Krajková (german: Gossengrün) is a municipality and village 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
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in the
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 ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Anenská Ves, Bernov, Dolina, Hrádek, Květná and Libnov are administrative parts of Krajková.
History
The first written mention of Krajková is from 1350. It was a mining town where
lead
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was mined. In 1947 Krajková lost its town status and its German name was replaced with the Czech one.
From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the
municipalities in Sudetenland
The list below gives German names and Czech names of towns along with county names and other information in the Sudetenland from World War I through the era of World War II known as interwar Czechoslovakia.
Southern Sudetenland
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.
Notable people
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Anton Horner (1877–1971), American horn player
References
Villages in Sokolov District
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