Tocov

Village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
50°18′25.92″N 13°04′58.08″E / 50.3072000°N 13.0828000°E / 50.3072000; 13.0828000Country Czech RepublicKrajKarlovy Vary RegionOkresKarlovy Vary DistrictPopulation
 (2020)
 • Total0Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Tocov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtotsof], German: Totzau) is an abandoned Sudeten German settlement located in the Hradiště military training area four kilometers southeast of Stráž nad Ohří. It lies in the Doupov Mountains at an altitude of 590 m on the Petrovský creek.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1369 and became independent in 1850; till then it belonged to the town Doupov (German: Duppau). The village was inhabited mainly by Germans, who were expulsed after World War II. In an incident in May 1945 31 Germans were killed in retaliation for the killing of a policeman and the injuring of another who searched for allegedly hidden Nazis from the district centre of Kaaden.[1][2]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869600—    
1880609+1.5%
YearPop.±%
1890543−10.8%
1900541−0.4%
YearPop.±%
1910600+10.9%
1921577−3.8%
YearPop.±%
1930561−2.8%
195034−93.9%

References

  1. ^ "Tödliche Rache". focus.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-30. Heute liegt der Schnee wie ein Leichentuch auf dem früher 450 Einwohner zählenden Ort. (Today the snow is like a shroud on the earlier 450-soul village.)
  2. ^ "Massaker an Sudetendeutschen: Ermittlungen werden fortgesetzt". welt.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-30. Zur Erinnerung: Kurz nach Kriegsende hatte ein tschechoslowakisches Kommando der berüchtigten "Roten Garden" in dem heute nicht mehr existierenden Ort Totzau ein Massaker unter der deutschstämmigen Bevölkerung angerichtet. (As a reminder: Shortly after the end of the war, a Czechoslovak command of the notorious "Red Guards" had massacred the population of German origin in the now defunct town of Totzau.)

50°18′25.92″N 13°4′58.08″E / 50.3072000°N 13.0828000°E / 50.3072000; 13.0828000