Kopřivnice – as we have already printed in the Saturday edition Novojičínského newspaper, rail motor car M 290.001, known as the “Slovak strela”(Slovak Arrow), the government declared a national cultural monument.
Great news that the “Slovak strela” got on the list of national cultural heritage, where his steadfast position for many years and holds the Charles Bridge, St.. Víta, Karlštejn, the crown jewels and more than two hundred fifty more artifacts and objects, last week told the Director of the Technical Museum Tatra Kopřivnice Lumír Kavalek. “I would say that our response to this announcement was very, very positive,” approached the initial response to happy, and very exceptional, the fact Kavalek continued: “That Arrow was recognized by the Slovak national cultural monument, a unique kind of matter is but above all moral valuation of quality and originality of products Tatras. ”
Marking a national cultural monument, however, by the Director of the Technical Museum Tatra does not just profit and the possibility of financial recovery, “Statement of anything as a national cultural monument, in my opinion, does not primarily profit. On the contrary, brings more responsibilities, such as better care of the building. “Kavalek but denied that it received awards have contributed to the increase in the interest of visitors, not only on the railway itself, which is now before Kopřivnice Technology Museum, but also the Tatra as such. “We are putting forward the visitors a hundred and fifty years history of the Tatras and can boast that the products which have been declared a cultural monument, a sort of precursor of the national cultural monuments in the museum have forty-five,” said Kavalek.
Another important responsibilities you have with him this award brings, the financial security of artefacts. “Maybe it could be such a moral appeal to all of us, to us, hopefully soon, I managed to generate the funds that she was a national cultural monument, in addition to its beautiful award came as a beautiful coat,” he said, recalling the financial Kavalek intensity of care tatrovácké cars: “Reconstruction and concern for such types of cars or the like is really something.”
Also Kopřivnice city, led by its Mayor Joseph heifer was very pleased with the new reality: “Of course we are very happy, but she is quite fresh information,” he said in a telephone interview feelings Kopřivnický mayor added: “I think it is a great honor to have, in addition to all other castles, palaces and other large technical monuments in our country such monument. Then also in terms of importance and marketing of the city is very pleasing news. ”
Awards helped experts
Proposal to valuation and classification of rail motor car M 290.001 who once Brázdil tracks on the route Prague – Bratislava, the list of national cultural heritage initiated by the workers themselves, not only the Technical Museum Tatra, but help them as experts of renown from the National Technical Museum in Prague. “We initiated the 1999 Declaration Slovak shells as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic, which is now acquired a sort of precursor awards. It became a decision of the Minister of Culture in 2000 it was declared a cultural monument of the CR, as well as other already mentioned, four dozen objects Tatry, which we have in our museum, “outlining the beginnings of which led to obtaining an honorary place in the company of other major national monuments Kavalek. In his words, the uniqueness and originality of products and cars Tatry perceived as experts at the National Technical Museum in Prague and they just helped the Slovak shot on the list. I think that is their intercession she was the last straw in the decision of the government for recognition,” he concluded.
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