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This paper summarizes records of Barefoot Amanita (Amanita vittadinii), known also as Vittadini‘s lepidella, a protected basidiomycete, in two Moravian towns, Olomouc and Uherské Hradiště. While the occurrence of Barefoot Amanita in Olomouc has been known since 2009, the first locality for Uherské Hradiště was found in 2017. The ecology of the species, its habitat and vegetation preferences, as well as the pitfalls of practical conservation of rare synanthropic macromycete species are commented herein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The significance of musical instrument collections in regional museums is often unjustly overlooked. Nevertheless, the very specimens kept therein are often not only items of artistic and technical value, but also witnesses of local musical life. The author of this paper has been engaged in the Olomouc Regional Museum’s collection of musical instruments as part of her student project at the Palacký University Department of Musicology. This long-term project aims to compile a complete catalogue of the musical instrument collection with regard to current organological standards and high-quality photographic documentation. The endeavour also entails contextualizing chosen instruments within the history of musical life in Olomouc. A partial result of the aforementioned efforts is the presented paper, examining the causal relationships between the quantitative representation of select chordophones (zithers) in the museum’s collection and the musical lifestyle of the citizens of Olomouc in the late 19th century. The report also includes a comprehensive history and brief overview of the collection of musical instruments within the context of Moravian memory institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presented paper deals with evaluation of a collection of medieval ceramics, uncovered by archaeologist Josef Skutil in 1955. The findings were obtained during the demolition of the house at 27 Ztracená Street, Olomouc, and recorded in the archaeological subcollection of the Regional Museum in Olomouc. Based on analysis of the ceramic vessels and a vessel tile, the entire collection can be dated back to the 14th century up to the beginning of the 15th century. The presented collection of medieval pottery and a tile contributes to better knowledge of the equipment of Olomouc bourgeois householdsunder the reign of the House of Luxembourg. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the origin of the Johann-Alley (Johannes-Avenue, Johann-Allée), found in the landscape west of the city walls of the Olomouc city in the 1830s, and its development into a public park in 1880s. It focuses on the lesser-known period of the beginnings of tree lined walks, designed as formal landscape structures based on classicism. It analyses the expansion of the recreational space by adjoining small parts of meadows, landscaped with irregular net of tiny paths and various shrubs, till the establishment of the large urban park, laid out between the tree alleys and city walls. It examines the relation between its relatively simple landscape design and its social use. The paper brings new information about the vegetation noticed here in the middle of the 19th century, especially about trees and shrubs corresponding to common domestic species. The tree alleys and the park are examined and evaluated as an important part of the suburban landscape and later of the city, reflecting the main historical tendencies of European landscape architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to critically analyse activities of the progressive women of Olomouc before 1914 in the context of the Czech-speaking women's movement. Nevertheless, its purpose is also to comment on character of relationship between the local Association of Progressive Women and the Political Progressive Club in Olomouc as a component of the Moravian People's-Progressive Party. The paper focuses on analysing the points of liaisons between the official programe and integrating women into party structures, as well as conflicting lines and limits of their engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The liege establishment of the Olomouc archbishopric retained its significance until the 19th century. The individual fiefs were held by a large number of people from the ranks of higher and lower nobility, as well as three city villages. Several times a year, lieges met under the leadership of the so called Hofrichter (also the president) in their Chamber in Kroměříž. In 1837–1862, the feudal court was led by Count Vinzenz Vetter von der Lilie whose biographical medallion creates the first part of the paper. It shows the life story of a man who can be considered a role model of diligence and loyalty. These qualities were also appreciated by Bishop’s vassals. In 1858 they dedicated to Vetter an album with paintings of their coats of arms to celebrate his 50-year anniversary at the feudal court. The second part of the study describes the manuscript preserved in the Kroměříž library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presented paper focuses on a collection of high medieval ceramics rescued by the curator of the Museum of the Capital of Olomouc Robert Smetana in 1938. The findings were located in the cellar of house No. 504, today’s 8th May Street (former Mořické Square No. 3). Only recently the majority of the material has been identified by the curator of the archaeological sub-collection of the Regional Museum in Olomouc. Based on the available analysis of the findings, the entire set can be dated back to the 15th century. The presented collection contributes to better knowledge of Olomouc burgher households equipment in the 15th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presented paper deals with early modern findings from a rescue archaeological excavation conducted in connection with illegal construction of a family house in Olomouc-Slavonín. One of the house sections exposed a cultural layer containing a large collection of early modern ceramics and chamber tiles, including stove daub. The layer can be interpreted as landfill containing a destroyed stove. Based on an analysis of the findings, this situation can be dated back to the second half of the 17th century up to the beginning of the 18th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Liliová hora hill near Luleč is an important locality of thermophilous flora in the Vyškov region, already mentioned in the classic botanical works of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. In later years, however, relatively little data were published about the local flora and some information is available only in herbaria. The local vegetation is also little explored. In the years 2011–2020, we visited the site several times and in this paper we present the knowledge gained about the occurrence of some remarkable thermophilous plant species. Phytosociological relevés of the vegetation including these species, as well as other interesting places with close-to-natural and semi-natural vegetation, are included. We discuss our findings in a floristic, ecological and phytogeographical context. Despite the observed successional changes, Liliová hora hill remains an important botanical locality and we recommend it to the further attention of naturalists and nature conservation bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with place name Gošikl (Goschickel) that occured between 13th and 18th century in texts referring to suburb in area south-west of Olomouc city walls. By the author's opinion, the name Gošikl has originated in German and its analogy is the name Šunychl referring to one part of the city Bohumín in Silesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper focuses on the sculptural decoration in the building of the medical high school in Olomouc and realizations of the Olomouc plastering firm established by František Vyhnánek and made famous by sculptor, stucco worker and medalist Josef Hladík. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the content-oldest museum's collection of coins and medals known in Moravia, which was originally part of the Mathematical Museum at the Olomouc University (later Lyceum) and now is included in the collection of the Regional Museum in Olomouc. Preserved archival records of numismatic material from 1785 and 1814, including original supporting cards, which are additionally supplemented by notes on museum collections by the Brno historian and collector Jan Petr Cerroni, allow us to create a comprehensive picture of the composition of individual museum objects, especially of a numismatic nature, before 1814. This work presents a complete catalogs of the numismatic collection from the abovementioned years, thanks to which some items from the collection of the Regional Museum in Olomouc could be re-identified as original material from the Mathematical Museum of the University of Olomouc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with collection and conservation of plant genetic resources. Results of collecting expeditions, which were held in the region of Central Moravia in last years, are presented. At 55 localities 289 accessions of plant genetic resources were gathered. Collected accessions are stored both in the gene bank of Crop Research Institute in Prague- Ruzyně, and in the Bank of seed of endangered plant species in Regional Museum in Olomouc. Collections maintained in gene banks are important for both laics and professionals, who can ask for the available accessions. Samples are provided free of charge for the purpose of research, education and breeding. Stored accessions are used in breeding, research projects, in popularisation of research activities; and in nature protection for repatriation of populations and in situ conservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the Altar of Sts. Cyril and Methodius from the collections of the Moravian Gallery in Brno. The triptych from 1851 with the central painting of Pieta and the figures of Sts. Cyril and Methodius on the side wings was commissioned by Bedřich Count Silva-Tarouca from Josef Vojtěch Hellich, a Czech artist and patriot, for the chapel of the Neglected Youth's Home in Brno. The paper charts the circumstances surrounding the origin of the altar considered one of the first modern paintings with the subject of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Its artistic forms reflect the painter's leanings towards realistic tendencies in visual art around the mid-19th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper provides information about a finding of a remote population of the Pteris cretica fern which occurs mainly in subtropical regions of the World. The species was discovered in 2016 in an old well of the Letovice Castle (W Moravia, Czech Republic). Since this fern has never been recorded in the Czech Republic before, it is the first record for the national flora. Only a single specimen was discovered growing in the gap in the lining of the well, at a depth ca 3 m. The plant probably belongs to the var. albolineata which is often cultivated as a houseplant; this is a probable source of spores, and an explanation for this new occurrence. Since this taxon was recorded in similar habitats in Germany and Belgium, details related to this new occurrence can be compared. Several other fern species were observed in the well including the critically endangered Asplenium scolopendrium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper reports the historical and recent composition of the vascular flora of the Nature reserve Doubrava (PLA Litovelské Pomoraví, Central Moravia). Altogether 316 taxa of vascular plant taxa were found by recent research at the locality. From these, 24 taxa are considered to be under-threat in the Czech Republic. The most interesting species occurring at the area of Doubrava are Carex michelii, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Epipactis purpurata, Poa remota and Thalictrum lucidum. Several regionally rare species have vanished from the reserve during the last 30 years mostly due to vegetation changes in the locality. Apart from cultural spruce and pine forests, oak-hornbeam forests similar in composition to Carpathian oak-hornbeam forests (association Carici pilosae-Carpinetum) are the dominant types of vegetation in the territory. Less frequent are ravine and rock outcrop forests (Aceri-Tilietum), broad-leaved floodplain forests (Carici remotae- Fraxinetum) and beech forests (Galio odorati-Fagetum). The most interesting forest types are represented by thermophilous oak forests growing on acidic soils on the southern slopes (Sorbo torminalis-Quercetum) with the occurrence of several thermophilous plant species, and mesic acidophilous oak forests (Luzulo luzuloidis-Quercetum). Vegetation dominated by the tall grass Calamagrostis canescens was recorded on wet soils in local depressions along the railway at the foothill of the Hradisko hill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently found new veduta of the city Olomouc from the 1730s presents an unique new discovery that provides a special piece of artwork - large drawing made probably by local painter Johann Dominik Klein. The aim of the paper is not only to describe the view on the city as topographical document, but also analyse the social and historical circumstances of its origin and reception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on the historical and recent composition of bryophytes and vascular flora of the limestone hill Třesín near the town of Litovel. Altogether 139 species of bryophytes and 462 vascular plant taxa were found by way of recent research at the locality. From these, 4 bryophyte taxa and 31 vascular taxa are considered to be threatened taxa in the Czech Republic. The most interesting species occurring at the area of Třesín hill are Atrichum angustatum, Didymodon sinuosus, Seligeria pusilla, Cephalanthera longifolia, Platanthera bifolia, Sorbus torminalis. Carpathian oak-hornbeam forest (Carici pilosae-Carpinetum) and carpathian beechwood forests (Carici pilosae-Fagetum) are the dominant type of vegetation at the territory. Less frequent are nitrophilous beechwood forests (Mercuriali-Fagetum), ravine and rock outcrop forests (Aceri-Tilietum) and alderash stream forests (Stellario nemorum-Alnetum glutinosae). The most interesting forest type is represented by thermophilous oak forest which is found on the southern slopes on base-rich soils, with the occurrence of several thermophilous plant species. Non-forest vegetation is represented by mesic grasslands (Arrhenatherion), forest mantel vegetation (Trifolion medii) and calcicolous fern vegetation on limestone cliffs or outcrops (Cystopteridion). Present and historical composition of vascular flora of the Třesín hill were compared. Rapid decline in the number of endangered vascular plant species has been recorded at the Třesín hill during the last 30 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the name of Hodolany (former suburban village near Olomouc) and proposes two possible interpretations of the place name. The first assumes the motivation by the local reality (Hodina “a place suitable for living, e.g. not affected by floods”), the second interpretation considers the motivation by the personal name (“a village that belongs to Hoda”). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with architectural changes of the Čechy pod Kosířem château in the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century. These improvements were initiated by the aristocratic family of Silva-Tarouca. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper summarises the proceedings of the 7th and 8th international conference on the exploitation of mineral resources and raw materials. The conference was held in Olomouc city in 2016 and in Ladce city, Slovakia, in 2017. The paper presents research contributions from both conferences and describes the respective topics and conference sections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]