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[[File:CSA2.jpg|800px|thumb|right|Czechoslovak Army Mine below Jezeří Castle]] | [[File:CSA2.jpg|800px|thumb|right|Czechoslovak Army Mine below Jezeří Castle (left: petrochemical company in Záluží), 2008]] | ||
==Post WWII culture and society== | ==Post WWII culture and society== | ||
[[File:Jezeri jezero.jpg|400px|thumb|left| | [[File:Jezeri jezero.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Jezeří castle with Komořany lake in 1882]] | ||
After the Second World War the vast majority of the original German population was expelled from the land where they had their roots. They were replaced by newcomers from other regions who preyed upon the land as the property of the ousted “enemy” as if it did not deserve protection; it was perceived instead as a conquered territory to eradicate. Contributing factors to this perception was the combination of communist ideology with tense postwar Czech nationalism and the general situation in postwar Europe (see more on the [http://www.czp.cuni.cz/vcsewiki/index.php/Ore_mountains_-_region_and_history#Social_and_national_conflicts VCSE wiki]). | After the Second World War the vast majority of the original German population was expelled from the land where they had their roots. They were replaced by newcomers from other regions who preyed upon the land as the property of the ousted “enemy” as if it did not deserve protection; it was perceived instead as a conquered territory to eradicate. Contributing factors to this perception was the combination of communist ideology with tense postwar Czech nationalism and the general situation in postwar Europe (see more on the [http://www.czp.cuni.cz/vcsewiki/index.php/Ore_mountains_-_region_and_history#Social_and_national_conflicts VCSE wiki]). | ||
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At stake would be not only the settlements of the basin. Large scale extraction would reduce access to towns and villages already isolated in the Ore Mountains. Distances would be increased for conducting trade, commuting to work and accessing services such as schools and medical assistance, which fewer and fewer people were willing to tolerate.<ref name = Riha></ref> | At stake would be not only the settlements of the basin. Large scale extraction would reduce access to towns and villages already isolated in the Ore Mountains. Distances would be increased for conducting trade, commuting to work and accessing services such as schools and medical assistance, which fewer and fewer people were willing to tolerate.<ref name = Riha></ref> | ||
===Legal status of mining company activities=== | |||
[http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/hot-top/coal-miner-mus-probe Series of articles] draw attention to the practices of mining companies, especially its [http://m.ceskapozice.cz/en/business/companies/swiss-file-charges-over-alleged-tunneling-czech-coal-miner-mus privatization scandals]. | |||
== Resources== | == Resources== | ||
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*http://www.hornijiretin.cz/ (endangered) | *http://www.hornijiretin.cz/ (endangered) | ||
*http://www.jezeri.wz.cz/ (endangered) | *http://www.jezeri.wz.cz/ (endangered) | ||
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