Znojmo a okol na pohlednicch Karla Nathera / Znaim und Umgebung in Ansichtskarten von Karl Nather (2024)

This Czech-language book presents Znojmo and its surroundings as captured on postcards by Karl Nather during the First Republic. The Nather photography studio in Znojmo operated for almost fifty years: Paul Nather founded it in 1897, and his eldest son Karl took it over in 1925. The flourishing tourist trade and major changes in the region during the early 1930s, including the construction of Vranov Dam, the flooding of old Btov and the building of new Btov, the creation of tourist accommodation at Nov Hrdek, the conversion of an old mill into Hotel Gruber at the Devt mln resort, and the modernization of the towns river baths, provided Karl Nather with many subjects to photograph and publish. The book covers Paul Nather, Karl Nather, Ingeborg Wozilka ne Nather, Znojmo and the surrounding municipalities, bunkers, the river swimming pool below Ob hlava and the Trauznick Valley, Devt mln, Nov Hrdek, Vranov nad Dyj, the construction of the dam at Vranov nad Dyj, Btov, Frejtejn, and the development of the backs and fronts of postcards.