the historical land use and multi-temporal anal...

Bačka region in Vojvodina (Serbia) is one of the areas, which were in the process of historical development influenced by the presence and coexistence of various ethnic groups from the Central and Southeastern Europe. As example we present the landscape of Slovak enclave in Pivnica on southwest outskirts of the Bačka loess platform. Modern Age land...

There are quite strong ties between the cultural dimension of the society and the environmental state. These ties are most visible in the land-use culture, which creates the overall landscape structure of villages Cáfár (Hungarian Szápár), Čerňa (Banonycsernye) and Jášč (Jásd) on the foothill of Bakony Mts. We have the consider the land-use culture...