Reichenberg - Revision history

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	In 1905 the town had 34,200 inhabitants and even a [[USA]] Consul, Mr. Silas C. McFarland. This was little changed in 1935 when it had 38,525 people. The town contained large cloth factories, a splendid late 19th century Rathaus (Town Hall), a magnificent theatre, plus other buildings of architectural merit, and the North Bohemian Industrial Museum which contained extensive collections of art-industrial objects (furniture, carvings, textile products, pottery, glass, metal-work, etc) as well as a library. In the Kaiserpark was a bronze bust of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, by Anton Brenek. This was destroyed by the Czechs after [[World War I]]. Nearby was the estate of Count Clam-Gallas which contained a deer-park.		In 1905 the town had 34,200 inhabitants and even a [[USA]] Consul, Mr. Silas C. McFarland. This was little changed in 1935 when it had 38,525 people. The town contained large cloth factories, a splendid late 19th century Rathaus (Town Hall), a magnificent theatre, plus other buildings of architectural merit, and the North Bohemian Industrial Museum which contained extensive collections of art-industrial objects (furniture, carvings, textile products, pottery, glass, metal-work, etc) as well as a library. In the Kaiserpark was a bronze bust of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, by Anton Brenek. This was destroyed by the Czechs after [[World War I]]. Nearby was the estate of Count Clam-Gallas which contained a deer-park.

	In 1945 following the Red Army over-running the region, the [[Soviet Union]] reinstated the pre-1938 borders of Czechoslovakia, under their tutelage. Fanatical Czech ~~nationalists~~ and communists then proceeded to brutally expel and murder the entire ethnic German population in a series of war crimes. This included Reichberg.		In 1945 following the Red Army over-running the region, the [[Soviet Union]] reinstated the pre-1938 borders of Czechoslovakia, under their tutelage. Fanatical Czech fascists and communists then proceeded to brutally expel and murder the entire ethnic German population in a series of war crimes. This included Reichberg.

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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	==Sources==		==Sources==
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	* Baedeker, Karl, ''Austria-Hungary'' by Karl Baedeker, 10th revised edition, Leipzig, 1905, p.271.		* Baedeker, Karl, ''Austria-Hungary'' by Karl Baedeker, 10th revised edition, Leipzig, 1905, p.271.
	* [[Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans]]		* [[Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans]]

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[[File:Austrian Bohemia Reichenburg Theatreplatz.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Reichenberg Theatreplatz in 1913.]]
[[File:Austrian Bohemia Reichenburg city scene.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Reichenberg street scene 1930s.]]
'''Reichenberg''' was a major town in the very north of the Austrian Crown Lands of Bohemia. From 1919-1938 it was included in the artificial state of [[Czechoslovakia]] under the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. President [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s fine declarations on self-determination were ignored. The Czechs changed the ancient name of the town to the meaningless ''Liberec''. Being ethnically German as far as historic records afford, it subsequently fell into the [[Sudetenland]] which was annexed to Germany in October 1938 under the [[Munich Agreement]].

In 1905 the town had 34,200 inhabitants and even a [[USA]] Consul, Mr. Silas C. McFarland. This was little changed in 1935 when it had 38,525 people. The town contained large cloth factories, a splendid late 19th century Rathaus (Town Hall), a magnificent theatre, plus other buildings of architectural merit, and the North Bohemian Industrial Museum which contained extensive collections of art-industrial objects (furniture, carvings, textile products, pottery, glass, metal-work, etc) as well as a library. In the Kaiserpark was a bronze bust of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, by Anton Brenek. This was destroyed by the Czechs after [[World War I]]. Nearby was the estate of Count Clam-Gallas which contained a deer-park.

In 1945 following the Red Army over-running the region, the [[Soviet Union]] reinstated the pre-1938 borders of Czechoslovakia, under their tutelage. Fanatical Czech nationalists and communists then proceeded to brutally expel and murder the entire ethnic German population in a series of war crimes. This included Reichberg.

==Sources==
<references/>
* Baedeker, Karl, ''Austria-Hungary'' by Karl Baedeker, 10th revised edition, Leipzig, 1905, p.271.
* [[Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans]]
* Schieder, Professor Theodor, ''et al'', editors, ''The Expulsion of the German Population from Czechoslovakia'', Federal Ministry for Expellees, Refugees and War Victims, Bonn, [[West Germany]], 1960, Band IV, 1 and IV, 2.

[[Category:Austrian Empire]]
[[Category:Bohemia]]
[[Category:Czechoslovakia]]
[[Category:Sudetenland]]
[[Category:War crimes]]