There are various communities of Germans in the Czech Republic ( cs, Německá menšina v Česku, german: Deutsche in Tschechien). After the Czech Republic joined the

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in the 2004 enlargement and was incorporated into the

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, migration between the two countries became relatively unrestricted. Both countries share a

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of 815 kilometers (506 mi).

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Statistics

In the 2001 census, 39,106 Czech citizens, or around 0.4% of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

's total population, declared German ethnicity. In 2011 the census methodology changed and it was newly possible to declare multiple ethnicities or none at all: 25% of the citizens chose the option of not declaring ethnicity. In this census 18,658 citizens declared German as their sole ethnicity, while another 6,563 in combination with another ethnicity. According to regional statistics the largest number of citizens with German ethnicity is 4,431 in

Karlovy Vary Region The Karlovy Vary Region or Carlsbad Region ( cs, Karlovarský kraj, German: ''Karlsbader Region'') is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after ...

(1.5% of total population in this region). On district level the largest share is in

Sokolov District Sokolov District ( cs, okres Sokolov) is a district (''okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Sokolov, Czech Republic, Sokolov. Complete list of municipalities Březová (Sokolov District), Břez ...

(2.3%) followed by

Karlovy Vary District Karlovy Vary District or Carlsbad District ( cs, okres Karlovy Vary) is a district (''okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Karlovy Vary. List of municipalities Abertamy - Andělská Hora - ...

(1.2%), both in

. Today's Germans in the Czech republic form a small minority, remaining after the

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of the

Sudeten Germans German Bohemians (german: Deutschböhmen und Deutschmährer, i.e. German Bohemians and German Moravians), later known as Sudeten Germans, were ethnic Germans living in the Czech lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became an integral part ...

who had formed a majority in several areas of

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. Following

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had in 2011 share of German ethnicity population over 6%: * Horská Kvilda/Innergefild (

Klatovy District Klatovy District ( cs, Okres Klatovy) is a district (''okres'') within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Klatovy. With its area of 1,946 km² it is the largest district in the Czech Republic. List of municipalities Běha ...

) - 9.72% * Měděnec/Kupferberg ( Chomutov District) - 9.49% * Kryštofovy Hamry/Christophhammer (Chomutov District) - 8.64% * Mikulov/Niklasberg (

Teplice District Teplice District ( cs, Okres Teplice) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the city of Teplice. The Teplice District takes up only about a twelfth of t ...

) - 7.80% * Tatrovice/Dotterwies (

) - 7.74% * Abertamy/Abertham (

) - 7.42% * Horní Blatná/Bergstadt Platten (Karlovy Vary District) - 7.38% * Pernink/Bärringen (Karlovy Vary District) - 6.37% * Stříbrná/Silberbach (Sokolov District) - 6.22% * Josefov/Josefsdorf (Sokolov District) - 6.14% * Vejprty/Weipert (Chomutov District) - 6.07% Government statistics also showed 21,478 German citizens living in the CR as of December 31, 2019, with largest number of these in

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region ( cs, Ústecký kraj, , ), is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad La ...

(7,525) and

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

(4,146).

Education

The

Deutsche Schule Prag Deutsche Schule Prag (DSP; cs, Německá Škola v Praze) is a school in Jinonice, District 5, Prague, Czech Republic . It includes levels ''kindergarten'', ''grundschule'' (primary school), and '' gymnasium'' (secondary school).Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

Media

* Landeszeitung der Deutschen in Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien * ''

Prager Zeitung The ''Prager Zeitung'' was a German newspaper in the Czech Republic issued weekly in Prague; it now publishes online only. History and profile ''Prager Zeitung'' was founded in 1991. It considers itself as a successor of the ''Prager Tagblatt'' ...

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