THE DEVELOPMENT OF GERMANS IN THE REGION OF KARLOVY VARY

My bachelor thesis deals with the development of Germans living in the region of Karlovy Vary. The following thesis is divided into four main chapters that process the development from the first settlement till the expulsion. The first aim of this bachelor thesis are to describe the particular periods the Germans spent on the territory which now belongs to the Czech Republic. The other aim is to specify particular relations during this period. The first really important populating took place in the 12th and 13th century. Since then the Germans kept settling in the region of Karlovy Vary. Till the beginning of the 19th century Czechs and Germans lived peacefully as neighbors. Approximately in the middle of the 19th century the question of nationality and establishing a new state started showing up. In the 1920s the Sudeten Germans and the Czech Republic totally mentally split up. In 1939 the Second World War started and the consequences of its end led to the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from the Czech Republic. This time period is supplemented by six interviews with Sudeten Germans form the Karlovy Vary region which helps to understand the stories of the Germans