Zadní Chodov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Tachov | ||||
| Area : | 1387.6233 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 54 ' N , 12 ° 39' E | ||||
| Height: | 517 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 250 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 348 12 - 348 15 | ||||
| License plate : | P | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Václav Brůžek (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | Zadní Chodov 100 348 15 Planá u Mariánských Lázní |
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| Municipality number: | 541362 | ||||
| Website : | www.zadnichodov.cz | ||||
Zadní Chodov (German Hinter Kotten , also Hinterkotten ) is a municipality with 250 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Czech Republic . It is located 7 km northwest of Planá and belongs to the Okres Tachov . After the Second World War it became a center of Soviet uranium mining in the Czech Republic.
history
The regular square village , first verifiable in 1365, was a settlement of the Chods . In 1555 the place is mentioned in the land register of the Tachau rule. at that time 50 families lived here.
In 1726 the chapel of the Holy Trinity built on the village square was consecrated, which was significantly expanded in the years 1781 - 83 and elevated to a parish church in 1856. The branch church in Promenhof belonged to it . The place belonged to the lordship Plan, which operated silver mining near the village in the 17th century . In 1870 Hinterkotten had 88 houses and 582 inhabitants. 175 people lived in 33 houses in the Khoau district. In 1930 official statistics led to a total of 710 inhabitants and 129 houses.
After the Munich Agreement , the place was added to the German Empire and until 1945 belonged to the Tachau district .
After the Second World War, the German population was expelled in 1946.
Once at the beginning of the 20th century uranium was mined, was in 1952 when new studies, a uranium ore deposit- discovered. It was not until December 1992 that production in the last shaft was stopped. During this time, 4,066 tons of uranium were extracted, which were mined to a depth of 1,208 m. A total of 200,430 miners were employed by the time the uranium mine was closed.
The original shape of the village has largely been preserved. The nearby Broumov / Mähring border crossing was opened in 1991. In 2001, a bilingual memorial stone donated by former German residents was inaugurated at the cemetery as part of the Khuan Festival on June 9th and 10th. It has the following inscription in German and Czech:
- “In memory of the former residents of Hinterkotten who found their final resting place here. Lord grant them and our two peoples peace. "
Sons and daughters of the church
- Wilfried Scharnagl (1938-2018), German journalist and politician (CSU)
Community structure
The municipality Zadní Chodov consists of the districts and cadastral districts of Kyjov ( Khoau ) and Zadní Chodov.
Culture and sights
literature
- Zdeněk Procházka : Tachovsko = Tachau district (= Český les. Historicko-turistický průvodce = historical-tourist guide 2). Nakladatelství Českého Lesa, Domažlice 1994, ISBN 80-901122-2-6 .
Web links
- Information about the place (CZ)
- Website of the Mine Museum Plan with a description of uranium mining in Zadní Chodov (German), accessed on November 3, 2017