Storočnica štátnej ochrany prírody na Slovensku (1919 – 2019)

Anotace: This article focuses on the centennial 1919-2019 anniversary of State Nature Protection in Slovakia. This commenced with the situation after the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic and the foundations of the current protection of cultural and natural heritage in Slovakia. There was then the establishment of the Ministry of Education and National Enlightenment in Prague, the creation of the first monument protection organisation in Slovakia – the Government Commissioner for the Protection of Monuments in Slovakia (1919 – 1922) and the State Office for the Protection of Monuments in Slovakia. The activities of the Slovak Monuments Office and Monuments Care Institute were then directed by the Government Commissioner. This article underlines that nature protection did not completely separate from monument care until 1981 when an independent professional organisation was established. This was named the State Nature Protection Centre. Finally, there followed the establishment of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic which initiated significant institutions still involved in nature conservation in Slovakia.