Monitoring the Current State of the Czech Section of Horse-Drawn Railway Ceske Budejovice – Linz and Design of Its Revitalization

Abstract

The article deals with the mapping of the remains of the Czech part of the České Budějovice – Linz line. The horse-drawn railway is a national cultural heritage and one of the first major logistic activities of the Czech Republic. The work has confirmed little or no use of track relics and also confirms that the track is neglected and abandoned, although its remains are often in close proximity to current communications and are therefore easy to access. The relics are mostly surrounded by racing green, dilapidated and do not lead to any marked trails. An exception is made up of all four buildings on the territory of České Budějovice. For the last few buildings in front of the border with Austria, there is an educational trail. You cannot talk about the rest of the relics. During the research, relicts lying close to each other were classified into four locations. These locations are: České Budějovice, Kamenný Újezd, Velešín and Suchdol up to the border. Locations are more interesting for visitors because they have several objects close together, which can be more easily visited. Some objects are far apart and have not been included in the locations. In the article, we focus on the section about Holkov up to the border with Austria. The aim of the thesis is to propose measures to increase tourism on these track debris. The main question of the work, to find out the possibility of revitalizing a part of the track to make tourist attractions more attractive, proved to be possible. The work proposes new educational trails on horse-drawn track on the remains of the track. These trails are located in the denser relic locations. Trails, positions, and stop counts are suggested for the nature trails, and they should be covered, but the panels themselves are not designed. It is also proposed to use modern technologies, usable in smart devices.