Karlovy Vary (CZ)

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Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) is a spa town (49781 inhabitants in 2015) situated in western Bohemia, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370. It is historically famous for its hot springs. According to the 1930 census, the city was home to 23,901 inhabitants – 20,856 were of German ethnicity, 1,446 of Czechoslovak ethnicity (Czech or Slovak), 243 of Jewish ethnicity, 19 of Hungarian ethnicity and 12 of Polish ethnicity. In 1938, the city was together with the rest of the Sudetenland annexed by Nazi Germany according to the terms of the Munich Agreement. During World War II, the Germans established a Gestapo prison here. After the war, in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement and Beneš decrees, most German inhabitants were expelled.

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Postmark in the Czech Republic

Postmark in Czechoslovakia era

Postmarks during German Occupation

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Slogan cancel Karlsbad 1938

Postmarks in Austria-Hungary era (1867-1918)

KARLSBAD in 1867ca.
Bridge KARLSBAD in 1914.

Fischern

The FISCHERN post office dates from 1871.

Circle FISCHERN in 1888.

Postmark in Austrian Empire Bohemia Crownland

The post office opened before 1850 with the (Austrian) name CARSLBAD.

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KARLSBAD on the 1864 issue