Rothenbaum
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Rothenbaum was a Sudetenland
hamlet, situated about 1 km east of the border to Bavaria
.
Following the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II, the deserted place, now called Červené Dřevo, was destroyed, and Czechoslovakian border fortifications during the Cold War
were installed.
In the late 1990s, the expellees erected a memorial in the ruins of the church.
In today's Czech Republic
, the closest inhabited place is Fleky (Flecken, German for spot). The next village is Chudenin
(Chudiwa), the next town is about 7 km away, Nyrsko
(Neuern).
Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia being within Czechoslovakia.The...
hamlet, situated about 1 km east of the border to Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
.
Following the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II, the deserted place, now called Červené Dřevo, was destroyed, and Czechoslovakian border fortifications during the Cold War
Czechoslovakian border fortifications during the Cold War
The border of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to Western Europe, mainly to NATO-member Federal Republic of Germany , was during the Cold War until 1989 as fortified as the Inner German border of the German Democratic Republic, to prevent citizens of the Eastern Bloc from escaping to the West,...
were installed.
In the late 1990s, the expellees erected a memorial in the ruins of the church.
In today's Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, the closest inhabited place is Fleky (Flecken, German for spot). The next village is Chudenin
Chudenín
Chudenín is a village and municipality in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 664 ....
(Chudiwa), the next town is about 7 km away, Nyrsko
Nýrsko
Nýrsko is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Úhlava River under the Šumava Range some 50 km south-west of the region capital of Plzeň....
(Neuern).
See also
- Am RothenbaumAm RothenbaumAm Rothenbaum is the site of the main tennis court of the Hamburg Masters tournament, played in the Rotherbaum quarter of Hamburg, Germany.Tennis has been played in Rotherbaum since 1927...
, site of the Hamburg MastersHamburg MastersThe German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship...
tennis tournament in Hamburgs RotherbaumRotherbaumRotherbaum is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany. In 2006 the population was 16,853.In German, "roter Baum" means red tree. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in names...
quarter
External links
- http://rothenbaum.com/ (map of the Pfarrei Rothenbaum im Böhmerwald)
- Google Maps