The Franciscan cadastre is a valuable source for studying the historical use of space, parcel and property structures, and geographical names. The purpose of the thesis was to analyse archival data from the Franciscan cadastre for the cadastral municipality of Kamnik and compare it with current data from the real estate cadastre and records of actual land use. To this end, the archival cadastral plans were georeferenced and vectorised, and the descriptive part of the cadastral survey with information on parcels and field names was also processed. By combining the graphic and descriptive parts, a spatial database was created, which enabled further analysis using geographic information system tools. The analytical part of the task focuses on changes in parcel structure and land use between 1826 and 2025. The parcel structure has been best preserved in the old town centre, where smaller parcels still predominate. More changes can be observed in areas where settlements have expanded. The most significant changes are noticeable in land use: the proportion of fields, gardens, and pastures has decreased significantly, while the area of built-up land and land covered by vegetation or forests has increased. This confirms the processes of urbanisation and industrialisation, which took place mainly at the expense of agricultural areas. The abandonment of agriculture is also noticeable. Plots and land use have been preserved in some infrastructure elements, especially main roads and bridges, which still form the basic transport layout of the city today. The analysis confirms the hypothesis of a marked transformation of the agricultural landscape into an urban forested landscape and highlights the importance of the Franciscan cadastre as a rich source of historical spatial data.
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