Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
reconstructed after World War II, but after the Velvet Revolution it was not used
anymore (Technik
1992
). Since 2013, the building has been used as the gallery.
The building of the museum is located at the crossroads of V
´
t
ˇ
zn
´
and
Masarykova streets, opposite the gallery. The history of the museum dates back
to 1873, when the museum association was founded. But it was not successful until
1882, when Zemsk
´
v
´
bor in Prague donated a remarkable financial subvention and
thus enabled the construction of the museum building. The building process started
with laying the foundation stone from the destroyed old town hall on 24th March
1897. The museum was formally inaugurated on 18th December 1898. After World
War II it reopened on 1st September and a year later it made its collections available
for visitors of the exhibition (Technik
1992
) (Fig.
1
).
Locality of TUL Area
Definition of the Locality
Description: Area of TUL
The main axis of the studied locality is Husova Street. In its neighbourhood there
is Z
ˇ
Husova (elementary school), the regional hygienic station and between them
the dominant campus of Technical University of Liberec. At the moment it is
undergoing a remarkable development. New buildings are being built and the
whole area is slightly expanding.
General Comparison
The map from 1858 does not display the locality. Thanks to the contour lines on the
map from 1899 we can see that Husova Street is located nearly on the ridge and it
forks near present building of hygienic station. The development of the main street
is not visible as its symbol does not change on individual maps.
Street Network
The main street is a tree-lined avenue on the map from 1899. There is no housing
development.
The map from 1932 displays greater development of the area. We can see
existing network of streets similar to the plans from 1899 and quite dense housing
development. The map from 1910 does not display many differences in the street
network compared with the previous map. In contrast to this, the map from 1932
shows the street network remarkably changed and partly copying the plans of
streets displayed on the map from 1899. The development of the street network is
