Bartošovice v Orlických horách
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Bartošovice v Orlických horách is a village in Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové....

 of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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. It has around 210 inhabitants.

History

The place was first settled between 1539 and 1557 as the first settlement of the Erlitztales. The first noted mention of the village was in 1957.

In September 1793, the church, St. Maria Magdalena, in the center of the village was burned to the ground after being struck by lightning. On August 4, 1906, the church built to replace the original was also destroyed by lightning. It was again rebuilt using funds donated by Oskar Parish baron von Senftenberg.

The village's elementary school was built in 1892.

In 1918, this area belonged to Austria Hungary. Between 1938 and 1945 it was considered Sudetenland
Sudetenland
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. The Germans were driven out by Beneš decrees
Beneš decrees
Decrees of the President of the Republic , more commonly known as the Beneš decrees, were a series of laws that were drafted by the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in the absence of the Czechoslovak parliament during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II and issued by President...

in 1945/46.

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