Jindřichovice () is a municipality and village in

Sokolov District Sokolov District () is a Okres, district in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Sokolov, Czech Republic, Sokolov. Administrative division Sokolov District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Mu ...

in the

Karlovy Vary Region The Karlovy Vary Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of the country. It is named after its capital Karlovy Vary. It is known for spas, which include Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně. ...

of the

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. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Jindřichovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Jindřichovice (453) *Háj (41)

Geography

Jindřichovice is located about north of Sokolov and northwest of

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

. It lies in the

Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...

. The highest point is the mountain Vysoká jedle at above sea level. The

Svatava Svatava may refer to places: * Svatava (river), a river in the Czech Republic and Germany * Svatava (Sokolov District), a market town in the Czech Republic *Svatava, a village and part of Černovice (Pelhřimov District) in the Czech Republic ...

River briefly flows along the western municipal border. Several brooks flow through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Jindřichovice is in a deed of

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from 1273. In the 14th century,

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was mined here. From 1434 to the 17th century, the village was owned by the Schlick family. They improved the village and expanded metal mining to include silver, lead and iron. Jindřichovice was promoted to a town in 1537 by Emperor Ferdinand I, but it ceased to be a town after World War II. In the 17th century, Jindřichovice was bought by the

Nostitz family The House of Nostitz () is an old and influential Silesian aristocratic family, whose members occupied many important positions within Holy Roman Empire and later in Austria, Bohemia, Germany and Russia. History The family was named after ...

, who owned it until 1945. In 1938, Jindřichovice was annexed by

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

following

Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, French Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. The agreement provided for the Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–194 ...

and administered as a part of

Reichsgau Sudetenland The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the ''Sudetenland'' territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 30 September 1938 Munich Agreement. ...

. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 according the

Beneš decrees The Beneš decrees were a series of laws drafted by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in the absence of the Czechoslovak parliament during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II. They were issued by President Edvard Beneš fr ...

and partially replaced by citizens of Czechoslovakia.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark Jindřichovice is the Church of Saint Martin. The original Gothic church was built in the 14th century. The current Baroque structure dates from the second half of the 17th century and was modified into its current form in the 19th century, but it has Gothic core from the original church. The Jindřichovice Castle was built in 1672 for Jan Hartvík Nostitz. The early Baroque castle was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style in the second half of the 19th century. Today it serves as the seat of the district archive.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jindrichovice Villages in Sokolov District Villages in the Ore Mountains