Geografie 1963, 68, 1-12
Congress of Czechoslovak Geographers
The IXth Congress of Czechoslovak geographers took place in Teplice, Bohemia, from 18th to 21st June, 1962. 114 members and 32 guests were among the present. During the congress 50 lectures were delivered, brief summaries of which have been included in this bulletin. Six reports were submitted for discussion in the course of the plenary session, having for themes the development of the Czechoslovak geography since the last congress in 1959, and indicating the tasks to be still performed in future. The present bulletin gives a brief account of the proceedings. Further reports were given in six separate sections, most of them in the section treating of Northern Bohemia especially of its economic conditions. V. Havrda discussed geographical problems which are due to a more extensive coal production. M. Střída treated of economic geographical division of Northern Bohemia. V. Häufler discussed the development of inhabitation from 1921 to 1961. C. Votrubec reported on geographical position of new settlements, N. Hanzlíková on professions performed by women in the North Bohemian industry, J. Kolář on the sugar industry, O. Vrána on hop-picking in North Bohemia, J. Brinke and D. Chroboková on some problems of animal production, K. Stránský on the intensity of the main centres of the goods railway transport. M. Špůr gave a brief account on geographical conditions in the area of Ústí n. L. J. Hůrský discussed in detail geographical delimitation of this agglomeration. J. Dosedla reported on morphological changes due to deep-level mining. O. Pokorný described the extinguishing of the Komořany Lake near Most, from the point of view of historical geography. In physical geography all 8 reports treated of geomorphology. Two reports dealt with compilation and legend of geomorphological maps, one of them treating of the scale of 1 : 50.000 (B. Balatka, J. Loučková, J. Sládek), the other of 1: 200.000 (T. Czudek and J. Demek). O. Stehlík reported on the way of practical application of air shots in geomorphological investigation, V. Mostecký on the geomorphology of the Bohemian Mass, V. Král on geomorphology of the part of the Elbe Valley that extends to the Bohemian Mass. The last lecture treated of the erosion of soil in the lower reaches of the Váh. Similarly, in the section for economic geography, population and housing problems were treated of J. Doberský presented a map of different types of village housing construction in Czechoslovakia. C. Votrubec treated of a detailed map of population in Czechoslovakia in 1961 in scale of 1 : 1 M worked out in accordance with the instructions of the International Committee for the World Population Map. J. Stárková who cooperated on this map gave critical comments on the prescribed scale. C. Votrubec based his classification of the network of settlements on the results of this cartographic work. M. Hampl analysed the imigration factors that played part in the foundation of large Czechoslovak towns. J. Hanzlík presented and commented on a map of development of the population in Slovakia between 1869 and 1961. Z. Pavlík brought in a proposal of a new coefficient of inland migration. In the cartographic section, D. Trávníček discussed the purpose of the present edition about the maps of the world. A Götz treated of the representation of density signatures and the selection of settlements for geographical maps. O. Kudrnovská reported on differences in figures of middle altitudes worked out by applying the method of arithmetical mean and the volumetric method. Z. Veselý commented on the results of new planimetric measurements of the extent of the Czechoslovak state territory on the basis of Krasovsky ellipsoid. V. Novák treated of the aesthetic of map compilation, Č. Harvalík discussed the problem of making up a plastic map upon a rounded surface. M. Medková reported on the stage of work on the Historical Atlas of Czechoslovakia. In the section of historical geography and cartography V. Davídek reported on the changes in density of population in Bohemia from 17th to 19th century. J. Garaj described castle localities mentioned by the so-called Bavorian Geographer. K. Kuchař analysed constructional data of the first army mapping on the territory of Czechoslovakia. L. Mucha discussed the Czech globes by Josef Erben from 1860. A. Macek reported on geographical books in some of the Moravian libraries and presented some of the recently discovered copies of rare maps of Bohemia. K. Kuchař in his final report discussed the activity of the section of historical cartography since the last congress. The teaching of geography was treated of in a separate section. M. Riedlová reported on the results of investigation of qualification and conditions of extra mural studies on higher pedagogical schools. O. Tichý discussed conclusions based on investigation of methods of extra mural studies of mathematical geography. M. Muchová discussed the results of the inquiry into qualification of teachers of geography on secondary schools. F. Pinc contributed to the didactic of amplified material for studies of the region in question. L. Loyda discussed the results of investigation of general geographical maps. At the final plenary session 7 resolutions were passed and accepted 4 of which treated of the expert work of geographers in near future, i. e. the terminological geographical dictionary, the delimination of physical-geographical areas in Czechoslovakia, a complex geographical investigation of smaller areas and the working out of a uniform system of educational aids. Two excursions took place after the congress, one to the area of Děčín and the other to the brown-coal basin of Most.
