Reichenberg

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Reichenberg is the former German name for the city of Liberec, a major urban center in the northern Czech Republic near the border with Germany and Poland.

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Reichenberg canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym
former German name
historical city name
borderTriangle Euroregion Neisse-Nisa-Nysa
surface form: Czech Republic–Germany–Poland tri-border region
countryDuringAustroHungarianPeriod Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryDuringInterwarPeriod Czechoslovakia
countryDuringNaziPeriod Germany
countryTodayOfCityItRefersTo Czech Republic
currentOfficialName Liberec
distanceToPrague approximately 100 km north-northeast
economicRole historically important textile industry center
elevationContext foothills of the Jizera Mountains
geographicalFeature situated in the Jizera Mountains region
hasAlternativeName Liberec
historicalLanguageMajorityBefore1945 German
historicalRole administrative center in Sudetenland
major industrial center in northern Bohemia
languageOfName German
locatedIn Bohemia
northern Czech Republic
locatedNear border with Germany
border with Poland
nearbyMajorCity Prague
partOf Czechoslovakia
Kingdom of Bohemia
Protectorate-related Nazi administrative structures
post1945Change Czech name Liberec became dominant
German population largely expelled
presentIn Czech Republic
refersTo Liberec
region Sudetenland
river Nisa (Neisse) River basin
successorName Liberec
timezoneTodayOfCityItRefersTo Central European Time
transportRole important transport hub in northern Bohemia
usedByEthnicGroup Sudeten Germans
usedIn German historical documents about Liberec
usedUntil mid-20th century
wasSeatOf Reichsgau Sudetenland administration

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Herbert Feigl placeOfBirth Reichenberg
Liberec formerName Reichenberg