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Chodov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxodof]; German: Chodau) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants.

Chodov
Town
Church of Saint Lawrence
Flag Coat of arms
Chodov Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°14′29″N 12°44′38″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Karlovy Vary
District	Sokolov
First mentioned	1195
Government
• Mayor	Patrik Pizinger
Area
• Total	14.26 km2 (5.51 sq mi)
Elevation	418 m (1,371 ft)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	12,683
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	357 35
Website	www.mestochodov.cz

Administrative parts

The village of Stará Chodovská is an administrative part of Chodov.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal Slavic name Chod, meaning "the village of Chod's people".[2]

Geography

Sokolov is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Sokolov and 7 km (4 mi) west of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the Sokolov Basin. The Chodovský Stream flows through the town. There are several bodies of water in the municipal territory, most notably the artificial lake Bílá voda, used for recreational purposes.

History

Chodov was originally a Slavic settlement.[2] The Slavic colonisation was not successful and in the Middle Ages this part of Bohemia was colonised by Germans. In the 12th–13th century Chodov belonged to the Waldsassen Abbey and in the 14th–17th century was ruled from Loket. In 1894 Chodov was promoted to a town and got the right to use its own coat of arms.[3]

From 1938 to 1945 it was annexed by Nazi Germany and asministered as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland. Until the end of World War II the town was inhabited mostly by Germans. after the war, the German population was expelled and the town was resettled by Czechs. In the 1960s a big chemical factory was built in nearby Vřesová and then new housing estates were built for Czech and Slovak workers who moved here.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 2,472 —     1880 3,389 +37.1% 1890 5,204 +53.6% 1900 7,104 +36.5% 1910 7,470 +5.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 7,035 −5.8% 1930 7,849 +11.6% 1950 3,786 −51.8% 1961 4,551 +20.2% 1970 11,798 +159.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 14,704 +24.6% 1991 14,929 +1.5% 2001 14,687 −1.6% 2011 13,748 −6.4% 2021 12,451 −9.4%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Sights

The most significant building is the Church of St. Lawrence, built by the constructor Johann Wolfgang Braunbock. It was built in the Baroque style in 1725–1733. In the interior there is a Stations of the Cross, which consists of fourteen large canvases. It is the work of regional artists from the 18th and 19th centuries, which is rare in its dimensions and its age.[6]

In front of the church there is the early Baroque statue of St. Sebastian from 1673.[7] Another early Baroque statue is the Virgin Mary on the Marian column from 1675, located on the town square.[8]

The other church in the town belongs to the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.

Notable people

• Willi Huttig (1909–2001), German photographer and alpinist

Twin towns – sister cities

Chodov is twinned with:[9]

• Oelsnitz, Germany
• Waldsassen, Germany

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Chodov

Chodov (deutsch Chodau) ist eine Stadt im Okres Sokolov in Tschechien an der Grenze zum Okres Karlovy Vary.

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- [en] Chodov (Sokolov District)

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[es] Chodov (Sokolov)

Chodov (pronúncise "Jodof ") es una ciudad industrial en la República Checa, en la región de Karlovy Vary. Tiene 15.000 habitantes. Desde la edad media hasta el año 1945 estuvo habitada por alemanes (el nombre alemán de la ciudad es Chodau). Todos los alemanes fueron deportados a Alemania en 1945 y reemplazados por checos y eslovacos. En Chodov se encuentran 2 iglesias: la iglesia católica de San Lorenzo (diseño barroco del arquitecto checo Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer, en el altar se encuentra una pintura de Peter Johann Brandl) y la iglesia protestante (de estilo art nouveau) de los Hermanos Checos.

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