Several Toponyms in the Šumperk District Relating to the History of Glassmaking Cover Image

Několik toponym z okresu Šumperk vztahujících se k dějinám sklářství
Several Toponyms in the Šumperk District Relating to the History of Glassmaking

Author(s): Michal Gelnar
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: toponyms; glassmaking; glassworks; history; the Šumperk district; Jeseníky Mountains; North Moravia

Summary/Abstract: During the historical study of glassmaking in Jeseníky mountains it is necessary not only to work with the written archival sources that rarely occur in middle ages and early modern times but also with regional local history literature and cartographic sources. There were excerpted some toponyms relating to the history of glassmaking in the district in question from these written and cartographic sources. They helped to locate some habitats of extinct glassworks. Collecting of material from these sources has confirmed the legitimacy of these exploring sources. Pottery founded on one of these deposits helped to determinate dating of activities in glassworks and moved the beginning of the glassmaking in this part of northern Moravia already to the middle of the 14th century.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2012
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 101-116
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Czech