ABSTRACT
Cob has a long and continued history throughout many parts of the Danubian region, to which Moravia as a historic land of actual Czech Republic belongs. The traditional cob including two basic variants of stacked or coffered bread-shaped pieces—války was the predominant technique in Central and Southern Moravia especially in Haná and Znojmo regions. Besides, these two techniques with many regional variations, several examples of pitched-forked (tooled) cob were identified. Appreciated by generations of art historians and ethnologists for their significant aesthetic qualities války represent today perhaps the most vulnerable part of our earthen architectural heritage. The objective of this paper is to present our actual knowledge of cob in Moravia enriched (through surveys of the last decade) with a number of findings dating from 16th to 20th centuries.
