Chodov u Domažlic

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Chodov
Chodov coat of arms
Chodov u Domažlic (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Plzeňský kraj
District : Domažlice
Area : 888.1602 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 25 '  N , 12 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '1 "  N , 12 ° 49' 49"  E
Height: 497  m nm
Residents : 773 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 345 33
License plate : P
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Jan Etzl (as of 2007)
Address: Chodov 155
345 33 Trhanov
Municipality number: 553735
Website : www.chodovudomazlic.cz

Chodov (German: Meigelshof ) is a municipality with 663 inhabitants in Okres Domažlice in the Czech Republic . It is located eight kilometers west of Domažlice on the edge of the Bohemian Forest not far from the German border near Waldmünchen .

Chodov is one of the eleven villages in the Chod region . To the southwest of the village is the 1042 m high Čerchov ( Schwarzkopf ).

There are two stone crosses in the village. One marks the grave of a Russian military man from the time of the Napoleonic Wars , the other dates from 1674.

In 1939 there were 635 inhabitants in the village. From 1940 to 1945 the community belonged to the Bavarian district of Waldmünchen .

Statue of Jan Hus in Chodov

Web links

Commons : Chodov (Domažlice District)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.uir.cz/obec/553735/Chodov
  2. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)