The Commission on Geographical Names of the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre Vladimír Liščák Chair of the Commission 22nd Session of the East, Central and South-East Europe Division of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) Bratislava, 13 February 2019 The Commission on Geographical Names (Názvoslovná komise ČÚZK) As the expert and consultative body of the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre for standardization of those names, the Commission on Geographical Names was established in 1971. It is responsible for the standardization of non-settlement names from the territory of the Czech Republic (Czechia) and names of settlement and non-settlement objects from the territory outside Czechia. It carries out updates of the standardized names and carries out the Geonames database, its administration and update the Country Names Gazetteer and Historical Names of the Czech Republic database. Standardized geographical names are published in non-periodical gazetteers by Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre in accordance with the recommendation of UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names in editorial series UNO Gazetteers of Geographical Names – CZ (Geografické názvoslovné seznamy OSN – ČR). Professional composition of the members of the Commission: 3 geographers, 1 historic geographer, 2 cartographers, 1 GIS specialist, 2 onomastics, 1 orientalist, and specialists from various offices and ministries — totally 17 members (including 1 chairman and 1 secretary) Secretariat of the Commission on Geographical Names The executive body of the Commission on Geographical Names is the Secretariat, which manages administratively and technically the standardization of non-settlement names from the territory of the Czech Republic (Czechia) and names of settlement and non-settlement objects from the territory outside Czechia, updates the standardized names and manages Geonames Geographic database, Historical names of the Czech Republic database. 100 years of the history of the standardization of names 1. In 2018, we have celebrated 100 years of the history of the standardization of geographical names in the territory of Czechoslovakia and Czechia. 2. Initial commission for standardization of names in our country was established already in November 1918. Prof. Bohuslav Prof. Vladimír Prof. Jaromír DEMEK Prof. Václav KRÁL Prof. Rudolf ŠRÁMEK HORÁK ŠMILAUER Chairmen of commissions in 1931 – 2010 100 years of the history of the standardization of names 1. In the beginning of 2019, a publication ‟100 let historie zpracování názvosloví – k historii názvoslovných komisí a jejích členů” [100 years of standardization of names – On the history of Commissions on Geographical Names and their members] will be published (eds. PhDr. Jana Matúšová Csc. and Irena Švehlová) 2. From the very beginning, our Commission has beed taking part in the work of UNGEGN. 3. Delegates of our Commission took part already at the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts in Geneva in September 1967. Agenda of the Commission in 2017—2018 1. international cooperation 2. publications a) UNO gazetteer ‟Historic Names of the Czech Republic” (Historická jména ČR) b) new edition of the UNO gazetteer ‟List of Czech Exonyms” (Index českých exonym) c) UNO gazetteer ‟Geographical Names of Europe” (Geografická jména Evropy) d) new edition of the UNO gazetteer ‟Names of the States and Their Territorial Parts” (Jména států a jejich územních částí ) e) revised edition of the UNO gazetteer ‟Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names” (Slovník toponymické terminologie) International cooperation 1. Participation in international conferences a) Eleventh United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, New York, 8-17 August 2017 (Klára Steinerová, Secretariat of the Commission) (https://unstats.un.org/UNSD/geoinfo/UNGEGN/ungegnConf11.html) b) 21st meeting of the Working Group on Exonyms, Riga (Rīga), 24-26 Sep. 2018 (Irena Švehlová and Klára Steinerová, Secretariat of the Commission: Czech Names on South Pole) (http://ungegn.zrc- sazu.si/Portals/7/programm.pdf) c) 28th International Cartographic Conference, Washington, DC, 2-7 July 2017 (Vladimír Liščák, Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha: Mapa mondi (Catalan Atlas of 1375), Majorcan cartographic school, and 14th century Asia) (http://icc2017.org) d) XXVI International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Debrecen, 27 August-1 Sept. 2017 (Milan Harvalík, Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha: Czech Anthroponyms of Foreign Origin as Witnesses of Multicultural Contacts in Central Europe; Jiří Martínek, Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha: Politicians on maps) (http://icos2017.unideb.hu/en/) International cooperation 2. Joint meeting of UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms & UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems in Prague a) 19th Meeting, UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms, in conjunction with a meeting of the UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems, Praha [Prague], Czechia, 6-8th April 2017 b) The 26 participants from 16 countries enjoyed a great hospitality, an interesting program with 19 scientific papers, a general debate on the use of exonyms and at the last day of the meeting a common excursion to a bright example of Bohemian urban and ecclesiastical culture, Kutná Hora. (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/Bulletin/UNGEGN%20bulletin%2052.pdf) c) Proceedings of 19th Meeting of UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms were published in 2018: Jordan, Peter – Švehlová, Irena – Woodman, Paul (eds.): A Survey of Exonym Use. Proceedings of the 19th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Prague [Praha], 6-8 April 2017. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač 2018. International cooperation 3. Tripartite Joint meeting of commissions for geographical names (Czechia, Slovakia and Poland) in Warszawa (Warsaw) On 11 April 2018 a periodic joint meeting of commissions for standardization of geographical names has been organized in Warszawa: Participants: 1. Czechia – the Commission on Geographical Names, Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre (Názvoslovná komise ČÚZK); 2. Slovakia – the Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names, Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of Slovak Republic (Názvoslovna komisia Úradu geodézie, kartografie a katastra SR); 3. Poland – the Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside the Republic of Poland (Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) & the Commission onBuilding Namesof ofthe LocalitiesMinistry and of PhysiographicInterior and Administration Objects of the(Wikipedia) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (Komisja Nazw Miejscowości i Obiektów Fizjograficznych działającej przy Ministrze Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji) International cooperation 4. Cooperation with Austria and Germany a) 1 March 2018 — participation in the 99th session of Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kartographische Ortsnamenkunde (Austrian Board on Geographical Names, AKO) in Vienna (Irena Švehlová, Secretary of the Commission) b) 27 November 2018 — meeting with Dr. Helge Paulig, Chairman of StAGN, on common problems with the standardization of geographical names, use of transcription and transliteration for Korean and Japanese, and other languages, as well as changes in the names of states (Irena Švehlová) c) 27 November 2018 — meeting with Mr. Thomas Rechentin (Ministerialdirigent, Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Kultus) on progress in solving hodonyms in Czechia (Irena Švehlová) Publications UNO gazetteers and databases 1. ‟Historic Names of the Czech Republic” (Historická jména ČR) a) A revision of the text is currently under way. b) Online database is in testing mode Czech exonym | code of the territory | object | official name | longitude / latitude | origin of the name | note Publications UNO gazetteers and databases 2. new edition of the ‟List of Czech Exonyms” (Index českých exonym) A revision of the text is currently under way. Publications UNO gazetteers and databases 3. ‟Geographical Names of Europe” (Geografická jména Evropy) New publication. Example of working copy (Italy) Publications UNO gazetteers and databases 4. new edition of the UNO gazetteer ‟Names of the States and Their Territorial Parts” (Jména států a jejich územních částí ) Publications UNO gazetteers and databases 5. revised edition of the UNO gazetteer ‟Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names” (Slovník toponymické terminologie) Vladimír Liščák, PhD [email protected].