- Chodov (Sokolov District)
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This article is about the Sokolov District city. For other uses, see Chodov (disambiguation).
Chodov Town 
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Coat of armsCountry Czech Republic Region Karlovy Vary District Sokolov Commune Sokolov Municipality Chodov Elevation 418 m (1,371 ft) Coordinates 50°14′29″N 12°44′38″E / 50.24139°N 12.74389°E Area 14.25 km2 (5.5 sq mi) Population 14,838 (2006-07-03) Density 1,041 / km2 (2,696 / sq mi) First mentioned 1195 Mayor Josef Hora Timezone CET (UTC+1) - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 357 35 
Location in the Czech RepublicWikimedia Commons: Chodov Statistics: statnisprava.cz Website: www.mestochodov.cz Chodov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxodof]; German: Chodau) is a town in Sokolov District of the Czech Republic, on the border with the Karlovy Vary District (both districts lie within the Karlovy Vary Region). As of 2005[update], it has around 14,500 inhabitants.
History
St.Laurent Church in Chodov
Originally a Slavic settlement. Its name was derived from an old Slavic term "choda", which means a road. The Slavic colonisation was not successful and in Middle Ages this part of Bohemia was colonised by Germans. In the 12th–13th century Chodau belongs to the monastery in Waldsassen and in the 14th–17th century is locally ruled from Loket (Elbogen). In 1894 Chodau is declared to a town and gets a right to use its own coat of arms. Until the end of the WWII is the town inhabited practically only by Germans, who were after the war deported from Czechoslovakia. In the '60s a big chemical factory was built 4 km from Chodov in Vřesová and then new districts were built for the Czech and Slovak workers, who moving to here.
Sights
Protestant Church in ChodovThe most important of them is no doubts the St. Laurent Church build by the constructor Brauenbock according to the plans of the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. On the main alter there is a painting by a famous Czech-German artist Peter Johann Brandl. In front of the church we would find a 17th century statue of St. Sebastian and on the main square a statue of Virgen Mary (1675). The other church in the town belongs to the Protestants: Czech Brothers. Close to the gate of the Protestant church there is a monument to the war victims. It was re-erected in 1998 exactly 100 years after its first erection.
External links
- Official website (cs, en, de, ru)
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