A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1862, sig. 109-5/90

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All other places in this area already have considerable German minorities: Untergriesschau 32, Obergriesau 18, Jaresschau 5, Riedweis 31, Gross-Bernharz 3, Klein-Bernerharz 1, Hosterschlagles 1, Stein- moliken 2, Neu-Oetting l25, Restgemeinde Riedwies 31. The place Riedweis is worth a look at. Until there was 7o German, German was administered and had a German school. But this place was the last r dd Neuhaus. He had to fall, because lgl8 the Czechs came to power. The German municipal administration was dissolved, the German school was converted into a Czech. German peasant families were flattered and engrossed by the Neuhaus Czechs. And today some people in Riedweis claim that he is a Czech. Today the last remnant of the people with German consciousness there count 3l. In Riedwei's place, which became the last victim of Czechization, it is to be shown how it was done, because the transformation of Ried Wei still adheres in the memory of the dc d de conclusions possible on similar advances in Neuhaus in the further past. R i e d w e' i s is a place with predominantly German-blooded people who today appear to be convinced Czechs. "Yes, how is it possible for a place to become Czech, that people of German blood are now among the Czechs?" In the example of the municipality of Riedweis, it should be shown how diverse influences of the e d T had to serve this purpose: personal ambition of individuals who had risen socially in the Czech Republic, economic advantages, influence through Czech education, satisfaction of the land hunger, marriage, employment, provision of housing, etc. It can be seen how comprehensive the Czech Republic's