Možnosti animace sakrálních památek v periferních regionech České republiky

This thesis discuss the matters of cultural animation of sacral monuments in the peripheral regions of the Czech Republic and is aimed to the possibilities of cultural animation of churches in the northern and northeastern borderland. The theoretical part summarizes briefly religious mindset of contemporary Czech society, describes the Church's and religious communities' financial management, searches for historical causations which lead to the current conditions of the sacral monuments in the Czech Republic. Onward it reviews the concept of cultural animation and its application to the specific field of sacral monuments. The practical part of the thesis is focused on the cultural animation of baroque churches located in the region of Broumov (the Broumov group of churches), in the region of Šluknov (church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Lobendava), and in the territory of Orlické hory (church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Neratov). The practical part briefly introduces each of the regions, particular churches, financial resources used for their reconstructions, local agents involved in the cultural animation, animation activities in each region and its funding.