Jindřichovice (Sokolov District)

Jindřichovice
Municipality and village
Saint Martin Church

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Jindřichovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°17′00″N 12°37′29″E / 50.2833°N 12.6247°E / 50.2833; 12.6247Coordinates: 50°17′00″N 12°37′29″E / 50.2833°N 12.6247°E / 50.2833; 12.6247
Country  Czech Republic
Region Karlovy Vary Region
District Sokolov District
Area
  Total 17.15 sq mi (44.41 km2)
Elevation 2,119 ft (646 m)
Population (2011)
  Total 506
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Jindřichovice (German: Heinrichsgrün) is a village and municipality in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.

History

Austrian KK 15 kreuzer stamp, cancelled HEINRICHSGRÜN in 1897

Until 1918, HEINRICHSGRÜN was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the GRASLITZ (Kraslice) district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.[1]

In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers.

References

  1. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967


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