landscape development; land cover; aerial photo; stable cadastre map; Ostrava-Karviná Mining District; process

The study deals with the impact of industrialization on the landscape in the Ostrava-Karviná Mining District. The authors focus on the analysis of the impact of black coal mining in the central part of the Karviná region. Land cover and land cover development were analyzed in detail in the observed cadastral areas (Lazy near Orlová, Karviná-Doly, and Darkov). With regard to the existing data sources, the years 1836, 1947 and 2003 were selected as significant time milestones within the period from the half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. Landscape changes derived from the image data (cadastral maps and aerial photos) are explained in historical contexts related to the selected areas.