Ing. Josef Kšír –a Preservationist, Founding Father of the Olomouc Fortress Research and Significant Photographer of Historical Sights in Olomouc Cover Image

Ing. Josef Kšír – památkář, průkopník výzkumu o olomoucké pevnosti a významný fotograf olomouckých památek
Ing. Josef Kšír –a Preservationist, Founding Father of the Olomouc Fortress Research and Significant Photographer of Historical Sights in Olomouc

Author(s): Miroslav Papoušek, Michael Viktořík
Subject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

Summary/Abstract: Josef Kšír (1892–1978) was considered to be a prominent specialist on urbanism, urban settlements and regulatory plans. Moreover, he was interested in urban development of Olomouc and he intensively published his findings. He wrote almost three hundred studies and popular science books during his life; some of them have not been overthrown yet. Josef Kšír worked as a documentarist and popularizer of vernacular architecture of Haná, a preserver of cultural heritage management in Olomouc region and he also transmitted his knowledge in the field of historic preservation to students of the Philosophical Faculty in Olomouc.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 159-172
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech
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