Tocov Explained

Official Name:	Tocov
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Czech Republic
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Czech Republic
Subdivision Type1:	Kraj
Subdivision Name1:	Karlovy Vary Region
Subdivision Type2:	Okres
Subdivision Name2:	Karlovy Vary District
Subdivision Name3:	Hradiště military district
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population As Of:	2020
Population Total:	0
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	50.3072°N 13.0828°W

Tocov (in Czech pronounced as /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]

References

Web site: Tödliche Rache . 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.). de.
Web site: Massaker an Sudetendeutschen: Ermittlungen werden fortgesetzt . 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.). de.

50.3072°N 13.0828°W