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Probably only few of us have knowledge of folk culture and customs of the Germans established in 1945 in the Eagle Mountains. After all visible references to the original German settlement today provide only a stone Calvary individual statues of saints or scattered in the landscape, which usually contain more legible inscriptions in German and also serves as evidence of popular piety in the region. Worse than the written word, of course, transmit or share traditional folk singing. The folk memory orlickohorského therefore have been virtually displaced by German folk songs. In live performance is not meeting with them already, I'm not aware of any publicly available historical records. Read more »

One study deals with changes in the demographics of the Czech border region after the expulsion, published by Institute of Sociology. The author is Quido Kastner. The general part deals with the history and specifics of the Sudetenland in the mid-20th century and provides summary data on the migration of new Czech settlers. In particular, the author has closely engaged in the course of settlement of some regions of northern Bohemia, that is outside our interest. In addition, however, the study contains a very interesting mention of the violent nature of the Žambersku collectivization after 1948. Read more »

Book Disappeared Sudetenland issued Antikomplex Association (5th edition, 2007) maps the different regions of Bohemia and Moravia, which occurred after 1945, the German minority to emigrate. In particular, the border region have undergone profound changes due to displacement of indigenous and other population movements. Book to describe the postwar fate of cultural landscapes and villages, many of which disappeared completely, delivers a unique comparison of historical and contemporary photographs of places to identify and determine the typical character of the area. Chapter "Eagle Mountains - das Orlicke hory" is made ​​available electronically in PDF format. Read more »