Titre du document / Document title

Point opevnění z roku 1813 mezi Postoloprty a Budyní nad Ohří : vysledky letecké prospekce a historického bádání = Field fortifications dating from 1813 between Postoloprty and Budyne nad Ohří : results of aerial prospecting and historical research

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

SMRZ Zdenek ; HLUSTIK Antonin ; VON POHL Stephan ;

Résumé / Abstract

On 11^th of August 1813 and after complicated political manœuvring, Austria declared war on France and joined the exiting Anglo-Russian-Prussian-Swedish anti-Napoleon coalition. Due to fears of an invasion of Bohemia by Napoleon's armies in the event of a defeat during the planned campaign in Saxony, a fortified line, approximately 35 km long, was built on the right bank of the Ohře River between Postoloprty and Budyni nad Ohří in July and August. The batteries forming its spine were mostly concentrated on both wings, to prevent the enemy advancing into the interior by blocking roads and, if appropriate, to provide protection to the withdrawing or defeated Bohemian (Main) Army including the possibility of counterattack. After the defeat of Napoleon's armies at Leipzig, the fortifications, which were never touched by war, lost their meaning and were levelled. Regional historical sources tell us something about the construction circumstances, and the precise position and types of the batteries could be ascertained by comparisons with aerial prospecting. Of the 35 field fortifications documented by written sources, 29 could be localised and 21 discovered: 16 through aerial prospecting, 2 by ground research, and in 3 cases they served as fortifications for currently existing buildings and churches with cemeteries. The article discusses not only the field fortifications, but also all the sources, events and context indicated here.

Revue / Journal Title

Archeologické rozhledy   ISSN 0323-1267 

Source / Source

2007, vol. 59, n^o4, pp. 713-746 [34 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Tcheque
Revue : Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Academia, Praha, TCHEQUE, REPUBLIQUE  (1949) (Revue)

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

northwest Bohemia ; Ohře River valley ; 1813 ; aerial prospecting ; field fortifications ; batteries ; Napoleonic wars ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23044, 35400017274441.0020