Jindřichovice (Sokolov District)

Jindřichovice
Municipality and village
Saint Martin Church
Flag Coat of arms
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	44.41 km2 (17.15 sq mi)
Elevation	646 m (2,119 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	506
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	https://www.obecjindrichovice.cz/

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

History[]

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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 annexed by German Reich following Munich Agreement as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and partially replaced by citizens of Czechoslovakia.

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