German Bohemia (German: Deutschböhmen; Czech: Německé Čechy) was a region in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, established, for a short period of time, after World War I. It included parts of northern and western Bohemia once largely populated by ethnic Germans. Important population centers were Reichenberg (now Liberec), Aussig (Ústí nad Labem), Teplitz-Schönau (Teplice), Dux (Duchcov), Eger (Cheb), Marienbad (Mariánské Lázně), Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary), Gablonz an der Neiße (Jablonec nad Nisou), Leitmeritz (Litoměřice), Brüx (Most) and Saaz (Žatec).
German Bohemians (Deutschböhmen, Čeští Němci) and German Moravians (Deutschmährer, Moravští Němci) are alternative expressions for Sudeten Germans. Deutschböhmen and Deutschmährer are considered to be politically neutral terms, while in Germany the expression Sudeten Germans is often associated with a certain period of time, a narrow World War II-connected context and with German nationalistic tendencies within Sudeten German institutions.
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