Eliška COUBALOVÁ

Staré mapy a územní plánování – možnosti a limity jejich využití na příkladu řeky Labe u Lysé nad Labem (střední Čechy)

Coubalová, E.: Old maps and spatial planning – possibilities and limitations of their use on the example of the Elbe River near Lysá nad Labem (Central Bohemia). Kartografické listy, 2025, 33 (2).

Abstract: Until the 1930s, the Elbe River near Lysá nad Labem meandered, creating side arms that eventual-ly became blind. The surrounding landscape was therefore threatened by flooding, partly due to the shallow depth and shape of the riverbed. However, during the period in question, the river was made navigable, i.e., straightened and deepened, and the danger of high water was thus elim-inated to a certain extent due to the faster drainage of water caused by the modification of the shape and depth of the riverbed. The aim of this paper is to clarify how the landscape around the Elbe and the shape of the riverbed itself changed from the 18th to the first third of the 20th centu-ry, and to identify the extent to which the flood areas of selected episodes of high water extend in-to parts of the former riverbed and how an spatial plan reflects these potentially endangered areas. An author also attempts to answer the question of the extent to which old maps and illustrations depicting Lysá nad Labem and its surroundings are usable for the creation of the current spatial plan. The text also reflects on the methodology of working with these old maps in the ArcGIS Pro environment. Furthermore, the author attempts to determine the extent to which the spatial plan works with information they provide and what possibilities there are for their use in current spatial planning.

Keywords: Lysá nad Labem, spatial plan, landscape transformation, Elbe floodplain, Military Survey, flood maps, 18th century