Krásný Les (Karlovy Vary District)
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Karlovy Vary District
Karlovy Vary District
Karlovy Vary District is a district within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Karlovy Vary.-Complete list of towns and villages:Abertamy -Andělská Hora -Bečov nad Teplou -...
, Karlovy Vary Region, of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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Krásný Les lies on the southern edge of the Ore Mountains at the feet of the mountain Klínovec
Klínovec
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. Prior to 1945, the northern Bohemia
Bohemia
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n village was mostly populated by Germans
Germans
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. As a result of World War II
World War II
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, the Germans were expelled
Expulsion of Germans after World War II
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and replaced with Czechs.