Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA ČR)

The database of old quarries and mining sites in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park and the Elbe Sandstone Protected Landscape Area

The project combines social and nature sciences, focused on the use of sandstone landscape of the Bohemian Switzerland NP and the Elbe SandstonePLA.It aims at a complex research into mining history of the region, employing a review of existing sources, study of maps and archival records, a detailed field investigation, and an inventory and documentation of sites of interest from geological and historical-geographical points of view using modern technologies and methods.The obtained results will be presented online through a specialized maps with a professional content covering topographic, geological, historical and visual characteristics of sites with documented mining.The results will be also presented to the general public in the form of a modern popular science exhibition.

Main researcher: Muzeum města Ústí nad Labem, příspěvková organizace, Mgr. Natalie Belisová

Researcher: FF UJEP, PhDr. Kamil Podroužek Ph.D.