Tocov
Village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
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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.
Czech RepublicTocov | |
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  Tocov | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′25.92″N 13°04′58.08″E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Kraj | Karlovy Vary Region |
| Okres | Karlovy Vary District |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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]
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