Tocov
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Tocov | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°18′25.92″N 13°04′58.08″E / 50.3072000°N 13.0828000°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) |
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]
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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.)