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 Republic |
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Kraj | Karlovy Vary Region |
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Okres | Karlovy Vary District |
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Population (2020) |
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• Total | 0 |
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Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
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• 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 populationYear | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 600 | — |
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1880 | 609 | +1.5% |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1890 | 543 | −10.8% |
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1900 | 541 | −0.4% |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1910 | 600 | +10.9% |
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1921 | 577 | −3.8% |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1930 | 561 | −2.8% |
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1950 | 34 | −93.9% |
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References
- ^ "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.)
- ^ "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