"Tis beautiful in the spa towns, since one finds much pleasure there for one's health to suit one's tastes." The Spa Town Topos in Czech Literature in the 19th Century.
"Es ist bekannt, dass Graf Czernin die Gastgewerbekonzession für das Haus Nr. 121/IV persönlich nicht ausüben kann"... Exkurs in die Geschichte des Ausflugsgasthauses Rudolfov und in das Schwierige Leben der dortigen Wirte Ausflugsgasthaus Rudolfov bei Jindřichův Hradec/Neuhaus.
"There are 400 more vacant places in the Tachov area!" Contribution to the "small history" of return migration and final settlement of the Tachov area in narrative interviews at the beginning of the 21st century.
The article presents the results of the social-anthropological field research realized in the town of Tachov and several adjacent villages (especially Lesná, Mýto). It focuses on the mapping of the so called small history, identified through the biographical method, that is, stories related to the lives of the interviewed persons. It analyzes the situation during and after the return migration and final settlement of the region, as it is presented in the memories of the participants of the provesses of settlement, as well as their descendants. The article is structured into several blocks according to the priorities of the narratives, ascertained during the field research. These priorities are: memories of the industry of the pre-war era, the theme of return migrants and settlers, their integration and mutual relations with other ethnic groups. At the same time, it was possible to create an image of the spontaneous tale-telling repertoire. The main purpose of the research was to follow-up with the researches of the region realized in the 1970s and 1980s and to supplement them with new data.